Dominique Rocheteau

Dominique Rocheteau

Personal information
Full name	Dominique Rocheteau
Date of birth	(1955-01-14) 14 January 1955
Place of birth	Saintes, Charente-Maritime, France
Height
Position(s)	Winger
Team information
Current team	Retired
Youth career
	La Rochelle
	Etaules
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1972–1980	Saint-Étienne	153	(51)
1980–1987	Paris Saint-Germain	204	(83)
1987–1989	Toulouse	58	(13)
Total		415	(147)
International career‡
1975–1986	France	49	(15)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2007 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 2007

Dominique Rocheteau (French pronunciation: ​[dɔminik ʁɔʃəto]; born 14 January 1955 in Saintes, Charente-Maritime) is a former football striker from France, who is currently the head of the National Commission of Ethics of the French Football Association.

Rocheteau began his professional career with AS Saint-Étienne, when they were the most successful and popular football team in France. He was a sinuous and incisive outside right who was nicknamed the "Green Angel". Injured, he played only the last eight minutes of the 1976 European Cup Final, which St. Etienne lost 1-0 to Bayern Munich. He won three French Championships (1974–1976) and one French Cup (1977) with St. Etienne. He transferred to Paris St. Germain in 1980 with whom he won once more the French Championship (1986) and two more French Cups (1982–1983). In 1987 he was transferred to Toulouse FC, for whom he played two seasons before retiring in 1989. With the French National Team Rocheteau won 49 caps from 1975–1986 and scored 15 goals. He played in the 1978 World Cup, 1982 World Cup and 1986 World Cup and was part of the team that won the European Championship in 1984 (though Rocheteau missed the final due to injury). He was injury prone.

Away from football, Rocheteau has been noted for his far left views, and has been associated with the Ligue communiste révolutionnaire and the Lutte Ouvrière.[1]

Titles

• French Championship in 1974, 1975 and 1976 with AS Saint-Étienne, 1986 with Paris SG
• Coupe de France in 1977 with AS Saint-Étienne, 1982 and 1983 with Paris SG
• UEFA Champions League runner-up in 1976 with AS Saint-Étienne
• Euro 1984 with France

Statistics

Club performance			League		Cup		Continental		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
France			League		Coupe de France		Europe		Total
1972/73	AS Saint-Étienne	Division 1	2	0
1973/74			4	0
1974/75			4	0
1975/76			22	11
1976/77			27	3
1977/78			26	5
1978/79			37	21
1979/80			31	11
1980/81	Paris Saint-Germain	Division 1	37	16						-
1981/82			22	10
1982/83			26	11
1983/84			30	9
1984/85			31	15
1985/86			35	19
1986/87			23	3
1987/88	Toulouse FC	Division 1	24	6
1988/89			34	7
Country	France		415	147
Total			415	147

France national team
Year	Apps	Goals
1975	3	0
1976	2	0
1977	4	2
1978	5	1
1979	2	0
1980	2	0
1981	4	1
1982	6	2
1983	6	3
1984	5	1
1985	4	4
1986	6	1
Total	49	15

References

• Dominique Rocheteau at National-Football-Teams.com
• (French) French Football Federation Profile
• (French) lequipe.fr