Bernard Bureau

Not to be confused with Bernard Béréau.

Bernard Bureau (born 25 January 1959) is a French former professional footballer who played as a forward.

Bernard Bureau

Bureau with RC Paris[a] in 1987
Personal information
Date of birth	(1959-01-25) 25 January 1959 (age 66)
Place of birth	Lagny, France
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Forward[1]
Youth career
0000–1978	AS Chelles
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1978–1981	Paris Saint-Germain	43	(11)
1981–1983	Brest	71	(16)
1983–1986	Lille	97	(24)
1986–1988	Matra Racing[a]	32	(1)
1988–1990	Nancy	58	(12)
1990–1991	Reims	13	(0)
Total		304	(64)
International career
1983–1984	France Olympic	3	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Bureau is a youth graduate of AS Chelles. At age 19, a couple of months before joining Paris Saint-Germain in 1978, he was preparing for a culinary arts certificat d'aptitude professionnelle [fr] (CAP).^[2] In three seasons with PSG, he would make a total of 46 appearances and score 11 goals in all competitions.^[3] He continued his career at Brest, Lille, Matra Racing,^[a] Nancy, and Reims.^[3] At the end of his career, Bureau had made 304 league appearances and scored 64 goals, playing 10 of his 13 professional seasons in the Division 1, and the other 3 in the Division 2.^{[citation needed]}

International career

From 1983 to 1984, Bureau played for the France Olympic team.^[4] He would make a total of three appearances.^{[citation needed]}

Style of play

Bureau was described as a "racy" forward. He was an excellent header of the ball.^[2]

After football

In 1991, Bureau retired from football; he subsequently went to live in the area of Nantes.^[2] He started a car cleaning company, and invested his capital in a night club called "Le Quai West". However, he would go back to one of his former passions, catering, in a restaurant in Nantes called “Aux délices de la pomme de terre”, before investing in real estate and apartment renovation in the Loire-Atlantique.^[2]

Honours

Nancy

• Division 2: 1989–90^[4]

Notes

1. In 1987, RC Paris was renamed to Matra Racing.