Hervé Revelli (born 5 May 1946) is a French former
footballer
A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...
who played as a
forward. He is well–known for having won the
French Championship
The French rugby league championship (french: Le Championnat de France de Rugby à XIII) has been the major rugby league tournament for semi-professional and professional clubs in France since the sport was introduced to the country in the 1930s.
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a joint–record seven times.
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.
Revelli is the joint-top scorer in the
Derby Rhône-Alpes between Saint-Étienne and
Lyon
Lyon,, ; Occitan language, Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, third-largest city and Urban area (France), second-largest metropolitan area of F ...
with 14 goals along with former Lyon player
Fleury Di Nallo
Fleury Di Nallo (born 20 April 1943) is a French former footballer, one of the best strikers in Division 1 in the 1960s and 1970s, and a historic player of Olympique Lyonnais.
Nicknamed 'Le petit prince de Gerland' (The little Prince of Gerl ...
. He finished his career in
SC Draguignan, having already started a career as playing manager.
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In addition to Switzerland and France, he managed in Tunisia and Algeria as well as the national teams of Mauritius and Benin.[
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Personal life
He is the brother of former professional footballer, Patrick Revelli.
Honours
Saint-Étienne
* Ligue 1: 1966–67, 1967–68, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1975–76
* Coupe de France
The Coupe de France, formerly known as the Coupe Charles Simon, is the premier knockout cup competition in French football organized by the French Football Federation (FFF). It was first held in 1917 and is open to all amateur and profession ...
: 1969–70, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1976–77
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1946 births
Living people
People from Verdun
Sportspeople from Meuse (department)
French footballers
Association football forwards
France international footballers
AS Saint-Étienne players
OGC Nice players
CS Chênois players
LB Châteauroux players
SC Draguignan players
Ligue 1 players
Ligue 2 players
French expatriate footballers
Expatriate footballers in Switzerland
French expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland
French football managers
LB Châteauroux managers
CS Sfaxien managers
Mauritius national football team managers
Club Athlétique Bizertin managers
MC Oran managers
MC Alger managers
Benin national football team managers
ES Sétif managers
Expatriate football managers in Switzerland
Expatriate football managers in Tunisia
French expatriate sportspeople in Tunisia
Expatriate football managers in Algeria
French expatriate sportspeople in Algeria
Ligue 2 managers
Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 managers
Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 managers
French expatriate sportspeople in Benin
Expatriate football managers in Benin
Footballers from Grand Est
French expatriate sportspeople in Mauritius
Expatriate football managers in Mauritius
Association football player-managers
Sportspeople from Bouches-du-Rhône
Footballers from Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur