Dominique Bijotat

Dominique Bijotat
Medal record
Men's football
Representing France
Olympic Games

Dominique Bijotat
Personal information
Date of birth	3 January 1961 (age 63)
Place of birth	Chassignolles, France
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1968–1976	Montgivray FC
Senior career*
Years	Team
1976–87	Monaco
1987–88	Bordeaux
1988–91	Monaco
1991–94	Châteauroux
International career
1982–88	France
Managerial career
2002–2004	Ajaccio
2005–2006	Sochaux
2008–2009	Châteauroux
2010–2012	Metz
2015–2016	JS Kabylie
2016	Chabab Rif Al Hoceima
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Dominique Bijotat (born 3 January 1961) is a French football manager and former professional player who played as a midfielder.^[1] He obtained eight international caps (no goals) for the France national team during the 1980s.

Club career

Bijotat was born in Chassignolles, Indre. Most of his career was spent with AS Monaco, playing there in two separate periods 1976–1987 and 1988–1991. He also spent one season with Bordeaux and eventually ended his playing career at Châteauroux.

International career

He was a member of the national team that won the gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.^[2]

Coaching career

After the recent home defeat against Ajaccio, the coach has quit Ligue 2 club LB Châteauroux, the team was in 16th place.^[3]

On 4 June 2010, FC Metz officials hired the former Châteauroux coach with the objective of leading the team back to Ligue 1 within two years.^[4]^[5]

His spell ended up in a nightmare as Metz was relegated in May 2012 in National for the first time, the French third division, before the last game of the season. He was even asked by the Chairman not to coach the team for the last game at home.^[6]

References

^ Dominique Bijotat at WorldFootball.net
^ "Dominique Bijotat Biography and Olympic Results | Olympics at". Sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
^ Dominique Bijotat
^ "Metz : Bijotat nommé entraîneur pour deux ans". Leparisien.fr. Retrieved 5 May 2011.
^ "Bijotat nouvel entraĂŽneur – Foot – L2 – Metz – L'EQUIPE.FR". L'Équipe. France. Archived from the original on 7 June 2010. Retrieved 5 May 2011.
^ "Metz vire Bijotat". 17 May 2012.

External links

Dominique Bijotat at the French Football Federation (in French)
Dominique Bijotat at the French Football Federation (archived) (in French)

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