Christian Bottollier

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Christian Bottollier (also under the name Bottolier ; born July 25, 1928 in Chenay , Département Marne ) is a former French football player .

Career

After the 171 centimeter tall striker Bottollier had played for a youth team at the Stade Reims for some time at the age of 17 , he was brought to an amateur club from Le Thillot in Lorraine by former national player Étienne Mattler . In the summer of 1949 he succeeded in switching to first division club FC Nancy , who came from the same region. As a 21-year-old, he made his debut in the elite class of French football and became a regular on the offensive at a time when substitutions and substitutions were not yet possible. Initially he played as a striker and reached fourth place in the list of goalscorers with 19 goals during the 1949/50 season. Because he moved  to an outside position in the attack that consisted of five players at the time - including the senior internationals Léon Deladerrière and Roger Piantoni - and was sometimes called up in midfield , he was then no longer as successful as a goalscorer, but remained in the team set.

With Nancy he found himself mostly in the lower midfield or in a relegation battle. Only in 1953, the team occupied eighth place in the upper half of the table and also made it into the national cup final in 1953 , but had to admit defeat with the participation of Bottollier with 1: 2 against the OSC Lille . In the season 1954/55 he got 14 hits close to his record from his first year as a professional, while in the other seasons he remained well below ten goals. Personally, the player had a certain prominence, which brought him to the front page of the sports magazine Miroir Sprint in 1956 for the season opening 1956/57. Nevertheless, he remained loyal to FC Nancy throughout his career and did so when he suffered relegation in 1957 after years of successful struggle against it. In 1958 he suffered a knee injury that caused the then 29-year-old to end his career after 243 first division games with 54 goals and seven second division games without a goal.

National team

Bottollier, who was a member of the military team in his country, was nominated for the French national team due to his personal achievements despite his affiliation to a club that found itself in the lower midfield of the top division . However, he was ultimately not called up and thus never wore the jersey of France's international A team.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ According to Stéphane Boisson / Raoul Vian: Il était une fois le Championnat de France de Football. Tous les joueurs de la première division de 1948/49 à 2003/04. Neofoot, Saint-Thibault o. J., Bottollier even scored 55 hits in Division 1.
  2. ↑ Christian Bottollier , pari-et-gagne.com
  3. ^ A b Christian Bottollier se rappelle les Nancy OM , om4ever.com
  4. ↑ Christian Bottolier ( Memento of October 27, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), soccerdatabase.eu
personal data
SURNAME Bottollier, Christian
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bottolier, Christian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH July 25, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH Chenay (Marne) , France