Gilles Rousset
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 22 August 1963 | ||
Place of birth | Hyères, France | ||
Height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1982–1990 | Sochaux | 100 | (0) |
1990–1993 | Lyon | 98 | (0) |
1993–1994 | Marseille | 0 | (0) |
1994–1995 | Rennes | 22 | (0) |
1995–2001 | Hearts | 132 | (0) |
Total | 532 | (0) | |
International career | |||
1990–1992 | France | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Gilles Rousset (born 22 August 1963) is a French former professional footballer, who played as a goalkeeper. Rousset started his career with Sochaux in 1982, where he spent eight seasons, playing more than 100 times for the Montbéliard side before he was transferred to Olympique Lyonnais in 1990. He quickly established himself as the first choice goalkeeper at the Stade de Gerland, playing 98 matches over the next 3 seasons.
During this period, Rousset was capped twice by
In 1993, Rousset was surprisingly transferred to
Rousset spent the next season with Stade Rennais before moving to Scotland to join Heart of Midlothian in 1995. He spent six seasons in Edinburgh, helping transform a Hearts side that had flirted with relegation into a dominant domestic competitor that came very close to splitting the Old Firm. He also won his only major honour there, the Scottish Cup in 1998, having been a losing finalist on 3 previous occasions earlier in his career (1988 with Sochaux and twice in 1996 with Hearts). The Scottish Cup was the first major trophy for Hearts in 36 years and Rousset went on to become a Hearts legend.
Honours
Hearts
- 1997–98
External links
- London Hearts player profile
- Gilles Rousset at the French Football Federation (in French)
- Gilles Rousset at the French Football Federation (archived) (in French)
- Profile at French federation official site (in French)