Patrick Battiston foi zagueiro francês, campeão da Eurocopa de 1984 e conhecido pela dura colisão com o goleiro Schumacher na semifinal da Copa de 1982.
Battiston
Patrick Battiston was born in Amnéville, France, on March 12, 1957. A defender and full-back, he was one of the pillars of the French national team that reached the semi-finals of the 1982 and 1986 World Cups and was champion of the 1984 European Championship. He had a career at Metz, Saint-Étienne, Bordeaux and Monaco, and won five French Championship titles and one French Cup. His name was marked by the semi-final of the 1982 World Cup, against West Germany, in Seville, when he was hit in a collision with goalkeeper Harald Schumacher and had to receive medical attention on the field, in one of the most controversial moments in World Cup history. For France, he played 56 games and scored 3 goals between 1977 and 1989.