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My Take
As a goalkeeper, Bernard Lama always struck me as the kind of steady presence a team builds confidence around. Winning the 1998 World Cup and Euro 2000 with France puts him in genuinely rare company, even if he wasn't always the first-choice name people remember from that golden generation. What stands out to me is the breadth of his career, from Lille, Metz and Paris Saint-Germain in France to a spell at West Ham in the Premier League. The Legion of Honour in 1998 feels earned. I respect players like him who quietly anchor historic sides without demanding the headlines.
Overview
Bernard Pascal Maurice Lama (born 7 April 1963) is a French former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. As a member of the France national team, he won the 1998 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2000. Lama most notably played in the French Division 1 for Lille, Metz, Brest, Lens, Paris Saint-Germain and Rennes, and in the Premier League for West Ham United.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Bernard Lama
- Name (Japanese)
- ベルナール・ラマ
- Reading
- べるなーる・らま
- Born
- April 7, 1963 (age 63)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aries / Rabbit
- Origin
- Saint-Symphorien, Indre-et-Loire, France
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 183 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- association football player / association football coach
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- 1998 Knight of the Legion of Honour
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Official sitehttp://www.bernardlama.fr
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%99%E3%83%AB%E3%83%8A%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A9%E3%83%9E
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.