Jacques Novi

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Jacques Novi (born July 18, 1946 in Bellegarde , Gard ) is a former French football player and coach .

Player career

In his clubs

Jacques Novi came to Olympique Nîmes early on , for whose professional team he played his first division 1 game at the age of 17 (at Stade Reims at the end of August 1963 ). For four years he always played there against relegation to the second division , which in 1967 could no longer be prevented when Nîmes as table-17. in the barrages against AS Aix and FC Toulouse were left behind. In the central defense and first in defensive midfield Novi used then moved up to Olympique Marseille .

At OM, he joined a team that had been continuously strengthened by new players since they had been promoted a season earlier - for example, Djorkaeff , Artelesa , Skoblar , Bonnel , Magnusson and Loubet came , with Yegba Maya the team also had an effective goalscorer. "Jacky" Novi continued to develop his qualities there and was successfully supported by his coaches, in particular Mario Zatelli ; "A bit stubborn, solid as an oak and calm as an angler", Novi followed his opponent at every turn, but always kept an eye on the entire game. In the 1968/69 season, already a national player (see below) , the defender won his first title at the end of this season in Marseille, as the Phocéens - a name common in France for the residents of the city and the players of Olympique - after a 2-0 final victory against Girondins Bordeaux in the national cup competition were successful. A year later, Novi's first championship title followed and it only took another twelve months before the club brought both titles back to Provence , this time even in the same season, and so could adorn themselves with winning the doublé . Jacques Novi, who was spared from major injuries throughout his career - which earned him the name "Jacky-la-Santé" - was again in the cup final, which won 2-1 over SEC Bastia . In the European club competitions, he was on the pitch in two matches that were counted among the early highlights of Olympique: the 2-0 win against Dukla Prague in the 1969/70 cup winners' competition , when his team were able to qualify for the round of 16 in extra time , and the "home game" held in Lyon against Juventus Turin in the European Cup of National Champions in 1972/73 , although the 1-0 victory was not enough to advance.

After six years Novi left Marseille and came back in 1973/74 for his old club from Nîmes, with whom he was able to complete the season in the middle of the table this time. From 1974 under contract with the new capital club Paris Saint-Germain , there were no further titles to be won there either; A ninth place in Division 1 (1977) and participation in the semi-finals in the Cup (1975) were already the best placings that PSG achieved. Therefore, after three years in Paris, he moved to Alsace , where he also played for Racing Strasbourg for three years . In 1979 "Jacky" won there under coach Gilbert Gress , with whom he had been in the same team for three seasons at Marseille, and together with defensive national players such as Dropsy , Domenech and Specht his third French championship. In the cup, however, Racing only made it to the semi-finals, where it failed due to a blatant outsider, the second division AJ Auxerre .

When Jacques Novi ended his long playing career in 1980, he had made a total of 545 stakes. With this number, he is to this day (2013) the player with the eighth most top division games in France.

Club stations

  • Nîmes Olympique (1963-1967)
  • Olympique de Marseille (1967–1973)
  • Nîmes Olympique (1973/74)
  • Paris Saint-Germain FC (1974–1977)
  • Racing Club de Strasbourg (1977–1980)

In the national team

Jacques Novi, who had already been included in the junior, military and junior selection teams - the latter corresponds to today's U-23 ( Espoirs , from 1966) - also played 20 A internationals for France between April 1969 and September 1972 ; he did not succeed in scoring in this circle. Together with his club mate Bernard Bosquier , he formed the central defense of the Bleus almost continuously under national coach Georges Boulogne , before the two were replaced by the tandem Trésor / Quittet . Novis' bad luck was that France was only able to qualify for a major international tournament during its most successful years in 1978 , when he was no longer one of those who national coach Hidalgo considered for a trip to Argentina .

Coaching career

After his playing career, Jacky Novi returned to his home region on the Mediterranean , where he initially managed the youth training center (center de formation) of his original club, Olympique Nîmes (1989 to 1992). From 1995 to 1997 he coached the third division eleven of Rodez Aveyron Football , which was followed by three years at the Étoile Sportive de Fréjus , for which he also acted as sporting director during the 1998/99 season. From 2000 to 2002 he worked at Olympique Alès , with whom he reached seventh place in the third division in 2002 - a few months before the club had to file for bankruptcy.

Palmarès as a player

  • French champion: 1971, 1972 and 1979 (and runner-up 1970)
  • French cup winner: 1969, 1972
  • 20 international caps (no hit) for France
  • 545 games and 26 goals in Division 1 , 165/8 for Nîmes, 196/13 for Marseille, 102/4 for Paris, 82/1 for Strasbourg; thus 7th place in the list of the most frequently used players of all time
  • In the European Cup competitions 22 appearances (no goal), of which 12 for Marseille and 10 for Strasbourg

literature

  • Denis Chaumier: Les Bleus. Tous les joueurs de l'équipe de France de 1904 à nos jours. Larousse, o. O. 2004 ISBN 2-03-505420-6
  • L'Équipe / Gérard Ejnès: 50 ans de Coupes d'Europe. L'Équipe, Issy-les-Moulineaux 2005 ISBN 2-951-96059-X
  • L'Équipe / Gérard Ejnès: Coupe de France. La folle épopée. L'Équipe, Issy-les-Moulineaux 2007 ISBN 978-2-915-53562-4
  • Alain Pécheral: La grande histoire de l'OM. Des origines à nos jours. Ed. Prolongations, o. O. 2007 ISBN 978-2-916400-07-5

Remarks

  1. ↑ Pécheral, pp. 395/396
  2. ↑ Chaumier, p. 226
  3. ↑ L'Équipe / Ejnès, Coupe, p. 385
  4. ↑ Pécheral, p. 205
  5. ↑ transferred for example "Jacky, the very healthy" - Pécheral, p. 439
  6. ↑ L'Équipe / Ejnès, Coupe, p. 388
  7. ↑ L'Équipe / Ejnès, 50 ans, pp. 259-261.
  8. ↑ L'Équipe / Ejnès, Coupe, p. 395
  9. ^ Sophie Guillet / François Laforge: Le guide français et international du football éd. 2007. Vecchi, Paris 2006 ISBN 2-7328-6842-6 , p. 237
  10. ↑ L'Équipe / Gérard Ejnès: La belle histoire. L'équipe de France de football. L'Équipe, Issy-les-Moulineaux 2004 ISBN 2-951-96053-0 , pp. 328-331.
  11. ↑ Chaumier, p. 226
  12. ↑ Chaumier, p. 227
  13. ↑ Numbers from 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.
  14. ↑ L'Équipe / Ejnès, 50 ans, pp. 271 and 324

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personal data
SURNAME Novi, Jacques
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French soccer player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH July 18, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH Bellegarde , Gard department