- Roger Marche
Football player infobox
playername = Roger Marche
fullname = Roger Marche
nickname = "Le sanglier des Ardennes", "Le vieux lion"
dateofbirth = birth date|1924|3|5|mf=y
cityofbirth =Villers-Semeuse
dateofdeath = death date and age|1997|11|1|1924|3|5
countryofbirth =France
height = | currentclub =
position = Left defender
youthyears = ?
youthclubs =ASC Mohon
years =?-? ?-? 1944-1954 1954-1962
clubs =ASC Mohon Olympique CharlevilleStade Reims RC Paris
caps(goals) = ? (?)
? (?) 300 (?) 242 (?)
nationalyears = 1947-1959
nationalteam = France
nationalcaps(goals) = 63 (1)Roger Marche (
March 5 ,1924 –November 1 ,1997 ) was a Frenchfootball (soccer) defender. He was part of the French national team during the 1954 and 1958 World Cup tournaments. He was nicknamed "the Boar of the Ardennes" for the region from which he came.Marche, born in
Villers-Semeuse , Ardennes, is one of the players with the most appearances in the French top division, having played 542 matches for the clubsStade Reims and RC Paris.He was a member of the French national team from 1947 to 1959, and became the most-capped player ever for France with 63 international matches played, surpassing
Étienne Mattler 's previous record of 46 caps set in 1940. Marche held the record until 1983, when the also defenderMarius Trésor established a new mark with his 64th cap. Several players since have surpassed that cap total.Marche died in 1997 in
Charleville-Mézières .Trivia
He scored his only international goal on
December 17 1959 against Spain in his very last match (the sixty-third) for France.Honours
*French championship 1949 and 1953 with
Stade Reims
*Coupe de France 1950 withStade Reims
*Latin Cup 1953 withStade Reims
*1958 FIFA World Cup third place with FranceExternal links
* [http://ziplatko.sport24.com/Roger-MARCHE--63--03092005-164310-lp-91733.php Illustrated profile]
* [http://www.allezlesbleus.free.fr/joueurs/marcheroger.html List of international appearances]
* [http://www.fff.fr/servfff/historique/historique.php?id=MARCHE%20 Player statistics at the French Football Federation's official web site]
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