{{short description|French footballer (born 1998)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}}{{Infobox football biography | name = Christopher Rocchia | image = Lens - Sochaux (23-11-2019) 109.jpg | caption = Rocchia with Sochaux in 2019 | fullname = <!-- If different--> | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1998|2|2|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Marseille]], France | height = 1.72m | position = [[Left-back]] | currentclub = [[SC Aubagne Air Bel|Aubagne Air Bel]] | clubnumber = 8 | youthyears1 = 2011–2018 | youthclubs1 = [[Olympique de Marseille|Marseille]] | years1 = 2016–2021 | clubs1 = [[Olympique de Marseille|Marseille II]] | caps1 = 33 | goals1 = 1 | years2 = 2018–2021 | clubs2 = [[Olympique de Marseille|Marseille]] | caps2 = 3 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 2019–2020 | clubs3 = → [[FC Sochaux-Montbéliard|Sochaux]] (loan) | caps3 = 30 | goals3 = 1 | years4 = 2021–2023 | clubs4 = [[Dijon FCO|Dijon]] | caps4 = 32 | goals4 = 0 | years5 = 2024–2025 | clubs5 = [[Aubagne FC|Aubagne]] | caps5 = 9 | goals5 = 1 | years6 = 2025 | clubs6 = [[FC Villefranche Beaujolais|Villefranche]] | caps6 = 13 | goals6 = 0 | years7 = 2025– | clubs7 = [[SC Aubagne Air Bel|Aubagne Air Bel]] | caps7 = 5 | goals7 = 0 | club-update = 3 October 2025 | nationalteam-update = }}
'''Christopher Rocchia''' (born 1 February 1998) is a French professional [[association football|footballer]] who plays as a [[left-back]] for {{French football updater|Aubagne}} club [[SC Aubagne Air Bel|Aubagne Air Bel]].
==Club career== ===Marseille=== Rocchia made his professional debut on 29 November 2018 in the [[2018–19 UEFA Europa League|UEFA Europa League]] Group Stage against [[Eintracht Frankfurt]]. He replaced [[Bouna Sarr]] after 80 minutes in a 4–0 away loss.<ref name="soccerway2">{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2018/11/29/europe/uefa-cup/eintracht-frankfurt/olympique-de-marseille/2909618/|title=Eintracht Frankfurt vs. Olympique Marseille - 29 November 2018 - Soccerway|publisher=soccerway.com|accessdate=29 November 2018}}</ref>
====Sochaux (loan)==== He was loaned to [[FC Sochaux-Montbéliard|Sochaux]] in January 2019 until the end of the season.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fcsochaux.fr/fr/index.php/article/12589|title=Communiqué : Christopher Rocchia officiellement prêté|publisher=FC Sochaux-Montbéliard|date=29 January 2019|accessdate=1 February 2019}}</ref> Upon his return to Marseille, he failed to establish himself in the first squad, and on 2 September 2019 he returned to Sochaux for another loan.<ref>{{cite press release|publisher=[[FC Sochaux-Montbéliard|Sochaux]]|url=http://www.fcsochaux.fr/fr/index.php/article/33-communique/13530-christopher-rocchia-de-retour-en-pret-au-fcsm|title=Communiqué : Christopher Rocchia de retour en prêt au FCSM|date=2 September 2019|language=French}}</ref>
===Dijon=== On 15 June 2021, he moved to [[Dijon FCO|Dijon]] as a free agent on a two-year contract.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[Dijon FCO|Dijon]]|url=https://www.dfco.fr/articles/D5E50CF1-9DB5-488D-901A-33621C5AE688|title=CHRISTOPHER ROCCHIA EST DIJONNAIS !|date=15 June 2021|language=fr}}</ref> He left the club at the end of the 2022-23 season.<ref>[https://www.bienpublic.com/sport/2023/06/22/dfco-christopher-rocchia-sanctionne-pour-des-paris-sportifs DFCO : Christopher Rocchia sanctionné pour un pari sportif], bienpublic.com, 22 June 2023</ref>
===Villefranche=== On 7 January 2025, Rocchia signed with [[FC Villefranche Beaujolais|Villefranche]].<ref>{{cite web|publisher=FC Villefranche Beaujolais|url=https://www.fcvb.fr/actualites-du-club/mercato-christopher-rocchia-nouveau-tigre-caladois|title=Mercato : Christopher Rocchia, nouveau tigre caladois !|trans-title=Mercato: Christopher Rocchia, new Caladois tiger!|date=7 January 2025|access-date=13 January 2025|language=fr}}</ref>
==Personal life== Born in France, Rocchia is of Comorian and Malagasy descent.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.eurocalciomercato.net/om-4-squadre-interessate-a-christopher-rocchia-la-situazione/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027055845/https://www.eurocalciomercato.net/om-4-squadre-interessate-a-christopher-rocchia-la-situazione/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=27 October 2020|title=OM, 4 squadre interessate a Christopher Rocchia. La situazione|first=Fabio|last=Loi|date=10 June 2020}}</ref>
==Career statistics== ===Club=== {{updated|match played 23 May 2021}}<ref name="soccerway">{{cite web|title=Christopher Rocchia Soccerway Profile|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/christopher-rocchia/436464/|accessdate=29 November 2018}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition |- !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|National Cup<sup>[[#notes gs1|1]]</sup> !colspan="2"|League Cup !colspan="2"|Continental<sup>[[#notes gs1|2]]</sup> !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division||Apps||Goals||Apps||Goals||Apps||Goals||Apps||Goals||Apps||Goals||Apps||Goals |- |rowspan="5"|[[Olympique de Marseille|Marseille B]] |[[2016–17 Championnat de France Amateur|2016–17]] |rowspan="4"|[[Championnat National 2|National 2]] |8||0||colspan="8"|—||8||0 |- |[[2017–18 Championnat National 2|2017–18]] |12||0||colspan="8"|—||12||0 |- |[[2018–19 Championnat National 2#Group A|2018–19]] |8||1||colspan="8"|—||8||1 |- |[[2019–20 Championnat National 2|2019–20]] |2||0||colspan="8"|—||2||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !30||1||colspan="8"|—||30||1 |- |rowspan="3"|[[Olympique de Marseille|Marseille]] |[[2018–19 Ligue 1|2018–19]] |rowspan="2"|[[Ligue 1]] |1||0||0||0||0||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—||2||0 |- |[[2020–21 Ligue 1|2020–21]] |2||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—||0||0||0||0||3||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !3||0||1||0||0||0||1||0||0||0||5||0 |- |rowspan="3"|[[FC Sochaux-Montbéliard|Sochaux]] <small>(loan)</small> |[[2018–19 Ligue 2|2018–19]] |[[Ligue 2]] |8||0||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||8||0 |- |[[2019–20 Ligue 2|2019–20]] |Ligue 2 |22||1||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||22||1 |- !colspan="2"|Total !30!!1!!0!!0!!0!!0!!1!!0!!0!!0!!30!!1 |- !colspan="3"|Career total !63!!2!!1!!0!!0!!0!!1!!0!!0!!0!!65!!2 |}
<div id="notes gs1"></div><sup>1</sup><small>Includes [[Coupe de France]].</small> <div id="notes gs1"></div><sup>2</sup><small>Includes [[UEFA Europa League]].</small>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *[https://www.om.net/equipes/effectifs/joueurs/158476/rocchia-christopher Marseille profile] *{{Soccerway|christopher-rocchia/436464}}
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