Yves Mariot

Yves Mariot (5 July 1948 to 15 January 2000) was a French professional footballer who played as a striker. He was born in Nancy and began his senior career with his home-town club AS Nancy, where he was a regular from 1967 to 1973 and made 77 league appearances. He then moved through a series of French clubs: Sedan in 1973, Olympique Lyonnais from 1973 to 1977, Bastia, Paris FC and finally Nice, where he played from 1978 to 1980. His longest spell was at Lyon, with 114 league appearances. Across his club career he totalled 280 league appearances and 29 goals. He won a single cap for the France national team, in 1975. Mariot is also remembered in football history as the player credited with first popularising the Marseille turn, a spinning ball-control move, in Europe during the 1970s.