Dominique Baratelli

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Dominique Baratelli

| image = Dominique Baratelli en 1975.jpg

| caption = Baratelli in 1975

| full_name =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1947|12|26|df=y}}{{cite news |url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/FootballFicheJoueur20000000000000000000013047.html |title=Dominique Baratelli |newspaper=L'Équipe |location=Paris |access-date=30 March 2021 |language=fr}}

| birth_place = Nice, France

| height = 1.77 m

| position = Goalkeeper

| currentclub =

| youthyears1 = 1962–1966

| youthclubs1 = Nice

| years1 = 1967–1971

| clubs1 = Ajaccio

| caps1 = 107

| goals1 = 0

| years2 = 1971–1978

| clubs2 = Nice

| caps2 = 247

| goals2 = 0

| years3 = 1978–1985

| clubs3 = Paris Saint-Germain

| caps3 = 239

| goals3 = 0

| totalcaps = 593

| totalgoals = 0

| nationalyears1 = 1968–1970

| nationalteam1 = France U21

| nationalcaps1 = 25

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalyears2 = 1972–1982

| nationalteam2 = France

| nationalcaps2 = 21

| nationalgoals2 = 0

}}

Dominique Baratelli (born 26 December 1947) is a French former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.{{Cite web|title=Fédération Française de Football|url=https://www.fff.fr/equipe-nationale/joueur/8716-baratelli-dominique/fiche.html|access-date=7 May 2021|website=www.fff.fr}}

Career

Born in Nice, Baratelli started his footballing career with Cavigal Nice and turned professional in 1967 when switching to then-first-division side AC Ajaccio. He transferred to OGC Nice in 1971, where he stayed until 1978 and earned his first France caps. He was nominated in the France 1978 and 1982 World Cup squads but played only part of one first-round match, in 1978 against Argentina (1–2), in which he was substituted in for injured starter Jean-Paul Bertrand-Demanes on 55 minutes.{{Cite web|title=Dominique Baratelli, de l'ACA à l'équipe de France|url=https://www.ac-ajaccio.corsica/evenement-dominique-baratelli--de-l-aca-a-l-equipe-de-france-33-co.html|access-date=7 May 2021|website=www.ac-ajaccio.corsica|language=co}}

In 1978, Baratelli moved to Paris Saint-Germain where he won the French Cup in 1982 and 1983 and ended his professional career in 1985. Today, Dominique Baratelli is a youth football coach for the city of Cagnes-sur-Mer in southern France.{{citation needed|date=February 2025}}

He played 21 times for France and was called another 25 times as a backup goalkeeper. He played 593 French first-division matches (the fourth-highest all-time total) in which he scored two goals.{{Cite web|title=Dominique Baratelli|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/dominique-baratelli/|access-date=7 May 2021|website=worldfootball.net|language=en}}