Philippe Bergeroo (born 28 January 1954) is a French

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manager and former player who played as a

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. For

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, he earned a total number of three international caps during the late 1970s, early 1980s. He was a member of the French squad in the

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and the team that won the

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in 1984. He gained fame in the 1986-87 UEFA Cup when he saved the decisive penalty from

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, who had recently captained Argentina to the

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, in a first-round

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between his club and

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. Later on he became a football manager with

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and

Stade Rennais Stade Rennais Football Club (SRFC, ), commonly referred to as Stade Rennais () or simply Rennes,''Rennais'' and ''Stade Rennes'', used by some English-speaking media outlets and journalists, are not grammatically correct names for the club. is ...

Honours

France *

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1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeas ...

Orders * Officer of the National Order of Merit: 1998

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* * * 1954 births Living people Footballers from Pyrénées-Atlantiques French men's footballers France men's international footballers Ligue 1 players FC Girondins de Bordeaux players Lille OSC players Toulouse FC players Men's association football goalkeepers UEFA Euro 1984 players European champions for France UEFA European Championship–winning players 1986 FIFA World Cup players French football managers Basque sportspeople France women's national football team managers Paris Saint-Germain FC non-playing staff Paris Saint-Germain FC managers Stade Rennais FC managers Ligue 1 managers 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup managers Officers of the Ordre national du Mérite 20th-century French sportsmen {{France-footy-goalkeeper-stub