Jean-François Larios | |
Birth Date: | 27 August 1956 |
Birth Place: | Sidi Bel Abbès, French Algeria |
Height: | 1.86 m |
Position: | Midfielder |
Youthclubs1: | Bourbaki de Pau |
Youthclubs2: | Jeanne d'Arc du Béarn |
Years1: | 1973–1982 |
Clubs1: | Saint-Étienne |
Caps1: | 167 |
Goals1: | 36 |
Years2: | 1977–1978 |
Clubs2: | → Bastia (loan) |
Caps2: | 34 |
Goals2: | 5 |
Years3: | 1983 |
Clubs3: | Atlético Madrid |
Caps3: | 0 |
Goals3: | 0 |
Years4: | 1983 |
Clubs4: | Montreal Manic |
Caps4: | 6 |
Goals4: | 1 |
Years5: | 1984 |
Clubs5: | Neuchâtel Xamax |
Caps5: | 13 |
Goals5: | 5 |
Years6: | 1984–1985 |
Clubs6: | Lyon |
Caps6: | 27 |
Goals6: | 1 |
Years7: | 1985–1986 |
Clubs7: | Strasbourg |
Caps7: | 19 |
Goals7: | 0 |
Years8: | 1986–1987 |
Clubs8: | Nice |
Caps8: | 19 |
Goals8: | 3 |
Years9: | 1988 |
Clubs9: | Montpellier |
Caps9: | 11 |
Goals9: | 0 |
Totalcaps: | 296 |
Totalgoals: | 51 |
Nationalyears1: | 1978–1982 |
Nationalteam1: | France |
Nationalcaps1: | 17 |
Nationalgoals1: | 5 |
Jean-François Larios (born 27 August 1956) is a French former professional football midfielder. He earned seventeen international caps (five goals) for the France national team during the late 1970s and early 1980s.[1]
A player of Saint-Étienne, Larios was a member of the French squad in the 1982 World Cup. However, he played only two matches after rumours surfaced that he was having an affair with Michel Platini's wife.[2] In 1983 Larios became one of the very few French players to appear in the North American Soccer League when he joined the Montreal Manic.