Hervé Revelli

Hervé Revelli (born 5 May 1946) is a French former footballer who played as a forward.

Hervé Revelli

Revelli in 1968
Personal information
Date of birth	(1946-05-05) 5 May 1946 (age 79)
Place of birth	Verdun, France
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
	Gardanne
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1964–1971	Saint-Étienne	189	(126)
1971–1973	Nice	71	(41)
1973–1978	Saint-Étienne	129	(49)
1978–1980	Chênois	22	(10)
1980–1983	Châteauroux	77	(7)
1983–1985	Draguignan
International career
1966–1975	France	30	(15)
Managerial career
1979–1980	Chênois (player-manager)
1980–1983	Châteauroux (player-manager)
1983–1984	Draguignan (player-manager)
1986–1987	CS Sfaxien
1987–1989	Château-Thierry
1989	Mauritius
1989–1993	Saint-Priest
1998	CA Bizertin
2003	MC Oran
2003–2004	MC Alger
2004	Benin
2005	ES Sétif
2007–2008	Toulouse Fontaines (director of sports)
2009–2011	US Feurs
2018	Lyon-Décines
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Revelli scored 31 Ligue 1 goals during the calendar year of 1969. Fifty years later in 2019, Kylian Mbappé became the first French player to score at least 30 goals in a calendar year in Ligue 1 since Revelli's feat.^[1]

Revelli is the joint-top scorer in the Derby Rhône-Alpes between Saint-Étienne and Lyon with 14 goals along with former Lyon player Fleury Di Nallo.^[2] He finished his career in SC Draguignan, having already started a career as playing manager.^{[citation needed]}

In addition to Switzerland and France, he managed in Tunisia and Algeria as well as the national teams of Mauritius and Benin.^{[citation needed]}

Personal life

He is the brother of former professional footballer, Patrick Revelli.^[3]

Honours

Saint-Étienne

• Ligue 1: 1966–67, 1967–68, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1975–76
• Coupe de France: 1969–70, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1976–77

Individual

• French Player of the Year: 1969^[4]

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