Jean-Michel Larqué
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Jean-Michel LarquĂ© (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. LarquĂ© was born in Bizanos, PyrĂ©nĂ©es-Atlantiques. As a player, LarquĂ© played as a midfielder, and was one of the most important players for AS Saint-Ătienne 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. He holds the jointârecord for most Ligue 1 titles won (seven), along with his Saint-Ătienne teammate HervĂ© Revelli, as well as Thiago Silva and Marco Verratti of Paris SaintâGermain, and GrĂ©gory Coupet, Juninho, and Sidney Govou of Lyon. 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, LarquĂ© 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 LarquĂ©. 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, BenoĂŻt Cheyrou and Fabrice Fernandes. Source: Article "Jean-Michel LarquĂ©" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
