Jean-Michel Larqué (born 8 September 1947) is a French former professional

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, and now a sports journalist. He has also been player-coach of RC Paris, his only experience as head-coach.

Career

Larqué was born in Bizanos, Pyrénées-Atlantiques. As a player, Larqué played as a

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, and was one of the most important players for

AS Saint-Étienne Association Sportive de Saint-Étienne Loire (), abbreviated as A.S.S.E. () and commonly known as Saint-Étienne, is a French professional football club based in Saint-Étienne, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. The club was founded in 1933 and competes ...

in the 1960s and 70s where he won all his titles. He finished his playing career in

Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of ci ...

with

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and RC Paris. After having retired as a player, he became a football journalist: redactor for ''Onze Mondial'' magazine, but also on the radio Radio Monte Carlo with his programme, Larqué foot and on TV where he is a commentator. Between 1980 and 1984 he commented football matches on Antenne 2 and between 1985 and 2005 on

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with Thierry Roland. With the departure of Thierry Roland for M6,

chose Thierry Gilardi (died on 25 March 2008) of Canal + to comment with Larqué. His style is notable for his constant repetition of the same phrase. In 1983, he also created training schools for young footballers from 7 to 19 where came Florent Malouda, Bruno Cheyrou, Benoît Cheyrou and Fabrice Fernandes.

Honours

Saint-Étienne * Division 1: 1966–67, 1967–68, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1975–76 *

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: 1969–70, 1973–74, 1974–75 Orders * Knight of the Legion of Honour: 1999

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Larque, Jean-Michel 1947 births Living people Footballers from Pyrénées-Atlantiques French men's footballers Men's association football midfielders AS Saint-Étienne players Paris Saint-Germain FC players Racing Club de France Football players Ligue 1 players France men's international footballers Olympic footballers for France Footballers at the 1968 Summer Olympics French football managers Paris Saint-Germain FC managers French sports journalists Association football commentators French male non-fiction writers Knights of the Legion of Honour Men's association football player-managers 20th-century French sportsmen