Marcel Defalco (born 6 January 1962) is a French former professional football player and manager.

Playing career

Marcel Defalco was a graduate of the

Marseille Marseille ( , , ; also spelled in English as Marseilles; oc, Marselha ) is the prefecture of the French department of Bouches-du-Rhône and capital of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Situated in the camargue region of southern Fran ...

academy. He made a total of 82 appearances for the club before joining

Paris Saint-Germain Paris Saint-Germain Football Club (), commonly referred to as Paris Saint-Germain, Paris, Paris SG or simply PSG is a professional football club based in Paris, France. They compete in Ligue 1, the top division of French football. As F ...

in 1983, at the age of 21. Defalco made his PSG debut in a 0–0 draw against his future club Laval on 27 December 1983. He scored his first and only goal for the Parisians in a 3–1 victory against

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on 11 February 1984. On 14 March 1984, Defalco played his final match for PSG, a 2–1 defeat to

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. He transferred to Laval in the summer of 1984, after a "disappointing" season in the capital of France. After leaving Laval in 1985, Defalco continued his career at

Orléans Orléans (;"Orleans"
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, Stade Ruthénois, Marseille Endoume, and

Cassis Cassis (; Occitan: ''Cassís'') is a commune situated east of Marseille in the department of Bouches-du-Rhône in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, whose coastline is known in English as the French Riviera, in Southern France. In 2016, ...

Managerial career

After retiring in 1998, Defalco went on to manage FA Val Durance.

Career statistics

References

1962 births Living people {{DEFAULTSORT:Defalco, Marcel French men's footballers France men's under-21 international footballers French football managers Footballers from Marseille Men's association football forwards Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players Olympique de Marseille players Paris Saint-Germain F.C. players Stade Lavallois players US Orléans players AS Béziers Hérault (football) players ASOA Valence players Rodez AF players US Marseille Endoume players SO Cassis Carnoux players French Division 3 (1971–1993) players French Division 4 (1978–1993) players