Claude Makelele Sinda ( fr. Claude Makélélé Sinda ; February 18, 1973 , Kinshasa , Zaire ) - French footballer of Zairian descent, midfielder , coach.
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| Born | February 18, 1973 (aged 46) Kinshasa , Zaire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Citizenship |  France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Growth | 170 cm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | midfielder | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Biography
Makelele is a native of Zaire , the modern Democratic Republic of the Congo . He graduated from the French Academy "Melun", in which he lived in the same room with Lilian Thuram .
Club career
At the age of 19, Nantes became his first professional club in his career. As part of the "canaries" in 1995 became the champion of France . In 1997 he moved to the Marseille Olympic . In 1998, Makelele became a player in the Spanish Celta , and later moved to Real Madrid . In which he won a place in the first team. At Real Madrid, Claude won two Spanish championships , the Champions League , and subsequently the UEFA Super Cup and the Intercontinental Cup . However, due to dissatisfaction with the requirement to increase salaries, Makelele left the club [1] .
In 2003, he moved to the London Chelsea . At Chelsea, Makelele became one of the team leaders, and after joining the team Mourinho was a key figure . The Portuguese coach used a scheme with three central midfielders, and Claude was located among them the central defensive midfielder . As part of Chelsea, Claude Makelele won two championships , the FA Cup and the Super Bowl . On July 21, Makelele joined Paris Saint-Germain as a free agent. He signed a contract with the new club for one season [2] . In 2009, Claude Makelele announced his retirement, but then continued his career at Paris Saint-Germain, renewing the contract for a year. In 2011, he decided to finally end his career as a player.
Team Career
In 1995, Gerard Houlier invited Makelele to the French national team for a friendly match. Due to the high competition in the “tricolor” Eme Jacquet did not take Makelele to the 1998 home world championship , and two years later Roger Lemerr could not find a place for Claude at the 2000 European Championships in Belgium and Holland . Makelele participated in the 2002 World Cup . In the summer of 2006, Claude Makelele participated in the World Cup in Germany .
June 17, 2008 after the last match in group C of the 2008 European Championship France- Italy 0: 2, Makelele announced his retirement in the national team [3] .
Coaching career
With the arrival of Carlo Ancelotti in PSG in 2011, he was appointed assistant coach, continued to work as an assistant under Laurent Blanc . In May 2014, he became the head coach of Bastia [4] . In November 2014, he was dismissed because the club after 10 rounds of League 1 occupied the penultimate, 19th place in the standings, gaining only 10 points [5] .
On January 8, 2016, he took up the post of technical director to oversee sports issues at Monaco [6] .
On November 6, 2017, it became known that Makelele led the Belgian league outsider - the Eupen team [7] .
Achievements
Team
Nantes
- League Champion 1 ( 1 ): 1994/95
- Total: 1 trophy
Real Madrid
- Champion Examples ( 2 ): 2000/01 , 2002/03
- Super Bowl Spain ( 2 ): 2001 , 2003
- UEFA Champions League Winner ( 1 ): 2002
- UEFA Super Cup Winner ( 1 ): 2002
- Intercontinental Cup Winner ( 1 ): 2002
- Total: 7 trophies
Chelsea
- Premier League Champion ( 2 ): 2004/05 , 2005/06
- FA Cup Winner ( 1 ): 2007
- Football League Cup Winner ( 2 ): 2005 , 2007
- Super Bowl of England ( 1 ): 2005
- Total: 6 trophies
Paris Saint-Germain
- French Cup Winner ( 1 ): 2010
- Total: 1 trophy
Personal
- Included in the world team according to FIFPRO ( 1 ): 2005
- Chelsea Footballer of the Year ( 1 ): 2006
Notes
- ↑ Quartered, but alive (Russian)
- ↑ Makelele moved to Paris Saint-Germain (inaccessible link) . Date of treatment February 4, 2009. Archived July 31, 2008.
- ↑ Thuram and Makelele completed their international careers . www.sportbox.ru. Date of treatment June 18, 2008. Archived February 29, 2012.
- ↑ Claude Makelele will head the Bastia
- ↑ Bastia President: Makelele's resignation is the hardest decision for me in 5 years
- ↑ Makelele became Technical Director of Monaco
- ↑ Claude Makelele headed the Belgian club