Dominique Bijotat

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Dominique Bijotat
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Personal information
Date of birth (1961-01-03) 3 January 1961 (age 62)
Place of birth Chassignolles, France
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1968–1976 Montgivray FC
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1976–87 Monaco 185 (16)
1987–88 Bordeaux 37 (1)
1988–91 Monaco 40 (0)
1991–94 Châteauroux
International career
1982–88 France 8 (0)
Managerial career
2002–2004 Ajaccio
2005–2006 Sochaux
2008–2009 Châteauroux
2010–2012 Metz
2015–2016 JS Kabylie
2016 Chabab Rif Al Hoceima
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
Dominique Bijotat
Medal record
Men's football
Representing Flag of France.svg  France
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1984 Los Angeles Team competition

Dominique Bijotat (born 3 January 1961) is a French football manager and former professional player who played as a midfielder. [1] [2] He obtained eight international caps (no goals) for the France national team during the 1980s.

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Club career

Bijotat was born in Chassignolles, Indre. Most of his career was spent with AS Monaco, playing there in two separate periods 1976–1987 and 1988–1991. He also spent one season with Bordeaux and eventually ended his playing career at Châteauroux.

International career

He was a member of the national team that won the gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. [3]

Coaching career

After the recent home defeat against Ajaccio, the coach has quit Ligue 2 club LB Châteauroux, the team was in 16th place. [4]

On 4 June 2010, FC Metz officials hired the former Châteauroux coach with the objective of leading the team back to Ligue 1 within two years. [5] [6]

His spell ended up in a nightmare as Metz was relegated in May 2012 in National for the first time, the French third division, before the last game of the season. He was even asked by the Chairman not to coach the team for the last game at home. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ Dominique Bijotat at FootballDatabase.eu
  2. ↑ Dominique Bijotat at WorldFootball.net
  3. ↑ "Dominique Bijotat Biography and Olympic Results | Olympics at". Sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
  4. ↑ Dominique Bijotat
  5. ↑ "Metz : Bijotat nommé entraîneur pour deux ans". Leparisien.fr. Retrieved 5 May 2011.
  6. ↑ "Bijotat nouvel entraĂŽneur – Foot – L2 – Metz – L'EQUIPE.FR". L'Équipe. France. Archived from the original on 7 June 2010. Retrieved 5 May 2011.
  7. ↑ "Metz vire Bijotat". 17 May 2012.


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