Laurent Paganelli
Laurent Paganelli ( born October 22, 1962 in Aubenas ) is a former French football player, who is due to make his debut at the age of 15 years, ten months and three days, the youngest player in the history of the French Ligue 1. In 1997 he began a second career as a sports journalist.
Playing career
The 168 -centimeter midfielder Paganelli grew up in the southern French city of Avignon, where he played for five years for the youth teams of a club called MJC Avignon. Thanks corresponding benefits of the then 15 -year-old was appointed in 1978 to the French U-16 squad for the tournament of Montaigu. Through his performances at the tournament, he aroused the interest of many clubs and was regarded as the "great talent " of French football; his parents and representatives of the Association of Avignon the young people helped ultimately to a change to the first division club AS Saint- Étienne, which was completed in the summer of 1978. Despite his young age, he received a contract with a monthly salary of 2,000 francs, and was a member of the senior squad. On August 25, 1978, he arrived at a Erstligapartie against Paris SG as a replacement for the injured Dominique Rocheteau at half time in the game and advanced with his 15 years, ten months and three days to the most recent first division of all time. For his play he was nicknamed petit Mozart ( Mozart smaller ). However followed for the offensive midfielder, the various youth national teams belonged, between 1978 and 1980 no more than sporadic vocations in the first team. During this time he continued to play both for the reserve and for the youth team, which equaled the strain in spite of his rare appearances in the first division of a permanent professionals.
In the season 1980/81 he made his breakthrough at Saint -Etienne and he ran regularly in the top French league. Thus he was a part of the team that brought the French championship in 1981. In addition to his first title win at the national level with his club he managed the leap into the national cup final in 1981, which, however due to a 1-2 defeat against the SEC Bastia brought no second title. In addition, he had given during the same season his debut on the European level. Then he lost team internally ground again, but could still contest the cup final in 1982, where he failed for the second time in a possible win the trophy. After that he did not make the sustainable return in the starting eleven and also experienced a black money scandal surrounding his association with. In 1983, he returned to Saint- Étienne his back and had played there more league games for the second than for the first team in his five years. He founded The unfulfilled expectations himself later with a "lack of professionalism " and high pressure, which he was exposed by the media.
In the same year he offers of the SC Toulon and AJ Auxerre were available. He opted for a change to the first division club Toulon, as it for personal reasons the south of France, where he had grown up, preferred. At Toulon he became first team regular and was regularly summoned in the subsequent seasons, though he was from 1984 no longer set firmly. With the team he commuted between relegation battle and fight for European places, where neither the entry into the European Cup nor the fall in the second division became a reality until 1988 he the club and so at the age of 25 years also left its credentials.
Following his departure for Toulon he signed for second division FC Grenoble. For Grenoble he was several times on the court, but gave up his duties there after a few weeks on. In his hometown of Avignon, he was also the second-rate club Olympique Avignon a new opportunity and ran in the season 1990/91 and again in the second division. In 1991, he finished with 28 years of 164 Erstligapartien with 28 goals and 32 second division games with three goals finally his career. An appeal to the French A- national team was the player who has established itself permanently in spite of the early start of his career, not denied.
Life after the active period
After the retirement of former professional returned to his youth club MJC Avignon, where he henceforth as a supervisor youth dedicated to help out those in serious situations. 1997 Paganelli was set at the private television station Canal as a sports commentator and remained in this position long term. In 2008 he was allowed to take over the role of the commentator through his popularity in his profession and the game Pro Evolution Soccer. In addition, he was given a job as an employee of Laurent Ruquier on radio station Europe 1 and increased for the conservative UMP in the local politics of Avignon.