Jean-Paul Bertrand-Demanes

Jean -Paul Bertrand- Demanes ( born May 13, 1952 in Casablanca ) is a former French football goalkeeper.

Playing career

In the club

The 1.92 m long keeper, who was born in the then French Morocco and raised in Pauillac in the southwest of France, played his entire career for FC Nantes. Even as a 17 -year-old signed " JPBD " (also called " the Great", French: le Grand, called ) where a professional contract and completed on 4 November in 1969 Erstligadebüt; this had occurred because prior to the game against Olympique Marseille goalkeeper of all other Canaris - as " canaries " the player of FC Nantes be due to their yellow dresses also currently still called - were injured. Nantes won 2-1, the freshman made ​​his case against Marseilles storm aces Magnusson and Loubet well and was still used in this season two more times. For the undisputed number 1 but he was only in 1972 and remained so until 1987.

During the 18 years at Nantes Jean -Paul Bertrand- Demanes recorded a number of successes. In the Division 1 he won four national champion and also was runner-up six times. Once he won the National Cup (after a 4-1 final victory over AJ Auxerre), was personally two more times in the final of this competition (1973 against Olympique Lyon 1:2, 1983 against Paris Saint- Germain FC 2:3 ). In 1973 he also became a national player. He also came to a total of 39 missions in the European club competitions. The highlight here was reaching the semi-finals in the European Cup Winners' Cup 1979/80, where, however, the later Cupgewinner Valencia finished by 2:1 and 0:4 further title dreams, low point, however, the departure of the national champion competition in 1973/74, as Nantes in the first round with 0:1 and 2:2 was denied by the Danish club Vejle BK amateur.

From major injuries remained "the Great" largely spared so that he longer needed only in the season 1980/81 (a total of some 20 point games). When he beginning of the season 1987/88 laid aside the goalkeeper gloves after a last mission, he had set a record of 532 games in Division 1 for the same club, which was until today (2008), only surpassed by a player in France: Goalkeeper colleague Jean -Luc Ettori brought it to 1994 even on 602 inserts for another club. This JPBD is logically record player of his Canaris.

After a very brief stint in the marketing department of FC Nantes Bertrand - Demanes turned into a football remote operation and have since then an asset and property management company in the area around Nantes.

In the National Team

Jean -Paul Bertrand- Demanes played between November 1973 and June 1978 11 A- international matches for the Équipe Tricolore. Under coach Ştefan Kovács he remained despite five appearances within twelve months - for the time being his last game was the European Championship qualifier against East Germany - Selection ( 2:2, end of 1974 ) - but only the number 2 behind Dominique Baratelli, under the Kovács - successor Michel Hidalgo even only the third goalkeeper behind Baratelli and André Rey.

Only after playing Bertrand Demanes an excellent 1977/ 78 and Rey had suffered a broken wrist in the spring of 1978, JPBD ran back to the Bleus. Hidalgo considered him not only for the French World Cup squad, but put him in the tournament in Argentina from the beginning into the goal. In the first round match against Italy France was defeated with 1:2, but the goalkeeper was also in the second match against the World Cup hosts the confidence of the coach. After less than an hour, "the Great" bounced at a defense parade with his back against the goal post, was briefly unconscious and had to be replaced by Baratelli. The following second 1-2 defeat meant not only for France a premature end in the World Cup tournament, including Bertrand Demanes this game was his last in the national team. In the minor third group match Michel Hidalgo Dominique Dropsy turned into the goal, which became the new regular keeper from that date.

Palmarčs

• French Champion: 1973, 1977, 1980, 1983 ( and runner-up in 1974, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1985, 1986 )
• French Cup Winners: 1979 ( and finalist 1970 [ only nominally ], 1973, 1983)
• 11 A- internationals for France
• A total of 39 games in the European Cupwettbewerben; Semi-finalist in the European Cup Winners' Cup 1979/80
• Alps Cup winner: 1982
• With 532 first division matches (all for FC Nantes) Rank 9 in the list of French Record - league players (as of April 2008)