Roger Scotti

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Roger Scotti (born July 29, 1925 in Marseille , France ; † December 12, 2001 ibid) was a French football player who was mostly used in attacking midfield . During his entire career, from 1942 to 1958, he was exclusively under contract with his hometown club Olympique Marseille and is the record player with 406 competitive appearances.

biography

Roger Scotti is considered to be one of the greatest technicians in the history of Olympique Marseille. With his talent and personality he shaped the club in the post-war years. At the age of 17 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, the connection to his hometown never made him think about the possibility of a change: "Leaving Marseille would break my heart," he emphasized again and again.

In addition to his ingenious skills as a footballer, he also had a certain quick-wittedness, which is expressed in the following exchange with his then club coach Henri Roessler :

On a mild Sunday, Scotti approached Roessler and said: "Coach, today it would be better to play with thin and short-sleeved jerseys instead of those thicker and long-armed ones." Roessler, who did not want to get into a dispute, replied: "You plays the way I say it. "Then Scotti took a pair of scissors, cut off the sleeves of his jersey and held them out to his trainer:" You can use them to polish your shoes - and of course I'll pay for the jersey. "

Scotti was the favorite player of club president Louis-Bernard Dancausse, who ran Olympique from 1946 to 1951. However, there are rumors from that time that Scotti was actually in charge of OM.

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

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

literature

  • L'Histoire de l'Olympique de Marseille , Hugo et Compagnie, Paris 2009, p. 180

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personal data
SURNAME Scotti, Roger
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH July 29, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH Marseille , France
DATE OF DEATH December 12, 2001
Place of death Marseille , France