Jean-Pierre Bosser (footballer)
Jean-Pierre Bosser (born 22 March 1960) is a French former professional football player and manager.[3] As a player, he was a defender.[4]
| Bosser with Brest | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jean-Pierre Bosser[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 22 March 1960 | ||
| Place of birth | Quimper, France | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender[2] | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Pont-l'Abbé | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1977–1979 | Quimper | 21 | (0) |
| 1979–1981 | Angers | 41 | (0) |
| 1981–1982 | Montluçon | 18+[a] | (0+) |
| 1982–1988 | Brest | 180 | (7) |
| 1988–1989 | Nice | 37 | (0) |
| 1989–1991 | Paris Saint-Germain | 54 | (0) |
| 1991–1993 | Mulhouse | 45 | (3) |
| Total | 396+ | (10+) | |
| International career | |||
| 1988 | Brittany | 1 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2002–2008 | US Crozon Morgat | ||
| 2011–2013 | Marcassins de Trégoat | ||
| 2013 | Saint-Denis | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Early life and career edit
Bosser was born in Quimper in the Brittany region of France on 22 March 1960.[3] During his youth career, he played for a club in the town of Pont-l'Abbé.[5]
Club career edit
A "solid" defender, Bosser began his professional career in his hometown club of Quimper.[3] After two years there, he moved to Angers.[6] Following two seasons at the SCO, he transferred to Montluçon, where he would only play one season.[3] In 1982, Bosser was a soldier at the Bataillon de Joinville.[4] Although unrelated to his military duty, he suffered a "serious" injury that put his football career on hold for six months that year.[5] He had been shot by a shotgun in the leg following an assault in Bénodet.[7] That same year, he signed for Brest, the club at which he would play for six seasons. Bosser notably holds the record for the most Division 1 appearances of any Brest player.[8] On 8 February 1986, he scored a goal from 60 meters against Toulon after the opposing goalkeeper Pascal Olmeta had gone up to midfield.[9]
After his spell at Brest, Bosser signed for Nice in 1988. He would stay at the club a single season before moving on to Paris Saint-Germain.[4] With PSG, he made 60 appearances, including 3 in the UEFA Cup. He finished his professional career at Mulhouse in 1993.[3]
International career edit
Bosser played one match for the Brittany regional team in 1988. It was an indoor match that Brittany won 6–2 over the United States.
Managerial career edit
After retiring from professional football, Bosser became a player-manager for several small Breton clubs. He went on to coach Guilvinec, Crozon Morgat (where he would oversee four successive promotions from the Promotion d'Honneur up to the Division d'Honneur), Pont-l'Abbé (his former youth club), Coray, Plozévet, and Landudec.[10] In June 2011, he became the manager of Marcassins de Trégoat.[11]
After one and a half seasons at Marcassins, Bosser joined Saint-Denis in Réunion.[5] There, he signed a contract from 1 February to 31 December 2013.[12][10] However, this experience turned out to be a failure for him, as the club suffered relegation to the second tier.[13]
Career statistics edit
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Quimper | 1977–78 | Division 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
| 1978–79 | Division 2 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 22 | 0 | ||
| Total | 21 | 0 | 2[b] | 0 | — | 23 | 0 | |||
| Angers | 1979–80 | Division 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | |
| 1980–81 | Division 1 | 34 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 37 | 0 | ||
| Total | 41 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 45 | 0 | |||
| Montluçon | 1981–82 | Division 2 | 18[a] | 0 | 0[b] | 0 | — | 18 | 0 | |
| Brest | 1982–83 | Division 1 | 21 | 2 | 6 | 0 | — | 27 | 2 | |
| 1983–84 | Division 1 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 34 | 1 | ||
| 1984–85 | Division 1 | 28 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 31 | 0 | ||
| 1985–86 | Division 1 | 33 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | 37 | 2 | ||
| 1986–87 | Division 1 | 34 | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | 39 | 1 | ||
| 1987–88 | Division 1 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 32 | 1 | ||
| Total | 180 | 7 | 20 | 0 | — | 200 | 7 | |||
| Nice | 1988–89 | Division 1 | 37 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 40 | 0 | |
| Paris Saint-Germain | 1989–90 | Division 1 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3[c] | 0 | 33 | 0 |
| 1990–91 | Division 1 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 27 | 0 | ||
| Total | 54 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 60 | 0 | ||
| Mulhouse | 1991–92 | Division 2 | 29 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 31 | 2 | |
| 1992–93 | Division 2 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 16 | 1 | ||
| Total | 45 | 3 | 2[b] | 0 | — | 47 | 3 | |||
| Career total | 396 | 10 | 34 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 433 | 10 | ||
- ^ a b Statistics for the 1981–82 Division 2 may be inaccurate.
- ^ a b c Statistics in the Coupe de France while Bosser played for Division 2 sides may be inaccurate.
- ^ Appearances in the UEFA Cup.
References edit
- ^ Jean-Pierre Bosser at Global Sports Archive
- ^ "Jean-Pierre BROSSER". PSG1970.net (in French). Retrieved 12 May 2021.
- ^ a b c d e "Jean-Pierre BOSSER". Histoire du PSG (in French). 26 May 2017. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
- ^ a b c "Jean-Pierre BOSSER". PSG70 (in French). Retrieved 12 May 2021.
- ^ a b c "Bosser Jean-Pierre". Paris.canal-historique (in French). 2 February 2013. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
- ^ "Jean-Pierre Bosser « Paris fait du bien au football français », même s'il est « trop fort »" [Jean-Pierre Bosser "Paris is doing good to French football", even if they are "too good"]. ParisFans (in French). 4 November 2017. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
- ^ Bourouf, Alex. "Jean-Pierre BOSSER, une histoire à la Tony VAIRELLES" [Jean-Pierre BOSSER, a story like Tony VAIRELLES.]. Old School Panini (in French). Retrieved 12 May 2021.
- ^ "Foot. Jean-Pierre Bosser : 500 matchs et un record" [Football. Jean-Pierre Bosser: 500 matches and a record]. Le Télégramme (in French). 7 January 2009. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
- ^ Bourouf, Alex. "Le but de 60 m de BOSSER à OLMETA" [The goal from 60 m of BOSSER to OLMETA]. Old School Panini (in French). Retrieved 12 May 2021.
- ^ a b "Jean-Pierre Bosser entraîneur à la réunion « bobosse » au soleil" [Jean-Pierre Bosser manager in Réunion "bobosse" in the sun]. Le Télégramme (in French). 26 July 2013. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
- ^ "Marcassins. Jean-Pierre Bosser nouvel entraîneur" [Marcassins. Jean-Pierre Bosser new manager]. Le Télégramme (in French). 25 June 2011. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
- ^ "Football : Jean-Pierre Bosser part à la Réunion" [Football: Jean-Pierre Bosser leaves to Réunion]. Ouest-France (in French). 28 January 2013. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
- ^ "Bosser, le cœur gros" [Bosser, the big heart]. Clicanoo (in French). 3 December 2013. Archived from the original on 12 May 2021. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
- ^ Jean-Pierre Bosser at FootballDatabase.eu
External links edit
- Jean-Pierre Bosser at WorldFootball.net