Dominique Baratelli (born 26 December 1947) is a French former professional footballer who played as a

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Career

Born in

Nice Nice ( , ; Niçard dialect, Niçard: , classical norm, or , nonstandard, ; it, Nizza ; lij, Nissa; grc, Νίκαια; la, Nicaea) is the prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes departments of France, department in France. The Nice urban unit, agg ...

, Baratelli started his footballing career with ''Cavigal Nice'' and turned professional in 1967 when switching to then- first-division side

AC Ajaccio Athletic Club Ajaccio ( co, Athletic Club Aiacciu), commonly referred to as AC Ajaccio, ''ACA'' or simply Ajaccio, is a French association football club based in the city of Ajaccio on the island of Corsica. The club was founded in 1910 and ...

. He transferred to OGC Nice in 1971, where he stayed until 1978 and earned his first

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan area ...

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s. He was nominated in the France 1978 and 1982 World Cup squads but played only part of one first-round match, in 1978 against

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(1–2), in which he was substituted in for injured starter Jean-Paul Bertrand-Demanes on 55 minutes. In 1978, Baratelli moved to

Paris Saint-Germain Paris Saint-Germain Football Club (), commonly referred to as Paris Saint-Germain, Paris, Paris SG or simply PSG is a professional football club based in Paris, France. They compete in Ligue 1, the top division of French football. As Fr ...

where he won the

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in 1982 and 1983 and ended his professional career in 1985. Today, Dominique Baratelli is a youth football coach for the city of Cagnes-sur-Mer in southern France. He played 21 times for

and was called another 25 times as a backup goalkeeper. He played 593 French first-division matches (the fourth-highest all-time total) in which he scored two goals.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Baratelli, Dominique 1947 births Living people Footballers from Nice French footballers France international footballers Association football goalkeepers AC Ajaccio players OGC Nice players Paris Saint-Germain F.C. players Ligue 1 players 1978 FIFA World Cup players 1982 FIFA World Cup players