Alexandre Stassievitch

Alexandre Stassievitch
Personal information
Full name Alexandre Stassievitch
Date of birth (1950-09-20) 20 September 1950 (age 74)
Place of birth Libercourt, France
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 8+12 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
0000–1972 Ostricourt
1972–1974 Lens
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1974–1977 Lens 57 (1)
1977–1978 Poissy 33 (2)
1978–1980 Montluçon 63 (7)
1980–1982 Nœux-les-Mines 59 (2)
1982–1987 Saint-Omer
International career
1976 France Olympic 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alexandre Stassievitch (born 20 September 1950) is a French former professional footballer who played as a defender. He played club football for Lens, Poissy, Montluçon, Nœux-les-Mines, and Saint-Omer, and represented France at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Club career

Born in Libercourt, Stassievitch began playing football as a center forward for local side Ostricourt. In 1972, he signed for RC Lens and began playing as a defender for the second team. He made his Ligue 1 debut for Lens in 1974, making several more appearances during his time with the club. He was on the bench as Lens lost the Coupe de France 1974-75 final.[1]

Stassievitch spent the following seasons in Ligue 2, one with AS Poissy and two with ÉDS Montluçon. In 1980, Gérard Houllier recruited him for US Nœux-les-Mines. In his two seasons with the club, they entered the promotion playoffs and reached the 1/16-finals of the Coupe de France.[1]

He would spend the next five years playing amateur football for US Saint-Omer before retiring in 1987.[1]

International career

Stassievitch captained France at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, where the team reached the quarterfinals.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Que sont-ils devenus? Alexandre Stassievitch" [What are they now? Alexandre Stassievitch] (in French). Les Voix des Sports. 1 March 2010.