 Dynamo Kyiv were the previous year's winners of the 1974–75 European Cup Winners' Cup.With the France national football team, Rocheteau won 49 caps from 1975–1986 and scored 15 goals.He played in final tournament of the 1978 World Cup, 1982 World Cup and 1986 World Cup and was part of the team that won the European Championship in 1984 (though Rocheteau missed the final due to injury).