Dominique Bijotat

Personal information
Date of birth	(1961-01-03) 3 January 1961 (age 63)
Place of birth	Chassignolles, France
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1968–1976	Montgivray FC
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1976–87	Monaco	185	(16)
1987–88	Bordeaux	37	(1)
1988–91	Monaco	40	(0)
1991–94	Châteauroux
International career
1982–88	France	8	(0)
Managerial career
2002–2004	Ajaccio
2005–2006	Sochaux
2008–2009	Châteauroux
2010–2012	Metz
2015–2016	JS Kabylie
2016	Chabab Rif Al Hoceima
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Dominique Bijotat

Medal record
Men's football
Representing  France
Olympic Games
	1984 Los Angeles	Team competition

Dominique Bijotat (born 3 January 1961) is a French football manager and former professional player who played as a midfielder.^[1][2] He obtained eight international caps (no goals) for the France national team during the 1980s.

Club career

Bijotat was born in Chassignolles, Indre. Most of his career was spent with AS Monaco, playing there in two separate periods 1976–1987 and 1988–1991. He also spent one season with Bordeaux and eventually ended his playing career at Châteauroux.

International career

He was a member of the national team that won the gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.^[3]

Coaching career

After the recent home defeat against Ajaccio, the coach has quit Ligue 2 club LB Châteauroux, the team was in 16th place.^[4]

On 4 June 2010, FC Metz officials hired the former Châteauroux coach with the objective of leading the team back to Ligue 1 within two years.^[5][6]

His spell ended up in a nightmare as Metz was relegated in May 2012 in National for the first time, the French third division, before the last game of the season. He was even asked by the Chairman not to coach the team for the last game at home.^[7]