Bruno Bellone

Bruno Bellone

Personal information
Date of birth	(1962-03-14) 14 March 1962
Place of birth	Toulon, France
Height
Position(s)	Left winger
Youth career
	Cannet-Rocheville
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1980–1987	Monaco	205	(55)
1987–1988	Cannes	26	(9)
1988–1989	Montpellier	13	(2)
1989–1990	Cannes	31	(5)
Total		275	(71)
International career
1981–1988	France	34	(2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Bruno Bellone (born 14 March 1962 in Toulon) is a former French international footballer who played as a winger, and who earned 34 caps and scored two goals for France from 1981 to 1988. One of the goals was in the final of the 1984 European Championships, where France defeated Spain 2–0 to win the title. He was also in France's 1982 and 1986 World Cup squads.

It was the quarter-final match against Brazil in 1986 for which he will most be remembered, for two incidents. Firstly, as the end of extra-time approached, he had a clear opportunity to score the winning goal, as he rounded Brazil goalkeeper Carlos on the edge of the penalty area. As he went past, Carlos blocked him, knocking him off balance and unable to reach the ball in time to score. The referee did not give a foul. In the penalty shoot-out, Bellone took France's third kick. The hit the post and rebounded onto Carlos and then back into the goal. Despite Brazilian protests, the goal was allowed to stand. France manager Henri Michel, confronted after the game with the possibility that Bellone's penalty should not have stood, pointed to the Carlos incident in open play and said "There was a certain justice in that". The laws of football were later clarified in favour of the referee's decision.

External links

• FIFA Profile
• National Football Teams Profile