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Alain Boghossian
Personal information
Full name	Alain Boghossian
Date of birth	(1970-10-27) 27 October 1970 (age 41)
Place of birth	Digne, France
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	France (Asst. Coach)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1988–1992	Marseille (reserves)	78	(12)
1992–1993	Istres	33	(8)
1993–1994	Marseille	31	(3)
1994–1997	Napoli	58	(5)
1997–1998	Sampdoria	33	(7)
1998–2002	Parma	89	(10)
2002–2003	Espanyol	5	(0)
National team
1997–2002	France	26	(2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Alain Boghossian (born 27 October 1970 in Digne-les-Bains, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence) is a retired French-Armenian football player and now assistant coach for the French national team.

Contents

1 Club career
2 International
3 Honours
4 Notes

Club career

After a sole season in the French league with Olympique de Marseille, Boghossian moved to Italy, and played in Serie A with S.S.C. Napoli, U.C. Sampdoria and Parma F.C., where he had his most successful years, alongside compatriot Lilian Thuram.

Dogged with injury several times, Boghossian's career ended in June 2003, after just five La Liga appearances with RCD Espanyol.

International

An international with France since 1997, Boghossian won the 1998 World Cup with France, but was injured the day before Euro 2000 started. He also appeared at the 2002 World Cup, and in total made 26 international appearances, scoring 2 goals.

Honours

World Cup: 1998
Hassan II Tournament: 1998
Chevalier (Knight) of the Légion d'honneur 1998^[1]^[2]
UEFA Cup: 1999
Italian Supercup : 1999
Italian Cup: 1999, 2002

Notes

^ "France honors World Cup winners – Government gives Legion of Honor to players, coaches". CNN/SI. 1 September 1998. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/soccer/world/news/1998/09/01/france_legionhonor. Retrieved 20 July 2006.
^ "Décret du 24 juillet 1998 portant nomination à titre exceptionnel". JORF 1998 (170): 11376. 25 July 1998. PREX9801916D. http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/WAspad/UnTexteDeJorf?numjo=PREX9801916D. Retrieved 10 March 2009.

v t e France squad – 1998 FIFA World Cup Winners (1st Title)

1 Lama 2 Candela 3 Lizarazu 4 Vieira 5 Blanc 6 Djorkaeff 7 Deschamps (c) 8 Desailly 9 Guivarc'h 10 Zidane 11 Pirès 12 Henry 13 Diomède 14 Boghossian 15 Thuram 16 Barthez 17 Petit 18 Leboeuf 19 Karembeu 20 Trezeguet 21 Dugarry 22 Charbonnier Coach: Jacquet

v t e France squad – 2002 FIFA World Cup

1 Ramé 2 Candela 3 Lizarazu 4 Vieira 5 Christanval 6 Djorkaeff 7 Makélélé 8 Desailly (c) 9 Cissé 10 Zidane 11 Wiltord 12 Henry 13 Silvestre 14 Boghossian 15 Thuram 16 Barthez 17 Petit 18 Leboeuf 19 Sagnol 20 Trezeguet 21 Dugarry 22 Micoud 23 Coupet Coach: Lemerre

Persondata
Name	Boghossian, Alain
Alternative names
Short description	footballer
Date of birth	27 October 1970
Place of birth	Digne, France
Date of death
Place of death

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