Roger Scotti

Roger Scotti ( born July 29, 1925 in Marseille, France, † December 12, 2001 ) was a French football player who was used mostly as an attacking midfielder. It was during his entire, ending 1942-1958, career exclusively at his hometown club, Olympique Marseille and is under contract with 406 duty stakes his record player.

Biography

Roger Scotti is considered one of the greatest technicians in the history of Olympique Marseille. With his talent and his personality he coined the club crucial in the postwar years. Only 17 years old, he won the French Cup with Om (1943) and five years later the championship (1948 ).

Although Scotti received several lucrative offers in the course of his career, which ties to his hometown let him never think about the possibility of a change: " to leave Marseille, would break my heart ," he emphasized again and again.

In addition to his brilliant skills as a footballer, he also had a certain wit, which finds its expression in the following exchange with his then club coach Henri Roessler:

On a balmy Sunday Scotti went on to Roessler and said: ". Trainer, today it would be better to play with thin and kurzarmigen jerseys instead of these thicker and long-armed " Roessler, who wanted to commit itself to any dispute, replied: "You. plays the way I say it " Scotti then took a pair of scissors, cut off the sleeves of his shirt and held it out to his coach: ". allows you to bring your shoes to a shine - and the jersey I will pay of course "

Scotti was the favorite players from club president Louis -Bernard Dancausse, the Olympique 1946-1951 initiated. However, there are rumors of that time, according to which at OM actually Scotti was in charge.

Twice came Scotti also for the French national team for use: on November 1, 1950 against Belgium ( 3-3 ) and on October 7, 1956 against Hungary (1:2).

Immediately after Scotti had ended his career rose Olympique at the end of the season 1958/59 ( for the first time in their history ) to the second division from.