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French professional footballer (born 1952) For the dual-code rugby player, see Bernard Lacombe (rugby union).

Bernard Lacombe
Lacombe pictured in 2012
Personal information
Date of birth (1952-08-15) 15 August 1952 (age 72)
Place of birth Lyon, France
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
1960–1969 CS Fontaines
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1969–1978 Lyon 222 (123)
1978–1979 Saint-Étienne 32 (14)
1979–1987 Bordeaux 243 (118)
Total 497 (255)
International career
1973–1984 France 38 (12)
Managerial career
1996–2000 Lyon
Medal record
Representing  France
UEFA European Championship
Winner 1984 France
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Bernard Lacombe (born 15 August 1952) is a French former professional footballer. He played as a striker, mainly with Lyon, Bordeaux and Saint-Étienne and the France national team.

Career

Lacombe began his professional career with hometown club Lyon in 1969. One of his teammates, Aimé Jacquet, would be later his team manager (and the manager of the France national team which won the 1998 FIFA World Cup).

Lacombe earned his first cap for France in 1973. He went on to represent his nation at the 1978 World Cup, scoring after only 30 seconds against Italy, the fastest goal ever for a French player, and also the first goal of that tournament. Lacombe also played at the 1982 World Cup and won UEFA Euro 1984.

After a brief stay with Saint-Étienne, Lacombe joined Bordeaux, where he was re-united with Aimé Jacquet. He won three French Ligue 1 championships. Lacombe won the Coupe de France twice (with Lyon and Bordeaux), and scored a goal in the 1973 Coupe de France Final.

With 255 goals scored in Ligue 1, he is the second-best striker of all-time in the French championship, after Delio Onnis.

After his playing career ended, Lacombe joined the technical staff of former club Lyon, first as technical manager (from 1988 to 1996), then as trainer (1996 to 2000) and manager. He was instrumental in the successes of the club in Ligue 1 and also on the European scene, helping lead his side to seven-straight UEFA Champions League appearances. Lacombe served as a "special adviser" to team president Jean-Michel Aulas for twenty years. He also had significant influence on choices made; for example, he helped retain several Brazilian players who would join Lyon during the 2000s, including Juninho, Edmílson, Cris, Caçapa and Fred).

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Lyon 1969–70 Division 1 5 1 — 5 1
1970–71 3 0 — 3 0
1971–72 36 19 — 36 19
1972–73 35 23 — 35 23
1973–74 31 13 4 1 35 14
1974–75 27 17 4 4 31 21
1975–76 16 5 0 0 16 5
1976–77 36 21 — 36 21
1977–78 33 24 — 33 24
Total 222 123 8 5 230 128
Saint-Étienne 1978–79 Division 1 32 14 — 32 14
Bordeaux 1979–80 Division 1 33 11 — 33 11
1980–81 34 18 — 34 18
1981–82 33 17 3 1 36 18
1982–83 33 20 6 0 39 20
1983–84 35 18 2 0 37 18
1984–85 36 22 8 3 44 25
1985–86 23 7 1 0 24 7
1986–87 16 5 2 0 18 5
Total 243 118 22 4 265 122
Career total 497 255 30 9 527 264
  1. ^ Appearances in European Cup Winners' Cup
  2. ^ Appearances in UEFA Cup
  3. ^ Appearances in European Cup

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
France 1973 1 0
1974 3 2
1975 —
1976 3 1
1977 4 0
1978 6 1
1979 4 4
1980 3 1
1981 3 2
1982 5 0
1983 —
1984 6 1
Total 38 12

Honours

Player

Lyon

Bordeaux

France

Manager

Lyon

References

  1. "OL: "L'INSTINCT DU FOOTBALL", THE BOOK THAT TRACES THE LEGEND OF BERNARD LACOMBE". www.tonicradio.fr. 24 November 2021.
  2. "Bernard Lacombe revisits his successes in the Coupe de France". La Montagne. 13 December 2015.
  3. "OL: Bernard Lacombe, 70 ans d'amour foot" (in French). Le Progrès. 15 August 2022.
  4. "OL : Bernard Lacombe prendra sa retraite à la fin de l'année" (in French). L'Équipe. 5 November 2019.
  5. ^ "Bernard Lacombe » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
  6. ^ Bernard Lacombe at National-Football-Teams.com
  7. "Lyon 3-2 Montpellier (Aggregate: 4 - 2)". uefa.com. Archived from the original on 1 August 2004. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
France squads
France squad – 1978 FIFA World Cup
France
France squad – 1982 FIFA World Cup fourth place
France
France squad – UEFA Euro 1984 winners (1st title)
France
UEFA Intertoto Cup winning managers
Olympique Lyonnais – managers
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