Dominique Rocheteau

Dominique Rocheteau

Personal information
Full name	Dominique Rocheteau
Date of birth	(1955-01-14) 14 January 1955
Place of birth	Saintes, Charente-Maritime, France
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Winger
Youth career
	La Rochelle
–	Etaules
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1972–1980	Saint-Étienne	153	(51)
1980–1987	Paris Saint-Germain	204	(83)
1987–1989	Toulouse	60	(13)
Total		417	(147)
National team‡
1975–1986	France	49	(15)
Teams managed
2010-2011	Saint-Étienne (president adviser)
2011-	Saint-Étienne (sporting director)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 2007

Dominique Rocheteau (French pronunciation: ​[dɔminik ʁɔʃəto]; born 14 January 1955 in Saintes, Charente-Maritime) is a former international football striker from France. He played in the final tournament of three World Cups, scoring at least a goal in each of them, and was part of the team that won the European Championship in 1984. At club level, he won 4 Division 1 titles, 3 Coupes de France and played in the 1976 European Champion Clubs' Cup final.

Club career

Rocheteau began his professional career with AS Saint-Étienne, when they were the most successful and popular football team in France. He was a sinuous and incisive outside right who was nicknamed l'Ange Vert ("The Green Angel"). Injured, he played only the last eight minutes of the 1976 European Champion Clubs' Cup final, which Saint-Étienne lost 1-0 to Bayern Munich. He won three Division 1 titles (1974–1976) and one Coupe de France (1977) with Saint-Étienne. He transferred to Paris Saint-Germain in 1980 with whom he won one Division 1 title (1986) and two Coupes de France (1982–1983). In 1987 he was transferred to Toulouse FC, for whom he played two seasons before retiring in 1989.

Asked in 2012 about his most memorable football moment, Rocheteau cited his 107th-minute decisive goal in the second leg of the 1975-76 European Champion Clubs' Cup quarter-final against FC Dynamo Kyiv. Saint-Étienne had lost the first leg 2-0 but won the return match 3-0 after extra-time. Dynamo Kyiv were the previous year's winners of the 1974–75 European Cup Winners' Cup.^[1]

International career

With the France national football team, Rocheteau won 49 caps from 1975–1986 and scored 15 goals. He played in final tournament of the 1978 World Cup, 1982 World Cup and 1986 World Cup and was part of the team that won the European Championship in 1984 (though Rocheteau missed the final due to injury). He was injury prone.

Rocheteau played two matches and scored once in Argentina 1978, where France were eliminated in the group stage.^[2] Four years later in Spain 1982, he played four matches and scored twice. He started for France in their semi-final defeat against West Germany, and was still on the field for the penalty shooutout, successfully converting his kick.^[3] In Mexico 1986, Rocheteau scored only one goal but made four assists;^[4] he played four matches, including the quarter-final against Brazil (he was injured and substituted during that match in extra-time and missed the resulting penalty shootout), but did not play in the semi-final against West Germany.

Private and later life

Rocheteau grew up in Étaules, Charente-Maritime where his grandfather and father ran an oyster farm. The business was later taken over by his brother Antony.^[5]

After his retirement, Rocheteau shortly became a sports agent, working for David Ginola and Reynald Pedros. In 2002, he became head of the National Ethics Committee of the French Football Federation. He joined the Saint-Étienne staff in 2010, and has since held various management positions in the club.^[6]

Away from football, Rocheteau has been noted for his far left views, and has been associated with the Ligue communiste révolutionnaire and Lutte Ouvrière.^[7] In 1995, he played a supporting fictional character in Maurice Pialat's film Le Garçu, starring Gérard Depardieu. He has appeared in a few other movies, TV shows and commercials.^[8]

Titles

• Division 1 in 1974, 1975 and 1976 with AS Saint-Étienne, 1986 with Paris Saint-Germain
• Coupe de France in 1977 with AS Saint-Étienne, 1982 and 1983 with Paris Saint-Germain
• European Champion Clubs' Cup runner-up in 1976 with AS Saint-Étienne
• Euro 1984 with France

Statistics

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References

External links

• Dominique Rocheteau at National-Football-Teams.com
• (French) French Football Federation Profile
• (French) lequipe.fr
• Dominique Rocheteau at the Internet Movie Database

France squads
France squad – 1978 FIFA World Cup 1 Baratelli 2 Battiston 3 Bossis 4 Janvion 5 Bracci 6 Lopez 7 Rio 8 Trésor (c) 9 Bathenay 10 Guillou 11 Michel 12 Papi 13 Petit 14 Berdoll 15 Platini 16 Dalger 17 Lacombe 18 Rocheteau 19 Six 20 Rouyer 21 Bertrand‑Demanes 22 Dropsy Coach: Hidalgo France squad – 1982 FIFA World Cup Fourth Place 1 Baratelli 2 Amoros 3 Battiston 4 Bossis 5 Janvion 6 Lopez 7 Mahut 8 Trésor 9 Genghini 10 Platini (c) 11 Girard 12 Giresse 13 Larios 14 Tigana 15 Bellone 16 Couriol 17 Lacombe 18 Rocheteau 19 Six 20 Soler 21 Castaneda 22 Ettori Coach: Hidalgo France squad – UEFA Euro 1984 winners (1st title) 1 Bats 2 Amoros 3 Domergue 4 Bossis 5 Battiston 6 Fernández 7 Ferreri 8 Bravo 9 Genghini 10 Platini (c) 11 Bellone 12 Giresse 13 Six 14 Tigana 15 Le Roux 16 Rocheteau 17 Lacombe 18 Tusseau 19 Bergeroo 20 Rust Coach: Hidalgo France squad – 1986 FIFA World Cup Third Place 1 Bats 2 Amoros 3 Ayache 4 Battiston 5 Bibard 6 Bossis 7 Le Roux 8 Tusseau 9 Fernández 10 Platini (c) 11 Ferreri 12 Giresse 13 Genghini 14 Tigana 15 Vercruysse 16 Bellone 17 Papin 18 Rocheteau 19 Stopyra 20 Xuereb 21 Bergeroo 22 Rust Coach: Michel