Gérard Janvion
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 21 August 1953 | ||
Place of birth | Fort-de-France, Martinique | ||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Youth career | |||
1965–1972 | CS Case-Pilote | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1972–1983 | Saint-Étienne | 301 | (8) |
1983–1985 | Paris Saint-Germain | 42 | (0) |
1985–1987 | Béziers | 39 | (1) |
Total | 382 | (9) | |
International career | |||
1975–1982 | France | 40 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Gérard Janvion (French pronunciation: [ʒeʁaʁ ʒɑ̃vjɔ̃]; born 21 August 1953) is a French former professional footballer who played as a defender. A French international from 1975 to 1982 he made 40 appearances for the France national team. Having started his senior career in 1972 at Saint-Étienne he went on to spend most of playing days there before joining Paris Saint-Germain in 1983. He retired from playing in 1987 after a two-year stint with Béziers.
Club career
[edit]Janvion started his career in Martinique with the local side CS Case-Pilote.[1] He played professionally for AS Saint-Étienne (1972–83), where he competed alongside Michel Platini, and for Paris Saint-Germain (1983–85) before retiring at AS Béziers.
Janvion was also the manager of Martinique's top-level side CS Case-Pilote in the 2007–08 season.
International career
[edit]From 1975 to 1982, Janvion earned 40 caps for France.[1] He also participated in two World Cups (1978 and 1982).[2]
Honours
[edit]Saint-Étienne
References
[edit]- ^ a b (in French) French Football Federation Profile
- ^ Record at FIFA Tournaments – FIFA
External links
[edit]- Career stats – AS Saint-Étienne
- Gérard Janvion at National-Football-Teams.com
External links
[edit]- Gérard Janvion at the French Football Federation (in French)
- Gérard Janvion at the French Football Federation (archived) (in French)
- 1953 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Fort-de-France
- Martiniquais men's footballers
- French men's footballers
- France men's international footballers
- Men's association football defenders
- 1978 FIFA World Cup players
- 1982 FIFA World Cup players
- AS Saint-Étienne players
- Paris Saint-Germain FC players
- AS Béziers Hérault (football) players
- Ligue 1 players
- French people of Martiniquais descent
- Black French sportspeople
- 20th-century French sportsmen
- Martiniquais football biography stubs
- French football defender, 1950s birth stubs