Patrick Battiston (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Patrick Battiston (born March 12, 1957 in Amneville, Moselle) is a former French football player, who played for the France national team in three World Cups and won the 1984 European Football Championship.Battiston began his career at lower league club Talange (1966-1973), before he was spotted and purchased by FC Metz (1973-1980). After seven years at that club, he moved to Saint-Etienne (1980-1983) for three years, where they won the 1981 Division 1 title, before moving to Bordeaux (1983-1987), where they won the 1984, 1985 and 1987 league titles and two Coupe de Frances. Battiston then moved on to Monaco (1987-1989), where they won the 1988 league title, before he returned to Bordeaux (1989-1991).