Patrick Revelli

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Patrick Revelli (born June 22, 1951 in Mimet , Bouches-du-Rhône ) is a former French football player and coach .

Club career

The striker began his career at AS Saint-Étienne , known for giving young talents a chance and where his brother Hervé , who was five years older, also played. The coaching fox of the Verts (the ASSE is often referred to as the Greens in France ), Albert Batteux , carefully built Patrick Revelli into the first division eleven - for the first time in the 1969/70 season, when Saint-Étienne became champions and cup winners , in just one point game . From 1971/72 the right winger was part of the team, and he was not only an efficient flanker, but also dangerous for goals: especially between 1971 and 1974 and 1976/77 he scored a double-digit number of hits every year, and 1973/74 - meanwhile his former teammate Robert Herbin has become his coach - with 16 goals he even made it to a top position in the list of league goalscorer. As a preparer and executor, he contributed to the numerous titles that his club won in the mid-1970s (three championships and three trophies, including two doublés in 1974 and 1975 ). At the age of 22 he was called up to the national team for the first time .

Revelli was seen as a player who was able to drive his teammates on when the team found itself in a seemingly hopeless situation: for example, in the quarter-finals of the 1974/75 European Cup , when he lost 2-0 in the first leg at Dynamo Kiev in his home town of Stade Geoffroy-Guichard crossed his teammate Dominique Rocheteau to make the decisive 3-0 win against Blochin & Co shortly before the end of the game . served. And when Saint-Étienne fought for his last chance for a title and participation in a European competition in the French Cup semi-finals in 1977 against FC Nantes after a first leg 3-0 in front of their own audience, it was he who scored 1-0 early and thus laid the foundation for a 5-1 victory and a place in the final. In the final of the national championship cup in 1975/76 against FC Bayern Munich , however, such a turnaround was not granted to him.

In 1978, Patrick Revelli accepted an offer from league rivals FC Sochaux , where he directed behind the extremely dangerous attackers Genghini , Stopyra and Zimako ; he played with Jacques Zimako at the Verts in 1977/78 . He himself scored 27 league goals in the four years in Franche-Comté , but apart from a runner-up (1979/80) and reaching the semi-finals in the UEFA Cup (1981) , he was unable to increase his collection of titles. In 1982 he ended his career as a professional player.

Stations

  • Association Sportive de Saint-Étienne (1968–1978)
  • FC Sochaux-Montbéliard (1978–1982)

National player

Between November 1973 and February 1977 Revelli played five full international matches for France , the last of which in a 1-0 win over Germany . He also scored a goal for the Bleus (against Poland in 1976 ). In two of the five encounters he played together with his brother Hervé; in four international matches he was a substitute.

Life after the player career

After completing a coaching education , Patrick Revelli worked for Saint-Étienne's second team, in Feurs and with the U17 of Qatar ; as a second professional pillar, he took up a position at Adidas . In the meantime (2007) he has returned to “his” verts , for which he works in financial management.

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personal data
SURNAME Revelli, Patrick
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH June 22, 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH Mimet