Hervé Revelli

Hervé Revelli (born 5 May 1946) is a French former footballer who played as a forward. He is well–known for having won the French Championship a joint–record seven times, along with only his Saint-Étienne teammate Jean-Michel Larqué, as well as Thiago Silva and Marco Verratti of Paris Saint–Germain, and Grégory Coupet, Juninho, and Sidney Govou of Lyon.[1]

Hervé Revelli
Personal information
Date of birth (1946-05-05) 5 May 1946
Place of birth Verdun, Meuse, France
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
Gardanne
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1964–1971 Saint-Étienne 189 (126)
1971–1973 Nice 71 (41)
1973–1978 Saint-Étienne 129 (49)
1978–1980 Le Chesnois 22 (10)
1980–1981 Châteauroux 34 (4)
Total 445 (230)
National team
1966–1975 France 30 (15)
Teams managed
1980–1983 Châteauroux
1983–1985 AS Saint-Priest
1985–1989 CA Bizerte
1989–1991 MC Alger
1991–1994 MC Oran
2004 Benin
2005 ES Sétif
2007–2008 Toulouse Fontaines
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Professional 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.[2]

Revelli is the joint-top scorer in the Derby Rhône-Alpes between Saint-Étienne and Lyon with 14 goals along with former Lyon player Fleury Di Nallo.[3]

Personal life

He is the brother of former professional footballer, Patrick Revelli.[4]

Honours

Saint-Étienne

References
  1. "Thiago Silva and Verratti in seventh heaven". Ligue 1. 7 May 2020. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
  2. "Mbappé is the first French player to Score 30 Ligue 1 Goals in Calendar Year in 50 Years". PSG Talk. 21 December 2019. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
  3. "The Men of the Derby". Olympique Lyonnais. 22 September 2010. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
  4. Tyers, Alan (12 December 2016). "AS Saint-Étienne scouting report: all you need to know about Manchester United's Europa League opponents". The Daily Telegraph.
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