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Revision as of 13:58, 21 June 2006
| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Patrice Evra | ||
| Position(s) | Left back | ||
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Current team | Manchester United | ||
| Number | 3 | ||
| ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 2006 | |||
Patrice Evra (born May 15, 1981 in Dakar, Senegal) is a French-Senegalese international footballer, who plays for English Premiership side Manchester United. He plays in the left back position although he can also play on the left wing.
Career
He started his career with the Paris St-Germain youth team, before moving in 1998 to Italian Serie C1 team Marsala Calcio, and then to A.C. Monza Brianza 1912 of Serie B for the following season. He transferred to OGC Nice in 2000, and then to AS Monaco in 2002. Evra has represented France at international level on five occasions.
At AS Monaco, Evra was also part of the team that won the French League Cup and reached the Champions League Finals in 2003 and 2004 respectively.
Evra signed a 3.5 year contract for United on 10 January 2006, for around £5.5 million, from AS Monaco. Signing at Machester just days after the capture of Nemanja Vidic, Evra's arrival signalled Sir Alex Ferguson's intention to shore up a United defence that had suffered since the sidelining of Gabriel Heinze. Upon signing for United, Evra revealed that he had snubbed both Arsenal and Liverpool for the chance to walk out at the Theatre of Dreams.
"Liverpool and Arsenal are great clubs but United is a completely different story. Inter were also trying to get me in the transfer window but there was only one club for me".
He made his debut for Manchester United on 14th January in a 3-1 defeat to Manchester City in the English Premier League. He played his home debut against Liverpool on 22nd January in a 1-0 win.
Evra wears the number three shirt vacated by Phil Neville in the previous summer, and is still adapting to the English game.
Honours
- 2006 - Carling Cup with Manchester United