Jean-Michel Larque

Larque with RC Paris in 1982
Personal information
Full name	Jean-Michel Larque [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-Etienne	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 Larque (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 [ edit ]

Larque was born in Bizanos , Pyrenees-Atlantiques. ^[2] As a player, Larque played as a midfielder , and was one of the most important players for AS Saint-Etienne 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, Larque 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 Larque. 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 , Benoit Cheyrou and Fabrice Fernandes . ^{[ citation needed ]}

Honours [ edit ]

Saint-Etienne

• Division 1 : 1966?67 , 1967?68 , 1968?69 , 1969?70 , 1973?74 , 1974?75 , 1975?76 ^[2]
• Coupe de France : 1969?70 , 1973?74 , 1974?75 ^[2]

Orders

• Chevalier of the Legion d'honneur : 1999 ^[1]

References [ edit ]

External links [ edit ]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Jean-Michel Larque .

• Official site of his training schools (in French "stages")
• photo and international career ^{[ permanent dead link ]}