Jean-Michel Larqué

Jean-Michel Larqué

Personal information
Full name	Jean-Michel Larqué
Date of birth	(1947-09-08) 8 September 1947
Place of birth	Bizanos, France
Position(s)	midfielder
Team information
Current team	retired
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1965	JAB Pau
1965–1977	Saint-Étienne	321	(78)
1977–1979	Paris Saint-Germain	22	(0)
1981–1982	RC Paris	?	(?)
International career
1969–1976	France	14	(2)
Managerial career
1977–1978	Paris Saint-Germain
1981–1982	RC Paris
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jean-Michel Larqué (born 8 September 1947, in Bizanos, Pyrénées-Atlantiques) is a retired football player, and now a sports journalist. He has also been player-coach of RC Paris, his only experience as head-coach.

Biography

As a player, Larqué was one of the most important players for AS Saint-Étienne in the 60s and 70s where he won all his titles. He finished his playing career in Paris with Paris Saint-Germain and RC Paris.

After having retired as a player, he became a football journalist: redactor for Onze Mondial magazine, but also on the radio Radio Monte Carlo with his programme, Larqué foot and on TV where he is a commentator. Between 1980 and 1984 he commented football matches on Antenne 2 and between 1985 and 2005 on TF1 with Thierry Roland. With the departure of Thierry Roland for M6, TF1 chose Thierry Gilardi (died on 25 March 2008) of Canal + to comment with Larqué. His style is notable for his constant repetition of the same phrase. In 1983, he also created training schools for young footballers from 7 to 19 where came Florent Malouda, Bruno Cheyrou, Benoït Cheyrou and Fabrice Fernandes.

Titles

• French championship in 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1974, 1975, 1976 with AS Saint-Étienne.French record of 7 French championship
• French cup in 1970, 1974, 1975 with AS Saint-Étienne.
• European Champions cup runner-up in 1976 with AS Saint-Étienne.

External links

• Official site of his training schools (in French "stages")
• photo and international career
• Career stats