 He obtained 76 caps (one goal) for the French national team, won the 1984 European Football Championship and played in two World Cup semi-finals.Bossis was born in Saint-André-Treize-Voies, Vendée.A longtime starter for FC Nantes during the club's most successful period during the 1970s and 1980s, he was noted chiefly as a full-back on the left flank, but filled in at various roles in defence.