Thierry Roland

Career

It spends a few years to London during its school course. The club of its heart is however Parisian: the Racing Club of France.

After having begun its career with the service of the sports of rtf in 1955 then of ORTF, it comments on its first Football world cup in 1962 with the Chile. It is then victim of the purgings of " gauchistes" carried out in 1968. It joined France Inter (1969 - 1975) then Antenne 2 (1975 - 1984).

In 1984, it joined TF1 in company of Jean-Michel Larqué, with which it forms a media couple with success since 1980 for the comments of the televised football games and the animation of Téléfoot. It was present in the stage at the time of the Drame of Heysel and the Drame of Furiani.

It is put at the variation by TF1 with the end of the year 2004, and is replaced by Thierry Gilardi, defector of Canal +, for the comments of the principal matches; it is then limited to comment on some matches of Coupe de France. It continues in parallel its career on the subsidiary company of TF1, TPS Star.

The October 27th 2005, it announces its passage on the rival chain M6, to cover part of the matches of the Football world cup of 2006 in partnership with Franck Leboeuf, old world champion 1998. It will make regular appearances in the emission 100% Foot during the first season of the emission (2005-2006) and became chronicler since September 2006 about it.

Famous for its expressions as “These deux-là will not spend their holidays together” , “Mown like a rabbit in full flight” or “It swallowed the trumpet” , it was a perfect caricature for the Puppets of information and “Thierry celebrates Completely it! ” of Jean-Michel Larqué.

In addition to football, Thierry Roland was also a poor commentator of competitions of athletics in particular. He covered the Olympic Games since 1960.

He gained a 7 of gold of Better sports correspondent in 1997.

He is the author of many sporting works. One will quote the fabulous history of the World cup or the fabulous history of the cuts of Europe , in particular.

He also took part in several films by playing his own part there: Delphine 1, Yvan 0 or 3 zero , for example.

Friend of many players, he is president of the Variétés club of France since March 1980, where in particular its accomplice Michel Platini evolved/moved.

He is also one of the chroniclers headlight of the emission the Famous persons on RTL.

Work

My 100 larger players , Larousse, May 2006
My 100 greater matches , Larousse, October 2005
Fabulous history of the world cup , Minerva, October 2002

Quotations

"Honestly, Jean-Michel Larqué, don't you believe which there is another thing only a referee Tunisia N to arbitrate a match of this importance? " - Match England - Argentinian cash for the quarterfinals of the Football world cup of 1986 to the Mexico (match or Maradona will mark the Main of God).
"There is nothing which does not resemble a Korean any more but another Korean, more especially as they measure all 1 meter 70." - Match France South Korea right before the Football world cup of 2002 in South Korea.
"It fights, Vieira, against its cousins." - Match France - Senegal during the Football world cup of 2002 in South Korea.
"It is not a fair truth . " - Match France - Uruguay during the Football world cup of 2002 in South Korea (in connection with Dario Silva, Uruguyan player which had the dyed hair).
"Mr Foote, you are a bastard! What a scandal this arbritrage, it is incredible! Never considering a similar individual, it should be in prison, not on a ground of football" - Match Bulgaria - France, match qualifier for the World cup 1978. " Mr Foote" was the referee of the match, and it had granted an imaginary penalty to Bulgarian (which has of missed aillor).
"After having seen that, one can die quiet. Ah they is super! What a foot, oh what a foot! Oh whore! " - Match France - Brazil, finale of the World cup 1998, after the final whistle.
"It makes me the instructions, I shit to him above, ouais" - During a famous slanging match with his/her colleague Jean-Michel Larqué during the half-time of a match of the world cup 2002 in connection with tickets that Thierry Roland had ordered from TF1 and who were finally given to another person. To listen to the band its, to click here * " You ace nothing has to make here, do not come to break us the couilles" - With a friend of Jean-Michel Larqué of the FIFA, at the half-time of France - Uruguay in 2002, because of a murky story of problem of arbitration. Namely that the friend of FIFA in question had come in a peaceful way and " in the name of the amitié".
"Jean-Michel, gives me a craquotte." In Coupe de France at the time of the match Valves - Stella Husbands.
"Ah I seldom saw a similar trio of nulos… The empailler those là" would be necessary; By speaking about the trio of referee of Saragossa-Caen (32e of finale return of the cut of the UEFA 1992-1993)
" This dark inhabitant of Guadeloupe " while speaking about Marius Treasure.

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