Gérard Janvion

Gérard Janvion ( born August 21, 1953 in Fort-de-France/Martinique ) is a former French footballer.

The club career

Gérard Janvion first played the CS Case-Pilote on the Caribbean island of Martinique, a French overseas department, as a center forward before 1972 he was eighteen years old bound of AS Saint -Étienne. Already in the 1973/74 season he was involved referred to the Doublé of France mostly as les Verts ( engl. the Greens) or ACES Association, had indeed denied only a quarter of point games in Division 1, but stood in the forward line of playoff team, which won the national Cup. A year later, Saint-Étienne repeated under his young coach Robert Herbin this " double whammy ", and Janvion now belonged to the tribe Formation - albeit now as a right-back. In 1976, he won with the Verts his third championship title in 1977 for the third time the National Cup, and this time he was employed in the finals as a midfielder. In addition to his basic speed it was this versatility that made ​​him an important player in a team that well-known players had in their ranks with Hervé Revelli, Lopez, Santini, Bathenay, and Rocheteau and also at the European level gave a good figure in the national champion trophy 1975/76, Saint- Étienne was beaten until the final, Bayern Munich.

In 1981, Gérard Janvion again French champion with the ASSE, was 1981 and 1982 in two other cup finals (now also in collaboration with Platini, Battiston and Rep), then moved in 1983 to Paris Saint- Germain FC and ended his playing career in the season 1985 / 86 in the sub-prime AS Béziers.

Then he returned to the West Indies, where he coached several smaller clubs, before in 2002 he was assistant coach of the national team of Martinique.

Stations as a player

• CS Case-Pilote (up to 1972)
• AS Saint- Étienne (1972-1983)
• Paris Saint- Germain FC (1983-1985)
• AS Béziers ( 1985/86, in D2)

The National Players

Between October 1975 and October 1982 denied Gérard Janvion 40 caps for the French national team; his debut led him to Leipzig, where the Bleus against the GDR documents with 1:2. He belonged to both the French squad at the World Cup 1978 (2 games) as well as at the 1982 World Cup. In Spain, he played in 6 of the 7 French encounters, including the intermediate round match against Austria (1:0), the dramatic semi-final against West Germany ( 7:8 on penalties ) and the 3rd place match ( 2:3 against Poland).

Palmarčs

• French Champion: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1981
• French Cup Winners: 1974, 1975, 1977 ( also a finalist in 1981, 1982 - so far everything with Saint- Étienne - and 1985 with PSG)
• European Champion Clubs' Cup: Finalist 1976
• 300 D1 inserts for Saint- Étienne, 42 for PSG
• 43 European games ( 2 goals) for ASSE, 5 games ( 0 goals) for PSG
• 40 A - internationals, World Cup qualifiers in 1978 and 1982 ( a total of 8 missions there; World Cup Fourth 1982)

• Football players (France)
• Born in 1953
• Man