Dominique Bijotat (born 3 January 1961) is a French

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manager and former professional player who played as a

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. He obtained eight international caps (no goals) for the France national team during the 1980s.

Club career

Bijotat was born in Chassignolles, Indre. Most of his career was spent with

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, playing there in two separate periods 1976–1987 and 1988–1991. He also spent one season with

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and eventually ended his playing career at

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International career

He was a member of the

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that won the gold medal at the

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in Los Angeles.

Coaching career

After the recent home defeat against Ajaccio, the coach has quit Ligue 2 club

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, the team was in 16th place. On 4 June 2010,

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officials hired the former Châteauroux coach with the objective of leading the team back to

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within two years. His spell ended up in a nightmare as Metz was relegated in May 2012 in National for the first time, the French third division, before the last game of the season. He was even asked by the Chairman not to coach the team for the last game at home.

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