His professional football career began aged 20 on 26 June 1969, when he played his debut match in Division 1 for Rennes against Metz (3–0).

The following season, he played two matches in the European Cup-Winners Cup, eventually losing to Rangers (1–1 in Rennes, 1–0 in Glasgow).

In 1975, he joined manager Michel Le Milinaire, a fellow Breton, at Stade Lavallois for one of the club's most successful periods, when it won promotion to the French first division.

But a strained relationship with then-president François Yvinec meant he left after only one season, returning to Rennes as manager, his first professional club.

Raymond Keruzoré's career in football ended in 1997, after two seasons in Division 2 as manager of Stade Quimperois, the club where he began playing as a youth.

[citation needed] While playing for Laval, he won the first of two caps for the France national team in a world cup qualification match against Ireland on 17 November 1976.