- Bernard Lacombe
Football player infobox
playername = Bernard Lacombe
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dateofbirth = birth date and age|1952|8|15
cityofbirth =Lyon
countryofbirth =France
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position = Striker
youthyears =
youthclubs = Fontaine-sur-SaôneOlympique Lyonnais
years = 1969–1978
1978–1979
1979–1987
clubs =Olympique Lyonnais AS Saint-Étienne FC Girondins de Bordeaux
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nationalyears = 1973–1984
nationalteam = France
nationalcaps(goals) = 38 (12)
manageryears = 1996-2000
managerclubs =Olympique Lyonnais Bernard Lacombe (born
august 15 ,1952 inLyon ) is a formerfootball (soccer) player fromFrance . He played forward, mainly withOlympique Lyonnais ,FC Girondins de Bordeaux and the French national team.Biography
*1969 – 1978 :
Olympique Lyonnais
*1978 – 1979 :AS Saint-Étienne
*1979 – 1987 :FC Girondins de Bordeaux Bernard Lacombe started his professional career with
Olympique Lyonnais (Lyon) in 1969, one of his teammatesAimé Jacquet will be later his team manager (and the manager of the French national team who won the World Cup 1998).He had his first cap with the French national team in 1973. He played the World Cup 1978), scoring after only 30 seconds against Italy, the fastest goal ever for a French player. He played also the World Cup 1982) and won the 1984 European Championship.
After a brief stay with
AS Saint-Étienne he joinedFC Girondins de Bordeaux where he was re-united with Aimé Jacquet. He won three French Ligue 1 championships.With 255 goals in
Ligue 1 he is the second best striker of all times in the French championship, afterDelio Onnis .His career of player over, he came back to Lyon to join the technical staff of
Olympique Lyonnais , first as technical manager (from 1988 to 1996), then as trainer (1996 to 2000) and manager. He was instrumental in the successes ofOlympique Lyonnais inLigue 1 and also on the European scene (seven participations in a row at theUEFA Champions League ). He does not have official responsibilities now, except as “special adviser” to the team PresidentJean-Michel Aulas , but he has a lot of influence on the choices made, he is behind the arrival of several of the brilliant Brazilian players that joined theOlympique Lyonnais in recent years (Juninho Pernambucano ,Edmílson Gomes , Cris,Caçapa and Fred).Honours
*1984 European Championship with France national team.
*French Ligue 1 championship in 1984, 1985 and 1987 withFC Girondins de Bordeaux
*Coupe de France (French Cup) in 1973 withOlympique Lyonnais and in 1986 withFC Girondins de Bordeaux *38 caps with France national team (12 goals)
References
* [http://www.fff.fr/servfff/historique/historique.php?id=LACOMBE%20Bernard Profile on French federation official site]
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