Gérard Janvion

Semi-finals in the 1976 European Cup, Janvion is third from the right

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

The club career

Gérard Janvion first played with CS Case-Pilote on the Caribbean island of Martinique, a French overseas department , as a center forward before he was committed in 1972 at the age of eighteen by AS Saint-Étienne . Already in the 1973/74 season he was involved in the doublé of the club, usually known as les Verts (dt. The Greens ) or ASSE in France , and although he had only played a quarter of the point games in Division 1 , he was in the storm row of the Final team that won the national cup . A year later, Saint-Étienne repeated this "double blow" under his young coach Robert Herbin , and Janvion was now part of the regular formation - albeit now as a right full-back . In 1976 he won his third league title with the Verts , the third national cup in 1977, and this time he was used in the final as a midfielder . In addition to his basic speed, it was this versatility that made him an important figure in an eleven that had well-known players in their ranks with Hervé Revelli , Lopez , Santini , Bathenay and Rocheteau and also cut a good figure at European level : in the national championship cup In 1975/76 Saint-Étienne only had to admit defeat to Munich Bayern in the final .

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

He then moved back to the Antilles , where he coached several smaller clubs before becoming assistant coach of the Martinique national team in 2002 .

Stations as a player

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

The national player

Between October 1975 and October 1982 Gérard Janvion played 40 international matches for the French national team ; his debut took him to Leipzig , where the Bleus lost 2-1 to the GDR . He was part of the French squad at the 1978 World Cup (2 games) and at the 1982 World Cup . In Spain, he played in 6 of the 7 French encounters, including the second round match against Austria (1-0) , the dramatic semi-final against West Germany (7-8 after penalties) and the match for third place (2-3 against Poland ).

Palmarès

• French champion : 1974, 1975, 1976, 1981
• French cup winner : 1974, 1975, 1977 (also finalist 1981, 1982 - as far as everything with Saint-Étienne - and 1985 with PSG)
• European Champion Clubs' Cup : Finalist 1976
• around 300 D1 missions for Saint-Étienne, 42 for PSG
• 43 European games (2 goals) for ASSE, 5 games (0 goals) for PSG
• 40 international matches, World Cup participant 1978 and 1982 (there a total of 8 appearances; World Cup fourth in 1982)