Patrice Rio | |
Fullname: | Patrice Rio |
Birth Date: | 15 August 1948 |
Birth Place: | Le Petit-Quevilly, Seine-Maritime, France |
Position: | Defender |
Youthclubs1: | Rouen |
Years1: | 1969–1970 |
Clubs1: | Rouen |
Caps1: | 33 |
Goals1: | 0 |
Years2: | 1970–1984 |
Clubs2: | Nantes |
Caps2: | 436 |
Goals2: | 20 |
Years3: | 1984–1987 |
Clubs3: | Rennes |
Caps3: | 72 |
Goals3: | 8 |
Totalcaps: | 541 |
Totalgoals: | 28 |
Nationalyears1: | 1976–1978 |
Nationalteam1: | France |
Nationalcaps1: | 17 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Patrice Rio (born 15 August 1948 in Le Petit-Quevilly, Seine-Maritime) is a French former football defender who obtained a total number of 17 international caps for the France national football team in the 1970s. Playing for FC Nantes (1970–1984) he was a member of the French squad that competed at the 1978 FIFA World Cup. His father, Roger, was also a French international footballer.[1]