Alain Roche (footballer)

Alain Roche
Personal information
Full name Alain Roche[1]
Date of birth (1967-10-14) 14 October 1967 (age 57)
Place of birth Brive-la-Gaillarde, France
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1985–1989 Bordeaux 131 (5)
1989–1990 Marseille 27 (0)
1990–1992 Auxerre 76 (7)
1992–1998 Paris Saint-Germain 193 (10)
1998–2000 Valencia 34 (1)
2000–2002 Bordeaux 58 (2)
Total 519 (25)
International career
1988–1996 France 25 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alain Roche (born 14 October 1967) is a French former professional footballer who played as a defender. He spent significant time at Paris Saint-Germain, where he notably won the European Cup Winners' Cup. He earned his first international cap for France on 19 November 1988 against Yugoslavia in a 3–2 loss.[2]

He played for Bordeaux, Marseille, Auxerre,[3] Paris SG and Valencia. Whilst at PSG he scored when they won both the 1993 Coupe de France Final and the 1995 Coupe de la Ligue Final.[4][5]

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  2. ^ "Equipes de France - FFF". Archived from the original on 1 October 2012. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  3. ^ "Histoire de l'AJ Auxerre, Alain ROCHE". Archived from the original on 8 August 2007. Retrieved 7 November 2009.
  4. ^ "PSG – Nantes 3-0, 12/06/93, Coupe de France 92-93". archivesparisfootball.wordpress.com. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  5. ^ "PSG – Bastia 2-0, 03/05/95, Coupe de la Ligue 94-95". archivesparisfootball.wordpress.com. Retrieved 3 January 2020.