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]

For the army general, see Jean-Pierre Bosser (army general).
Jean-Pierre Bosser
Bosser with Brest
Personal information
Full name Jean-Pierre Bosser[1]
Date of birth (1960-03-22) 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+[lower-alpha 1] (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

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

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

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

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
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[14]
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[lower-alpha 2] 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[lower-alpha 1] 0 0[lower-alpha 2] 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[lower-alpha 3] 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[lower-alpha 2] 0 — 47 3
Career total 396 10 34 0 3 0 433 10
  1. Statistics for the 1981–82 Division 2 may be inaccurate.
  2. Statistics in the Coupe de France while Bosser played for Division 2 sides may be inaccurate.
  3. Appearances in the UEFA Cup.

References
  1. Jean-Pierre Bosser at Global Sports Archive
  2. "Jean-Pierre BROSSER". PSG1970.net (in French). Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  3. "Jean-Pierre BOSSER". Histoire du PSG (in French). Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  4. "Jean-Pierre BOSSER". PSG70 (in French). Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  5. "Bosser Jean-Pierre". Paris.canal-historique (in French). Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  6. "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.
  7. 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.
  8. "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.
  9. 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.
  10. "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.
  11. "Marcassins. Jean-Pierre Bosser nouvel entraîneur" [Marcassins. Jean-Pierre Bosser new manager]. Le Télégramme (in French). 25 June 2011. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  12. "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.
  13. "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.
  14. Jean-Pierre Bosser at FootballDatabase.eu
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