Gérald Baticle
| Personal information | |||
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| Date of birth | October 10, 1969 | ||
| Place of birth | Amiens, France | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Retired | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –1990 | Amiens SC | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1990–1991 | Amiens SC | ||
| 1991–1995 | AJ Auxerre | 109 | (29) |
| 1995–1998 | RC Strasbourg | 105 | (21) |
| 1998–1999 | AJ Auxerre | 39 | (5) |
| 1999–2002 | FC Metz | 82 | (24) |
| 2002–2003 | ES Troyes | 30 | (1) |
| 2003–2004 | Le Havre AC | 32 | (4) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2004–2008 | AJ Auxerre U-18 | ||
| 2008–2009 | Stade Brestois | ||
| 2011 | Lyon U-19 | ||
| 2011– | Lyon (assistant) | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Gérald Baticle (born 10 October 1969 in Amiens), is a former French football player and manager.
Baticle started his pro-career in his native Picardy region at Amiens SC but quickly attracted the attention of Guy Roux who recruited him at AJ Auxerre. He played his first game in Ligue 1 on September 19, 1991 against FC Metz. In 1992/93, he was the UEFA Cup's top goalscorer as Auxerre reached the semi-finals where they were edged out by Borussia Dortmund after a penalty shootout. A year later, Baticle scored one of Auxerre's goal during the final of the French cup where the AJA defeated Montpellier HSC 3:0 to win its first national title. In 1994/95, Baticle had to face the concurrence of an emerging Lilian Laslandes for the sole striker post in Guy Roux's emblematic 4-3-3. He then chose to move to an ambitious RC Strasbourg side where he joined a team composed of Frank Leboeuf, Franck Sauzée and Aleksandr Mostovoi. Baticle spent three seasons at Strasbourg and was a captain there after Leboeuf's departure in 1996. He was repositioned as an offensive midfielder by Jacky Duguépéroux and, in this position, was instrumental in Strasbourg's 1997 League cup triumph as well as the good UEFA Cup run the following season. He was then back for a season and a half at Auxerre as a transition striker between world champion Stéphane Guivarc'h and the young Djibril Cissé. In December 1999, he was transferred to FC Metz where he enjoyed decent success as a striker for three years in a struggling team. When Metz was relegated, Baticle moved to Troyes AC for a season before ending his career in 2003/4 with Ligue 2 side Le Havre AC.
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