Jean-Michel Larqué

French association football player, manager and sports journalist

Jean-Michel Larqué
Larqué with RC Paris in 1982
Personal information
Full name Jean-Michel Larqué[1]
Date of birth (1947-09-08) 8 September 1947 (age 76)[2]
Place of birth Bizanos, France
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[2]
Position(s) Midfielder
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) is a French former professional footballer, and now a sports journalist. He has also been player-coach of RC Paris, his only experience as head-coach.

Career

Larqué was born in Bizanos, Pyrénées-Atlantiques.[2] As a player, Larqué played as a midfielder, and was one of the most important players for AS Saint-Étienne in the 1960s and 70s where he won all his titles. He finished his playing career in Paris with Paris Saint-Germain and RC Paris.[citation needed]

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, Benoît Cheyrou and Fabrice Fernandes.[citation needed]

Honours

Saint-Étienne

Orders

References

  1. ^ a b "Décret du 31 décembre 1999 portant promotion et nomination" [Decree of 31 December 1999 on promotion and appointment]. Journal Officiel de la République Française (in French). 2000 (1): 10. 1 January 2000. PREX9903892D. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Jean-Michel Larqué". L'Équipe (in French). Paris. Retrieved 7 March 2020.

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