Bruno Bellone

Bruno Bellone ( born March 14, 1962 in Toulon ) is a former French footballer.

The striker Bruno Bellone began his professional career in 1980 with AS Monaco, and quickly became the top scorer of the club. In 1981 he made his debut in the French national team and was appointed national coach Michel Hidalgo in the squad for the FIFA World Cup 1982 in Spain. The 20- year-old came in this tournament for the only time in the match for third place against Poland used as Hidalgo began no longer the stars of the team after the disappointing Halbfinalaus. The game was lost with 2:3.

In the European Football Championship 1984 in France Bellone belonged then to the root formation. Captain Michel Platini led the team for the first title in the history of French football and Bellone contributed in the final against Spain 2-0 winning goal in stoppage time at.

The European champions then drove with Bellone as one of the co-favorites for the Football World Cup 1986 in Mexico, but could in the semifinals, as early as 1982, not prevail against the German team, but won the bronze medal by defeating Belgium.

In 1987, Bruno Bellone for AS Cannes, a year later to Montpellier La Paillade SC. In particular, in Montpellier he came due to numerous injuries are less in use and also did not play in the national team. In 1989 he returned to Cannes, but had to quit in 1990 as a sports handicapped his career. Overall, Bellone has denied 265 top-flight appearances and scored 63 goals in the process, namely 195/47 for Monaco, 57/14 for Cannes and 13 /2 for Montpellier.

For the French national team, he played from October 1981 to February 1988 a total of 34 matches in which reach 2 Goals him.