Dominique Barberat

Dominique Barberat
Barberat at Cannes
Personal information
Date of birth (1958-10-08) 8 October 1958 (age 66)
Place of birth Châtenay-Malabry, France
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward, winger, defensive midfielder, full-back[1]
Youth career
SSV Châtenay-Malabry
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1975–1977 Paris Saint-Germain B
1976 Paris Saint-Germain 4 (1)
1977–1979 Rouen 31 (2)
1979–1980 Châtellerault
1980–1983 Quimper 66+[a] (8+)
1983–1986 Alès 87 (3)
1986–1989 Cannes 77 (2)
1989–1991 Istres 63 (2)
Total 328+ (18+)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Dominique Barberat (born 8 October 1958) is a French former professional footballer.[2] Throughout his career, he played in various positions; he was a forward, winger, defensive midfielder, and full-back.[1]

Club career

Barberat began his career at SSV Châtenay-Malabry.[3] He joined Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) in 1975, initially to play for the reserve side of the club.[3] He would eventually make four Division 1 appearances for the club in the second half of the 1975–76 season, notably scoring one goal against Lyon on 11 May 1976.[4][2] However, due to conflicts with the PSG manager Velibor Vasović, he returned to the reserves, where he would eventually become top scorer in the 1976–77 season.[5][3] In 1977, Barberat had to undergo a knee operation.[3] Later that year, he joined newly-promoted Division 1 club Rouen after having put in a transfer request.[2][5]

In 1979, after two seasons at Rouen, the first of which resulted in relegation to the Division 2, Barberat joined Division 3 side Châtellerault.[2] After merely a season there, he joined Quimper, who were playing in the Division 2. In 1983, he joined Alès.[2] His former club PSG notably tried to bring him back to the club during his spell at the club; however, the transfer fell through.[3] Barberat would continue his career at Cannes in 1986, where he would notably score the decisive goal for promotion to the Division 1 in a 2–0 win over Sochaux on 13 June 1987.[4] He joined Istres in 1989, his final club before retiring in 1991.[1]

International career

Barberat was a youth international for France.[4] Due to a knee operation in 1977, he was unable to play at the FIFA World Youth Championship in Tunisia.[3]

Player profile

Across his career, Barberat played in several different positions. Although Pierre Alonzo, former head of the youth academy at PSG, placed him in defense,[4] he began his career as a forward. He had a play style similar to the one of Gerd Müller, according to himself, before being converted to a winger. He initially played on the right, and then on the left afterwards, as he was a good player with both feet.[3] Later, he was converted to a defensive midfielder, where he was able to "start a new career", notably at Alès. Barberat had a "good technical base", according to himself.[3] He also played as a full-back during his career.[1]

After football

After retiring from football, Barberat became a real estate agent. He worked in this job from 1991 to 1998.[1] In 1998, he became a football agent, managing the Grasse-based company SARL B.D. Sports & Consulting.[4] The company is based in France but also operates in England and Italy.[5]

Notes

  1. ^ Statistics for the 1982–83 season are unknown.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Dominique BARBERAT". PSG70 (in French). Archived from the original on 22 December 2009. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Dominique BARBERAT". Histoire du PSG (in French). 29 May 2017. Archived from the original on 8 August 2017. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h "Interview de Dominique Barberat" [Interview of Dominique Barberat]. PSG70 (in French). 6 October 2006. Archived from the original on 23 October 2009. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Barberat Dominique". Paris.canal-historique (in French). 24 January 2013. Archived from the original on 19 August 2017. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  5. ^ a b c Kurbos (6 July 2013). "DOMINIQUE BARBERAT" (in French). Skyrock. Archived from the original on 16 August 2016. Retrieved 23 July 2021.