Richard Dutruel

Richard Dutruel
Personal information
Full name	Richard Philippe Dutruel
Date of birth	24 December 1972 (age 51)
Place of birth	Thonon-les-Bains, France
Height	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
	CS Thonon
	Clairefontaine
	Paris Saint-Germain
Senior career*
Years	Team
1991–1996	Paris Saint-Germain
1993–1995	→ Caen (loan)
1996–2000	Celta
2000–2002	Barcelona
2002–2003	Alavés
2003–2005	Strasbourg
Total
International career
2000	France
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Richard Philippe Dutruel (born 24 December 1972) is a French retired professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Club career[edit]

Dutruel was born in Thonon-les-Bains, Haute-Savoie. During his career he represented Paris Saint-Germain FC, Stade Malherbe Caen, RC Celta de Vigo (his most successful period, also appearing in the UEFA Cup),^[1] FC Barcelona – during his two seasons he played backup to youngster Pepe Reina in his first year, only being third-choice afterwards^[2]^[3]– Deportivo Alavés^[4] and RC Strasbourg, retiring in June 2005 at nearly 33.

Dutruel won his sole cap for France on 4 October 2000, coming on as a substitute in a 1–1 friendly match against Cameroon.^[5]

^ "Richard Dutruel" (in Spanish). Yo Jugué en el Celta. 7 April 2008. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
^ Carbonell, Rafael (26 April 2001). "Rexach prescinde de Reina ante la Gramanet y Dutruel será titular" [Rexach leaves Reina out against Gramanet and Dutruel will start]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 November 2015.
^ "Vuelve Dutruel después de casi medio año" [Dutruel returns after nearly half a year]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 10 November 2001. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
^ "Dutruel quits Barça for Alavés". UEFA. 4 July 2002. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
^ Regnard, Hélène (6 October 2000). "A t-on déjà vu un coq manger un lion?" [Have you ever seen a cock eat a lion?] (in French). Afrik Foot. Retrieved 12 January 2017.

Richard Dutruel – French league stats at LFP – also available in French (archived)
Strasbourg archives (in French)
Richard Dutruel at BDFutbol
Richard Dutruel at the French Football Federation (in French)
Richard Dutruel at the French Football Federation (archived) (in French)
Richard Dutruel at National-Football-Teams.com