Jules Bocandé

Jules François Bocandé ( born November 25, 1958 in Ziguinchor, Senegal; † 7, 2012 in Metz, France) was a football player and coach. It applies to the present day as a " figurehead of the Senegalese football ".

Club career

Jules Bocandé first played at Casa Sports Ziguinchor, a club from his birthplace, football. With this team he had become Senegal's 1979 Cup Winners' Cup. After he had again been with the club in 1980 cup final and taken part in a brawl, he was covered by the national association with a long lock. He then went to Europe and played in Belgium for two years at third division Royal U.S. Tournai and subsequently to the first-class RFC Seraing. From there, brought him in 1984 the French Erstdivisionär FC Metz, who had just won the national cup competition a few weeks. With the Messinian he played in the upper third of the table with, completed his first season as local league Fifth and became a prolific center forward. The following season 1985/86 ended Metz on table in sixth place, and Bocandé had been instrumental; with 23 point game hits, he secured the title of best striker of the Division 1 He also won with Metz previous contest the League Cup, the " Coupe de l' été ". This meant that the capital club Paris Saint- Germain bought him out for 28 million francs out of his contract. Although he played for PSG all 38 league games of the season 1986/87, but he had it only six hits succeeded because with Dominique Rocheteau and the equally to this season newly obligated Vahid Halilhodžić total of three high-scoring player in the attacking formation were used in the game system less supplemented as to make each other competition. Jules Bocandé later said that particular Rocheteau and playmaker Safet Sušić literally " cut " it would have. In the final table occupied the previously traded as favorite Paris only seventh.

PSG sold Bocandé who had there earned 500,000 francs a month, then in the late fall of 1987 to the OGC Nice, where the striker stayed almost four years. With the exception of one season (1988 /89), in which the " young eagles " - Aiglons is the most common to the 21st century term for the players of the club - reached a sixth place in the league, Jules Bocandé played on the Côte d' Azur regularly against relegation. So had the OGC in 1990 as Third last contest the Barrages against Racing Strasbourg, however it could secure the league. Among the seven goals of the Aiglons in these two games Bocandé had contributed just one goal, while his strike partner Robert Langer had been five times successfully. One year later, but not once prevented a 14th place in the final table that the OGC - for financial reasons - the Association to the second division " demoted " was. Here, Bocandé had this season but only ten point game hits can place on the tenth rank among the league goalscorers again. He then moved to newly promoted Racing Lens, with whom he achieved a respectable place in the upper middle. However, he was only used in 26 of the 38 league games and had contributed only six goals to do so. In 1992, he returned, after a total of 223 missions with 70 hits in Division 1, Belgium back, was there for another year in the second division of the dress Eendracht Aalst and then ended with 34 years of his playing career.

Stations

• To 1980 Casa Sports Ziguinchor
• 1980-1982 Royal U.S. Tournai
• 1982-1984 Royal FC Seraing
• 1984-1986 FC Metz
• 1986 - November 1987 Paris Saint- Germain FC
• December 1987-1991 OGC Nice
• 1991/92 Racing Lens
• 1992/93 Eendracht Aalst

In the National Team

Jules has Bocandé 1979-1993 denied a total of 73 A- international matches for Senegal and, scoring 20 goals. As of Senegal in 1986 after almost two decades back could qualify for African Cup of Nations, he was the " key players " of this success. In 1990 in Algeria, he reached with the " Lions of Teranga " - the common term the national team - the semi-finals and in the subsequent placement match fourth. As of this competition in 1992 held in his home country of Cameroon finished but already in the quarterfinals further hopes to be able to win a title with the national team. Three of his hits in National Dress Bocandé achieved during this continental tournaments: he ever scored a goal against Mozambique (1986 ), Nigeria and Kenya (both 1992).

A trainer and personal life

1994 called the Senegalese Association Jules Bocandé as co- trainer at the side of Boubacar Sarr National Coach. He held for twelve A- internationals to 1995 this function. He was afterwards for many years on the coaching staff and fulfilled his task, even at times when he joined due to internal jurisdictional disputes and financial difficulties for months received no salary ( end of 2006). Also known as the Senegal at the World Cup finals in 2002 positive talking point made ​​- the "Lions" failed there in the quarter -finals at the Turkey - he was there as an assistant to Bruno Metsu in Japan and South Korea.

Bocandé had also invest up to his death in a nightclub and a sports shop in his native city, was there also served as Assistant Secretary of the mayor. He also planned to set up a youth training center at his first club Casa Sports. Early May 2012, he returned to Metz to undergo a surgical procedure, which was made necessary due to arteriosclerotic changes. There he died, only 53 years old, on May 7.

Palmarčs

• Senegalese Cup Winners 1979
• Winner of French League Cup 1986
• Scorer in the Division 1 1986