1. Maxime Bossis obtained 76 caps for the France national team, won UEFA Euro 1984, and played in two FIFA World Cup semi-finals.
11 Facts About Maxime Bossis
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Maxime Bossis spent much of his time at right back during Nantes' championship-winning seasons in 1977 and 1980, in which Thierry Tusseau normally started on the left, but made the left back position his own beginning in 1981.
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Maxime Bossis helped Nantes to finish first or second in every season between 1976 and 1981.
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In 1985, Maxime Bossis moved to the ambitious RC Paris, but the Parisian club achieved only modest success in spite of heavy spending that acquired such players as Enzo Francescoli and Pierre Littbarski.
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Maxime Bossis returned to Nantes for one final season in 1990, lining up next to future French international Marcel Desailly before retiring from play.
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Maxime Bossis was named Footballer of the Year by France Football in 1979 and 1981.
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Maxime Bossis represented the France national team for ten years, appearing at the 1978,1982, and 1986 FIFA World Cups, reaching the semifinals of the latter two editions of the tournament.
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Maxime Bossis is mostly remembered for missing France's last penalty in the 1982 World Cup semi-final against West Germany.
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Maxime Bossis was an important member of the France team that won UEFA Euro 1984 on home soil in 1984.
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Maxime Bossis held the French record of matches played in the World Cup with 15, which was surpassed by Fabien Barthez in 2006.
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Maxime Bossis then reinvented himself as a TV commentator, working first for TPS, then for Orange Sport and since 2014 for BeIn Sport.