Hervé Revelli
Hervé Revelli (born 5 May 1946) is a French former footballer who played as a forward. He is well–known for having won the French Championship a joint–record seven times, along with only his Saint-Étienne teammate Jean-Michel Larqué, as well as Thiago Silva and Marco Verratti of Paris Saint–Germain, and Grégory Coupet, Juninho, and Sidney Govou of Lyon.[1]
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Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 5 May 1946 | ||
Place of birth | Verdun, Meuse, France | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Youth career | |||
Gardanne | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1964–1971 | Saint-Étienne | 189 | (126) |
1971–1973 | Nice | 71 | (41) |
1973–1978 | Saint-Étienne | 129 | (49) |
1978–1980 | Le Chesnois | 22 | (10) |
1980–1981 | Châteauroux | 34 | (4) |
Total | 445 | (230) | |
National team | |||
1966–1975 | France | 30 | (15) |
Teams managed | |||
1980–1983 | Châteauroux | ||
1983–1985 | AS Saint-Priest | ||
1985–1989 | CA Bizerte | ||
1989–1991 | MC Alger | ||
1991–1994 | MC Oran | ||
2004 | Benin | ||
2005 | ES Sétif | ||
2007–2008 | Toulouse Fontaines | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Professional career
Revelli scored 31 Ligue 1 goals during the calendar year of 1969. Fifty years later in 2019, Kylian Mbappé became the first French player to score at least 30 goals in a calendar year in Ligue 1 since Revelli's feat.[2]
Revelli is the joint-top scorer in the Derby Rhône-Alpes between Saint-Étienne and Lyon with 14 goals along with former Lyon player Fleury Di Nallo.[3]
Personal life
He is the brother of former professional footballer, Patrick Revelli.[4]
Honours
Saint-Étienne
References
- "Thiago Silva and Verratti in seventh heaven". Ligue 1. 7 May 2020. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
- "Mbappé is the first French player to Score 30 Ligue 1 Goals in Calendar Year in 50 Years". PSG Talk. 21 December 2019. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
- "The Men of the Derby". Olympique Lyonnais. 22 September 2010. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
- Tyers, Alan (12 December 2016). "AS Saint-Étienne scouting report: all you need to know about Manchester United's Europa League opponents". The Daily Telegraph.
External links
- Hervé Revelli at L'Équipe Football (in French)
- Hervé Revelli at the French Football Federation (in French). Archived at webarchive.org.
- news.bbc.co.uk