Alain Boghossian

Alain Boghossian ( born October 27, 1970 in Digne- les- Bains ) is a former French international footballer of Armenian descent.

Life

Boghossian began his career at Olympique de Marseille, but was not on the reserve team out. Therefore, in 1992 he became loaned to playing in Ligue 2 Istres FC to play matches. After his return in the summer of 1993 he played a season in Marseille, but left the club after relegation.

In 1994, Boghossian in the Serie A for Napoli, who had made ​​a number of service providers due to financial difficulties. After the descent 1997, he moved to league rivals Sampdoria. There, however, he only stayed one season and moved to Parma in 1998. In 1999 he played in the final of the UEFA Cup against his former club Olympique Marseille and won with his team clearly 3-0.

In 2002, Boghossian in the Primera División to Espanyol. Here he came only five missions and had to end his career due to injury problems in October 2003.

Boghossian won the French national team. With the selection, he participated in the World Championships in 1998 and 2002 and is one of the French world champions. He was also nominated for the 2000 European Championships, but was injured shortly before the tournament. Overall, he played 26 international matches and thereby came to two Torerfolgen.

Business

In December 2008 he bought with his former teammates Bixente Lizarazu and Zinedine Zidane the then third division side Olympique Croix de Savoie 74 ( now FC Evian Thonon Gaillard ).

Achievements

• Football World Cup: 1998
• UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1999
• Italian Cup Winners' Cup: 1999
• Knight of the Legion of Honor: 1998

• National football team (France)
• Member of the Legion of Honour ( Knight )
• Born in 1970
• Man
• Frenchman
• UEFA Europa League winners