Roger Marche

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| name = Roger Marche

| image = Roger Marche (1949).png

| caption = Marche with France in 1949

| fullname = Roger Gaston Louis Marche{{cite web |url=https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/4769950/deces-1990-1999-csv.zip |title=Fichier des décès – années 1990 à 1999 |trans-title=Death file – years 1990 to 1999 |publisher=National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies |access-date=1 January 2021 |language=fr}}

| birth_date = {{birth date|1924|3|5|df=y}}

| birth_place = Villers-Semeuse, France

| death_date = {{death date and age|1997|11|1|1924|3|5|df=y}}

| death_place = Charleville-Mézières, France

| height = 1.72 m

| position = Left back

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = ASC Mohon

| years1 = 1944–1954

| clubs1 = Reims

| caps1 = 300

| goals1 = 1

| years2 = 1954–1962

| clubs2 = RC Paris

| caps2 = 242

| goals2 = 0

| totalcaps = 542

| totalgoals = 1

| nationalyears1 = 1947–1959

| nationalteam1 = France

| nationalcaps1 = 63

| nationalgoals1 = 1

| medaltemplates =

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Roger Gaston Louis Marche (5 March 1924 – 1 November 1997) was a French footballer who played as a defender. He was part of the France national team during the 1954 and 1958 World Cup tournaments. He was nicknamed Le Sanglier des Ardennes ("the Boar of the Ardenne") for the region from which he came.

Career

Marche, born in Villers-Semeuse, Ardennes, is one of the players with the most appearances in the French top division, having played 542 matches for the clubs Stade Reims and RC Paris.{{citation needed|date=June 2019}}

He was a member of the France national team from 1947 to 1959, and became the most-capped player ever for France with 63 international matches played, surpassing Étienne Mattler's previous record of 46 caps set in 1940. Marche held the record until 1983, when the also defender Marius Trésor established a new mark with his 64th cap. Several players since have surpassed that cap total.{{citation needed|date=June 2019}} He was also the nation's oldest goalscorer at 35 years and 287 days, until Olivier Giroud surpassed his record on 22 September 2022.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/63002814|title=Giroud becomes France's oldest scorer in win|via=www.bbc.co.uk}}

Marche died in 1997 in Charleville-Mézières.{{citation needed|date=June 2019}}

Honours

Reims

Division 1: 1948–49, 1952–53; runner-up: 1946–47, 1953–54{{citation needed|date=June 2019}}
Coupe de France: 1949–50{{citation needed|date=June 2019}}
Trophée des Champions: 1949{{citation needed|date=June 2019}}
Latin Cup: 1953{{citation needed|date=June 2019}}

France

FIFA World Cup third place: 1958{{citation needed|date=June 2019}}

References

External links

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{{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070325205341/http://ziplatko.sport24.com/Roger-MARCHE--63--03092005-164310-lp-91733.php |title=Illustrated profile }}
[http://www.allezlesbleus.free.fr/joueurs/marcheroger.html List of international appearances]

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Category:1924 births

Category:1997 deaths

Category:People from Villers-Semeuse

Category:Footballers from Ardennes (department)

Category:French men's footballers