Bernard Bureau
French footballer
 Bureau with RC Paris[a] in 1987 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1959-01-25) 25 January 1959 (age 65) | ||
| Place of birth | Lagny, France | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward[1] | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 0000–1978 | AS Chelles | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1978–1981 | Paris Saint-Germain | 43 | (11) |
| 1981–1983 | Brest | 71 | (16) |
| 1983–1986 | Lille | 97 | (24) |
| 1986–1988 | Matra Racing[a] | 32 | (1) |
| 1988–1990 | Nancy | 58 | (12) |
| 1990–1991 | Reims | 13 | (0) |
| Total | 304 | (64) | |
| International career | |||
| 1983–1984 | France Olympic | 3 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Bernard Bureau (born 25 January 1959) is a French former professional footballer who played as a forward.
Club career
Bureau is a youth graduate of AS Chelles. At age 19, a couple of months before joining Paris Saint-Germain in 1978, he was preparing for a culinary arts certificat d'aptitude professionnelle [fr] (CAP).[2] In three seasons with PSG, he would make a total of 46 appearances and score 11 goals in all competitions.[3] He continued his career at Brest, Lille, Matra Racing,[a] Nancy, and Reims.[3] At the end of his career, Bureau had made 304 league appearances and scored 64 goals, playing 10 of his 13 professional seasons in the Division 1, and the other 3 in the Division 2.[4]
International career
From 1983 to 1984, Bureau played for the France Olympic team.[5] He would make a total of three appearances.[citation needed]
Style of play
Bureau was described as a "racy" forward. He was an excellent header of the ball.[2]
After football
In 1991, Bureau retired from football; he subsequently went to live in the area of Nantes.[2] He started a car cleaning company, and invested his capital in a night club called "Le Quai West". However, he would go back to one of his former passions, catering, in a restaurant in Nantes called “Aux délices de la pomme de terre”, before investing in real estate and apartment renovation in the Loire-Atlantique.[2]
Honours
Nancy
Notes
- ^ a b c In 1987, RC Paris was renamed to Matra Racing.
References
- ^ "Bernard BUREAU". PSG1970.net (in French). Retrieved 5 April 2021.[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b c d "Bureau Bernard". Paris.canal-historique (in French). 2 February 2013. Archived from the original on 31 October 2020. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
- ^ a b "Bernard BUREAU". Histoire du PSG (in French). 27 May 2017. Archived from the original on 29 January 2018. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
- ^ Bernard Bureau at FootballDatabase.eu
- ^ a b "Bernard BUREAU". PSG70 (in French). Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
External links
- Bernard Bureau at WorldFootball.net
