Alain Roche (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Alain Roche[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 14 October 1967[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Brive-la-Gaillarde,[2] Corrèze, France | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1985–1989 | Bordeaux | 131 | (5) |
| 1989–1990 | Marseille | 27 | (0) |
| 1990–1992 | Auxerre | 76 | (7) |
| 1992–1998 | Paris Saint-Germain | 193 | (10) |
| 1998–2000 | Valencia | 34 | (3) |
| 2000–2002 | Bordeaux | 58 | (2) |
| Total | 519 | (25) | |
| International career | |||
| 1988–1996 | France | 25 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Alain Roche (born 14 October 1967) is a French former professional footballer who played as a defender. He spent significant time at Paris Saint-Germain, where he notably won the European Cup Winners' Cup. He earned his first international cap for France on 19 November 1988 against Yugoslavia in a 3–2 loss.[3]
Career
[edit]Roche played for Bordeaux, Marseille, Auxerre,[4] Paris SG and Valencia. Whilst at PSG he scored when they won both the 1993 Coupe de France Final and the 1995 Coupe de la Ligue Final.[5][6]
Honours
[edit]Bordeaux
Marseille
- Division 1: 1989–90[citation needed]
Paris SG
- Division 1: 1993–94[citation needed]
- Coupe de France: 1992–93, 1994–95, 1997–98[citation needed]
- Coupe de la Ligue: 1994–95, 1997–98[citation needed]
- UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1995–96[citation needed]
Valencia
France U21
Individual
- French Player of the Year: 1992[8]
- Onze Mondial: 1994, 1995[9]
References
[edit]- ^ "Alain Roche". Verif.com (in French). Retrieved 11 April 2025.
- ^ a b c "Alain Roche". L'Équipe (in French). Paris. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
- ^ "Equipes de France - FFF". Archived from the original on 1 October 2012. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
- ^ "Histoire de l'AJ Auxerre, Alain ROCHE". Archived from the original on 8 August 2007. Retrieved 7 November 2009.
- ^ "PSG – Nantes 3-0, 12/06/93, Coupe de France 92-93". archivesparisfootball.wordpress.com. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
- ^ "PSG – Bastia 2-0, 03/05/95, Coupe de la Ligue 94-95". archivesparisfootball.wordpress.com. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
- ^ "Valencia 2-1 Salzburg (Aggregate: 4 - 1)". UEFA. Archived from the original on 23 June 2004. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
- ^ "France - Footballer of the Year". Archived from the original on 5 September 2015. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
- ^ ""Onze Mondial" Awards". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 4 July 2019. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
External links
[edit]- Alain Roche at the French Football Federation (in French)
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