Roland Mitoraj (born 5 February 1940) is a French former professional
footballer
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and
manager
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.
International career
Mitoraj played three matches for
France
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from 1967 to 1968.
After football
From 1976 to 1990, Mitoraj worked for
Adidas
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. He would sell products from
Le Coq Sportif
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and Arena, brands which depended on Adidas. He was a commercial vendor.
Simultaneously, he coached
Cournon-d'Auvergne
Cournon-d'Auvergne (; Auvergnat: ''Cornon d'Auvèrnhe'') is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in central France. It lies southeast of Clermont-Ferrand, the prefecture and largest city of Puy-de-Dôme.
Population ...
.
In 2003, Mitoraj retired to go live in
Vorey for four years. He would watch his favorite team
Saint-Étienne
Saint-Étienne (; Franco-Provençal: ''Sant-Etiève''), also written St. Etienne, is a city and the prefecture of the Loire département, in eastern-central France, in the Massif Central, southwest of Lyon, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes regi ...
at the
Stade Geoffroy-Guichard
Stade Geoffroy-Guichard () is a multi-purpose stadium in Saint-Étienne, France. It is used primarily for football matches, and tournaments such as the UEFA Euro 1984 and 2016, the 1998 FIFA World Cup and the 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup. It i ...
every weekend.
However, in December 2007, he came out of retirement in order to become an administrator at Saint-Étienne.
Honours
Player
Saint-Étienne
*
Division 1 Division 1 or Division One may refer to:
Association football
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* Brisbane Premier League Division 1, the second-tier professional football league in Brisbane, Queensland, Austr ...
:
1963–64,
1966–67,
1967–68,
1968–69,
1969–70
*
Division 2:
1962–63
*
Coupe de France
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:
1967–68,
1969–70; runner-up:
1959–60
*
Challenge des Champions: , ,
Paris Saint-Germain
*
Division 2:
1970–71
Manager
Aix
* Coupe de Provence: 1975; runner-up: 1976
Notes
References
External links
Profile on FFF site*
1940 births
Living people
French men's footballers
Sportspeople from Bourges
Footballers from Cher (department)
French people of Polish descent
Men's association football defenders
France men's international footballers
Ligue 1 players
Ligue 2 players
Championnat National players
AS Saint-Étienne players
Paris Saint-Germain FC players
FC Girondins de Bordeaux players
AS Aix-en-Provence players
AS Aix-en-Provence managers
20th-century French sportsmen
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