Jean-Michel Larqué

{{short description|French football player, manager and sports journalist (born 1947)}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Jean-Michel Larqué

| image = Larqué au Racing 1982.JPG

| caption = Larqué with RC Paris in 1982

| full_name = Jean-Michel Larqué{{cite journal |date=1 January 2000 |title=Décret du 31 décembre 1999 portant promotion et nomination |trans-title=Decree of 31 December 1999 on promotion and appointment |url=https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/id/JORFTEXT000000580150 |journal=Official Journal of the French Republic |volume=2000 |issue=1 |id=PREX9903892D |access-date=15 March 2025 |language=fr}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1947|9|8|df=y}}{{cite news |url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/FootballFicheJoueur20000000000000000000013384.html |title=Jean-Michel Larqué |newspaper=L'Équipe |location=Paris |access-date=7 March 2020 |language=fr}}

| birth_place = Bizanos, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France

| height = 1.73 m

| position = Midfielder

| currentclub =

| years1 = 1965 | years2 = 1965–1977 | years3 = 1977–1979 | years4 = 1981–1982

| clubs1 = JAB Pau | clubs2 = Saint-Étienne | clubs3 = Paris Saint-Germain | clubs4 = RC Paris

| totalcaps = 343 | totalgoals = 78

| nationalyears1= 1969–1976

| nationalteam1= France

| nationalcaps1= 14 | nationalgoals1 = 2

| manageryears1 = 1977–1978 | manageryears2 = 1981–1982

| managerclubs1 = Paris Saint-Germain | managerclubs2 = RC Paris

}}

Jean-Michel Larqué (born 8 September 1947) is a French former professional footballer, and now a sports journalist. He has also been player-coach of RC Paris, his only experience as head-coach.

Career

Larqué was born in Bizanos, Pyrénées-Atlantiques. As a player, Larqué played as a midfielder, and was one of the most important players for AS Saint-Étienne in the 1960s and 70s where he won all his titles. He finished his playing career in Paris with Paris Saint-Germain and RC Paris.{{citation needed|date=March 2020}}

After having retired as a player, he became a football journalist: redactor for Onze Mondial magazine, but also on the radio Radio Monte Carlo with his programme, Larqué foot and on TV where he is a commentator. Between 1980 and 1984 he commented football matches on Antenne 2 and between 1985 and 2005 on TF1 with Thierry Roland. With the departure of Thierry Roland for M6, TF1 chose Thierry Gilardi (died on 25 March 2008) of Canal + to comment with Larqué. His style is notable for his constant repetition of the same phrase. In 1983, he also created training schools for young footballers from 7 to 19 where came Florent Malouda, Bruno Cheyrou, Benoît Cheyrou and Fabrice Fernandes.{{citation needed|date=March 2020}}