Mikaël Roche (born 24 December 1982) is a

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 le ...

from

Papeete Papeete (Tahitian language, Tahitian: ''Papeete'', pronounced ) is the capital city of French Polynesia, an overseas collectivity of the France, French Republic in the Pacific Ocean. The Communes of France, commune of Papeete is located on the isl ...

Tahiti Tahiti (; Tahitian ; ; previously also known as Otaheite) is the largest island of the Windward group of the Society Islands in French Polynesia. It is located in the central part of the Pacific Ocean and the nearest major landmass is Austr ...

, who plays as a

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for A.S. Central Sport. He is a member of the

Tahiti national football team The Tahiti national football team ( French: ''Équipe de football de Tahiti'') represents French Polynesia and is controlled by the Fédération Tahitienne de Football. The team consists of a selection of players from French Polynesia, not just ...

Career

Roche started his career with local club AS Jeunes before moving to

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to play for

AS Monaco Association Sportive de Monaco Football Club SA, commonly referred to as AS Monaco () or Monaco, is a professional football club based in Monaco that is member of French Football Federation (FFF) and competes in Ligue 1, the top tier of Fre ...

reserve team in 2000. He moved to ROS Menton in the following year, staying with the team until 2005, later transferring to

US Marseille Endoume Union Sportive Marseille Endoume Catalans is a French association football team founded in 1925. They are based in Marseille, France, and play at the 6th level of French football. They play at the Stade le Cesne in Marseille, which has a capacity ...

. Roche returned to

in 2006 to his former club AS Jeunes, joining AS Dragon in 2009 and winning the Tahiti First Division in 2011–12. Roche is also a PE teacher. He has stated this in an interview.

International career

Roche made his debut for the

in 2011 and was the starting goalkeeper at

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before losing his starting place to Xavier Samin after the first two matches, as the team won the competition for the first time. On 20 June 2013, he conceded ten goals against

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in the

2013 FIFA Confederations Cup The 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup was the ninth FIFA Confederations Cup, which was held in Brazil from 15 to 30 June 2013 as a prelude to the 2014 FIFA World Cup. The most recent winners of the six continental championships appeared in the tourna ...

, he however was considered a hero during this match and won the support of the Brazilian fans. He also traded shirts with his counterpart,

Pepe Reina José Manuel "Pepe" Reina Páez (; born 31 August 1982) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for La Liga club Villarreal. The son of famed Barcelona and Atlético Madrid goalkeeper Miguel Reina, Pepe Reina began his ca ...

after the match.

Honours

Domestic

* Tahiti First Division: :: Winner (1): 2012

International

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: :: Winner (1):

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International career statistics

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Roche, Mickael 1982 births Living people French Polynesian men's footballers French Polynesian expatriate men's footballers Tahiti men's international footballers AS Monaco FC players US Marseille Endoume players Rapid de Menton players 2012 OFC Nations Cup players 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup players 2016 OFC Nations Cup players People from Papeete Men's association football goalkeepers