2023-05-04 13:37:20
It was on his return from a trip to Cameroon that Christian Larièpe was swept away, at the age of 63, by malaria. The Girondins de Bordeaux with whom this figure of French football has collaborated since the arrival of Gérard Lopez in 2021 as a talent scout in Africa, are still shocked by this news. After the press release published on Wednesday, a tribute will be paid on Saturday before the match of the 34th day of Ligue 2 against Caen. It is also Saturday, at 3:30 p.m. in the Notre-Dame de Montceau-les-Mines church where Larièpe had played until the age of 21 before having to stop his career due to an injury, that the religious ceremony will be organized.
Many clubs where Christian Larièpe had passed, in particular as training director, also expressed their pain, such as Saint-Étienne and Nantes. The president of Bordeaux, Gérard Lopez, posted an emotional message on Twitter: “Christian Larièpe left us much too soon. He was a visionary scout for our Girondins club, especially in Africa. But he was above all a close friend, whose strength in our relationship was measured by their consistency in good times and in bad. Faithful friend, remarkable professional, football lover, his absence will leave a great void.
It was in Lille between 2017 and 2020 that Larièpe and Lopez had forged links. And it is also at LOSC that Luis Campos, the current sports adviser to PSG, had collaborated and then formed a solid friendship with Larièpe, already in charge of finding young talents on African soil. Luis Campos thus appeared very touched by the disappearance of Larièpe learned on Tuesday, in full news linked to the sanction of Lionel Messi.
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