Robert Emmanuel Pirès ( born Robert Emmanuel Pirès ; born October 29, 1973 , Reims ) is a French footballer and midfielder . World and European champion in the French national team .
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| Full name | Robert Emmanuel Pires | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Growth | 187 cm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | midfielder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Biography
He began his career in the French championship at the Metz club, where he scored more than 40 goals in six years, after which he moved to Marseille , where he played for the local Olympic . After the Euro 2000, he transferred to Arsenal for Arsen Wenger for 10 million euros.
Due to an injury, he missed the 2002 World Cup in South Korea and Japan , which he had high hopes for. Member of the European Championship 2004 . From the position of a left insider, he could not only develop tricolor attacks, but also score himself. As part of Arsenal, in recent years he was considered one of the best attacking midfielders in Europe. I preferred to play on the flanks (usually on the left), often scored.
In 2006, he left Arsenal, moving to the Spanish Villarreal . Pires played in the Villarreal T-shirt until 2010. During his stay in the club, the player spent 102 matches on the field, in which he scored 13 goals.
On November 18, 2010 he signed a contract calculated before the end of the season with the English Aston Villa [2] [3] .
In 2012, he planned to participate in the new Premier League Soccer [4] , but the tournament did not take place.
In September 2014, he signed a contract with the Goa Indian club, which expired on March 13, 2015 [5] . February 25, 2016 announced the completion of a gaming career [6] [7] .
Achievements
Team
Metz
- French League Cup Winner: 1996
Arsenal
- Champion of England ( 2 ): 2002 , 2004
- FA Cup Winner ( 3 ): 2002 , 2003 , 2005
- Super Bowl of England ( 2 ): 2002 , 2004
- Champions League Finalist: 2006
France national team
- World Champion : 1998
- European Champion : 2000
- Confederations Cup Winner ( 2 ): 2001 , 2003
Personal
- Best Young French Championship Player: 1996
- Confederations Cup Top Scorer: 2001
- Best Confederations Cup Player: 2001
- The third player in Europe according to the French magazine Onze Mondial : 2001
- French national record holder for the number of goals in Confederations Cups : 5 goals
- PFA included in the team of the year ( 3 ): 2001/02, 2002/03, 2003/04
- Football player of the year in England according to AFJ : 2002
- Cavalier of the Legion of Honor : 1998 [8]
- Included in the FIFA 100 list
Notes
- ↑ Transfermarkt.com - 2000.
- ↑ Robert Pires joined Aston Villa (Unavailable link) . Date of treatment November 18, 2010. Archived November 29, 2010.
- ↑ Midfield legend Pires completes move to Villa (inaccessible link) . Aston Villa FC (11/18/2010). Date of treatment November 18, 2010. Archived November 19, 2010.
- ↑ Cannavaro, Crespo, Pires and Fowler will continue their careers in India News on Sports.ru website dated January 14, 2012
- ↑ Mergulhao, Marcus FC Goa drop all four strikers . The Times of India (March 14, 2015). Date of treatment July 13, 2015.
- ↑ Pires and France on the throne
- ↑ Former Arsenal and France midfielder Robert Pires retires from football , The Guardian (February 25, 2016). Date of treatment February 25, 2016.
- ↑ Décret du 24 juillet 1998 portant nomination à titre exceptionnel (French)
Links
- Player profile on Transfermarkt
- Soccerway Profile
- Player profile on soccerbase.com
- National Football Teams profile
- Robert Pires on Twitter