Alain Roche (footballer)

Alain Roche

Personal information
Full name	Alain Roche [1]
Date of birth	(1967-10-14) 14 October 1967 (age 57) [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

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

Bordeaux

• Division 1: 1986–87 ^{[ citation needed ]}
• Coupe de France: 1985–86, 1986–87 ^{[ citation needed ]}

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

• Copa del Rey: 1998–99 ^{[ citation needed ]}
• UEFA Intertoto Cup: 1998 ^[7]

France U21

• UEFA European Under-21 Championship: 1988 ^{[ citation needed ]}

Individual

• French Player of the Year: 1992 ^[8]
• Onze Mondial: 1994, 1995 ^[9]

References

1. "Alain Roche". Verif.com (in French). Retrieved 11 April 2025.
2. "Alain Roche". L'Équipe (in French). Paris. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
3. "Equipes de France - FFF". Archived from the original on 1 October 2012. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
4. "Histoire de l'AJ Auxerre, Alain ROCHE". Archived from the original on 8 August 2007. Retrieved 7 November 2009.
5. "PSG – Nantes 3-0, 12/06/93, Coupe de France 92-93". archivesparisfootball.wordpress.com. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
6. "PSG – Bastia 2-0, 03/05/95, Coupe de la Ligue 94-95". archivesparisfootball.wordpress.com. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
7. "Valencia 2-1 Salzburg (Aggregate: 4 - 1)". UEFA. Archived from the original on 23 June 2004. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
8. "France - Footballer of the Year". Archived from the original on 5 September 2015. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
9. ""Onze Mondial" Awards". RSSSF . Archived from the original on 4 July 2019. Retrieved 17 December 2021.

External links

• Alain Roche at the French Football Federation (in French)