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{{short description|French footballer (born 1963)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{citation style|date=June 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Gilles Rousset
| image =
| fullname =
| height = {{height|ft=6|in=5}}
| birth_date  = {{Birth date and age|1963|8|22|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Hyères]], France
| currentclub =
| position = [[Goalkeeper (association football)|Goalkeeper]]
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 =
| years1 = 1982–1990
| years2 = 1990–1993
| years3 = 1993–1994
| years4 = 1994–1995
| years5 = 1995–2001
| clubs1 = [[FC Sochaux-Montbéliard|Sochaux]]
| clubs2 = [[Olympique Lyonnais|Lyon]]
| clubs3 = [[Olympique de Marseille|Marseille]]
| clubs4 = [[Stade Rennais F.C.|Rennes]]
| clubs5 = [[Heart of Midlothian F.C.|Hearts]]
| caps1 = 100
| caps2 = 98
| caps3 = 0
| caps4 = 22
| caps5 = 132
| goals1 = 0
| goals2 = 0
| goals3 = 0
| goals4 = 0
| goals5 = 0
| totalcaps = 352 | totalgoals = 0
| nationalyears1 = 1990–1992
| nationalteam1 = [[France national football team|France]]
| nationalcaps1 = 2
| nationalgoals1 = 0
}}

'''Gilles Rousset''' (born 22 August 1963) is a French former professional [[association football|footballer]], who played as a [[Goalkeeper (association football)|goalkeeper]].
Rousset started his career with [[FC Sochaux-Montbéliard|Sochaux]] in 1982, where he spent eight seasons, playing more than 100 times for the [[Montbéliard]] side before he was transferred to [[Olympique Lyonnais]] in 1990. He quickly established himself as the first choice goalkeeper at the [[Stade de Gerland]], playing 98 matches over the next 3 seasons.

During this period, Rousset was capped twice by [[French national football team|France]]. He was selected in the [[1992 UEFA European Football Championship squads#France|squad]] for the [[1992 UEFA European Football Championship|1992 Euro Championships]] although, as second choice goalkeeper, he did not play in Sweden.

In 1993, Rousset was surprisingly transferred to [[Olympique de Marseille]], who were the [[UEFA Champions League 1992-93|reigning European Champions]] but embroiled in a corruption scandal. The presence of rising star [[Fabien Barthez]] ensured Rousset did not start a competitive match for the club and when Marseille were forcibly relegated in the summer of 1994, as punishment for their [[match fixing]] crimes, Rousset (and many other established players) were sold.

Rousset spent the next season with [[Stade Rennais F.C.|Stade Rennais]] before moving to Scotland to join [[Heart of Midlothian F.C.|Heart of Midlothian]] in 1995. He spent six seasons in [[Edinburgh]], helping transform a Hearts side that had flirted with relegation into a dominant domestic competitor that came very close to splitting the Old Firm. He also won his only major honour there, the [[Scottish Cup]] in 1998, having been a losing finalist on 3 previous occasions earlier in his career (1988 with Sochaux and twice in 1996 with Hearts). The Scottish Cup was the first major trophy for Hearts in 36 years and Rousset went on to become a Hearts legend.

==Honours==
'''Hearts'''
* [[Scottish Cup]] (1): [[1998 Scottish Cup Final|1997–98]]

==External links==
*[https://londonhearts.com/scores/newplayers/h01642.html London Hearts player profile]
* {{FFF player|8514-rousset-gilles}}
* {{FFF male player|798|archive=}}
*[http://www.fff.fr/servfff/historique/historique.php?id=ROUSSET%20Gilles Profile at French federation official site] {{in lang|fr}}

{{France Squad Euro 1992}}

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