| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jean-Michel Larqué | ||
| Date of birth | September 8, 1947 | ||
| Place of birth | Bizanos, France | ||
| Playing position | midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | retired | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1965 | JAB Pau | ? | (?) |
| 1965–1977 | AS Saint-Étienne | 321 | (78) |
| 1977–1979 | Paris Saint-Germain | 22 | (0) |
| 1981–1982 | RC Paris | ? | (?) |
| National team | |||
| 1969–1976 | France | 14 | (2) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1977–1978 | Paris SG | ||
| 1981–1982 | RC Paris | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
|||
Jean-Michel Larqué (born 8 September 1947, in Bizanos, Pyrénées-Atlantiques) is a retired football player, and now a journalist. He has also been player-coach of RC Paris, his only experience as head-coach.
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 March 25, 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.
|
|||||