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Jean-Paul Fernand Gabriel Bertrand-Demanes (born 13 May 1952) is a French former professional
footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...
who played as a
goalkeeper In many team sports which involve scoring goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or intercepting o ...
. He earned eleven international caps for the France national team during the 1970s and was part of the France national team in the 1978 FIFA World Cup. Professionally Bertrand-Demanes spent his whole career with
FC Nantes Football Club de Nantes (; Gallo: ''Naunnt''), commonly referred to as FC Nantes or simply Nantes (), is a French professional football club based in Nantes in Pays de la Loire. The club was founded on 21 April 1943, during World War II, as a ...
(1969–1987). During the 1978 World Cup he played in the matches against
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and
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, but was injured in the latter match after he crashed his spine against a goalpost and had to be substituted. He never played for France again.


See also

* One-club man


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* 1952 births Living people Footballers from Casablanca French footballers Association football goalkeepers France international footballers 1978 FIFA World Cup players Ligue 1 players FC Nantes players {{France-footy-goalkeeper-stub