Dominique Bijotat

Dominique Bijotat ( born January 3, 1961 in Chassignolles, Indre ) is a retired French footballer and current coach.

Career as a player

Association

Dominique Bijotat played in youth for U.S. La Chatre, U.S. Montgivray and for the youth department of the AS Monaco active. In the senior level, he was also active for the AS Monaco. Furthermore, even for Girondins Bordeaux and for LB Chateauroux.

National

In his career Bijotat also denied caps for the senior national team of France. He made his debut on 31 August 1982, when he stood in the 0-4 defeat against Poland in the starting XI and was replaced at the beginning of the second half by Jean -Marc Ferreri. The game against Poland should remain its only for a long time. It was not until almost four years later, he made his comeback. On August 19, 1986, in the 0-2 defeat against Switzerland, Bijotat was again in the starting line; Here he played through the entire game. Then again, it took until Bijotat came in an international match is used. On October 14, 1987, in a 1-1 draw in the qualifiers for Euro 1988 against Norway, Bijotat was again in the starting line-up. This time he played through the entire game.

He made his last international match on April 27, 1988 a 0-0 draw against Northern Ireland Bijotat stood in the starting eleven and came across the game used.

Career as a coach

From 1999 to 2002 active for the second team of RC Lens as a coach. After that he worked as a coach at Clermont Foot Auvergne 2002-2004.

After a stop at FC Sochaux (2005/ 06) he was from 2006 to 2008 as sports director of the youth academy of his former club, AS Monaco, active. This he gave up in 2008, only to take over the coaching job at his other former club, LB Châteauroux. Since 2010 he is a coach at FC Metz.