Roger Marche

Roger Marche

Roger Marche, April 1949
Personal information
Full name	Roger Marche
Date of birth	March 5, 1924
Place of birth	Villers-Semeuse, France
Date of death	November 1, 1997 (aged 73)
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position	Left Back
Youth career
	ASC Mohon
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1944–1954	Reims	300	(1)
1954–1962	RC Paris	242	(0)
Total		542	(1)
National team
1947–1959	France	63	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Roger Marche (March 5, 1924 – November 1, 1997) was a French football (soccer) defender. He was part of the French national team during the 1954 and 1958 World Cup tournaments. He was nicknamed Le Sanglier des Ardennes ("the Boaer of the Ardenne") for the region from which he came.

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.

He was a member of the French 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.

Marche died in 1997 in Charleville-Mézières.

Trivia

He scored his only international goal on December 17, 1959 against Spain in his very last match (the sixty-third) for France.

Honours

All with Stade Reims

• French championship 1949 and 1953
• French championship runners-up 1947 and 1954
• Coupe de France 1950
• Trophee des Champions 1949
• Latin Cup 1953
• 1958 FIFA World Cup third place with France

External links

• Illustrated profile
• List of international appearances
• Player statistics at the French Football Federation's official web site