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Lionel Letizi
Personal information
Date of birth	28 May 1973 (age 51)
Place of birth	Nice, France
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team
1992–1996	Nice
1996–2000	Metz
2000–2006	Paris Saint-Germain
2006–2007	Rangers
2007–2011	Nice
Total
International career
1997–2001	France
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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Lionel Letizi (born 28 May 1973) is a French former professional football goalkeeper. He played four matches for the France national team.

Club career

France

Born in Nice, Letizi took his first steps as a professional player with OGC Nice where he won the French second division in 1994. Upon reaching the French first division he was spotted by a number of clubs before joining FC Metz in 1996. At Metz he was a runner-up in the French first division in 1998 and finalist of the French League Cup in 1999. The chance to take a step up arrived when he joined Paris Saint-Germain in 2000 in order to be able to play in the Champions’ League. He remained first choice at PSG for 6 years, but the signing of Mickael Landreau led him to seek a move.

Move to Scotland

On 16 June 2006 he completed a move to Rangers on a free transfer.^[1]

On 13 August 2006, his blunder led directly to Dunfermline's equaliser in a stale 1–1 draw. Letizi recovered in the next game and helped Rangers to a 2–0 win over Hearts before succumbing to injury. After two months on the sidelines, Letizi controversially made an automatic return to the side despite impressive performances from his replacement Allan McGregor.

Manager Paul Le Guen had made it clear at the start of the season that Letizi was going to be number one and, as such, this was not entirely unexpected. But the decision was questioned when another fumble on 14 October 2006 gave Inverness Caledonian Thistle a shock 1–0 win at Ibrox and left Rangers trailing Celtic by 10 points after just ten SPL games.^[2]

After the departure of Le Guen, Letizi's future at Rangers appeared uncertain and he was released from his contract with the club on 30 January 2007. Letizi had not played since October 2006 and featured in just eight matches in his six-month stay, keeping only one clean sheet in that time. He subsequently joined his first club, OGC Nice.^[3]

International career

While capped four times for the French national team he never managed to displace Fabien Barthez. He was in France's preliminary squad of 28 players for the 1998 FIFA World Cup on home soil. However, he was one of 6 players axed by head coach Aime Jacquet just before the tournament began. France went on to be victorious in the tournament and become national heroes.^[4]

Trivia

His father Alain Letizi was also a goalkeeper and played for AS Cannes.

Honours

Club

Nice

French second division champion: 1994

Metz

Finalist of the French League Cup: 1999

Paris Saint-Germain

UEFA Intertoto Cup: 2001^[5]

French Cup: 2004, 2006

References

^ "Letizi completes move to Rangers". BBC Sport website. 16 June 2006.
^ "Rangers 0–1 Inverness CT". BBC Sport website. 14 October 2006.
^ "Keeper Letizi released by Rangers". BBC Sport website. 30 January 2007.
^ "FRANCE AXE ANELKA; Gunners kid out of this world". thefreelibrary.com. 24 May 1998. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
^ "Brescia, sogno finito il Psg va in Uefa". Repubblica.it. Retrieved 2 January 2020.

External links

PSG profile (in French)
Career stats
Lionel Letizi at Soccerbase
Lionel Letizi – French league stats at LFP – also available in French (archived)

[Transfer-1] "Letizi completes move to Rangers". BBC Sport website. 16 June 2006.

[Inverness-2] "Rangers 0–1 Inverness CT". BBC Sport website. 14 October 2006.

[Rangers_departure-3] "Keeper Letizi released by Rangers". BBC Sport website. 30 January 2007.

[4] "FRANCE AXE ANELKA; Gunners kid out of this world". thefreelibrary.com. 24 May 1998. Retrieved 7 November 2013.

[5] "Brescia, sogno finito il Psg va in Uefa". Repubblica.it. Retrieved 2 January 2020.

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-'''Lionel Letizi''' (born 28 May 1973) is a French former professional [[Association football|football]] [[Goalkeeper (association football)|goalkeeper]]. He played 4 matches for the [[France national football team|France national team]].
+'''Lionel Letizi''' (born 28 May 1973) is a French former professional [[Association football|football]] [[Goalkeeper (association football)|goalkeeper]]. He played four matches for the [[France national football team|France national team]].
 ==Club career==
@@ Line 29: / Line 29: @@
 On 16 June 2006 he completed a move to Rangers on a [[free transfer (soccer)|free transfer]].<ref name="Transfer">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/r/rangers/5051364.stm|publisher=BBC Sport website|title=Letizi completes move to Rangers |date=16 June 2006}}</ref>
-On 13 August 2006 his blunder led directly to [[Dunfermline Athletic F.C.|Dunfermline]]'s equaliser in a stale 1–1 draw. Letizi recovered in the next game and helped Rangers to a 2–0 win over [[Heart of Midlothian F.C.|Hearts]] before succumbing to injury. After 2 months on the sidelines, Letizi controversially made an automatic return to the side despite impressive performances from his replacement [[Allan McGregor]].
+On 13 August 2006, his blunder led directly to [[Dunfermline Athletic F.C.|Dunfermline]]'s equaliser in a stale 1–1 draw. Letizi recovered in the next game and helped Rangers to a 2–0 win over [[Heart of Midlothian F.C.|Hearts]] before succumbing to injury. After two months on the sidelines, Letizi controversially made an automatic return to the side despite impressive performances from his replacement [[Allan McGregor]].
 Manager [[Paul Le Guen]] had made it clear at the start of the season that Letizi was going to be number one and, as such, this was not entirely unexpected. But the decision was questioned when another fumble on 14 October 2006 gave [[Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C.|Inverness Caledonian Thistle]] a shock 1–0 win at [[Ibrox Stadium|Ibrox]] and left Rangers trailing Celtic by 10 points after just ten SPL games.<ref name="Inverness">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_prem/6044556.stm|publisher=BBC Sport website|title=Rangers 0–1 Inverness CT |date=14 October 2006}}</ref>
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 ==International career==
-Although capped 4 times for the French national team he never managed to displace [[Fabien Barthez]]. He was in France's preliminary squad of 28 players for the [[1998 FIFA World Cup]] on home soil. However, he was one of 6 players axed by head coach [[Aime Jacquet]] just before the tournament began. France went on to be victorious in the tournament and become national heroes.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/FOOTBALL%3A+FRANCE+AXE+ANELKA%3B+Gunners+kid+out+of+this+world.-a060641068|title=FRANCE AXE ANELKA; Gunners kid out of this world.|publisher=thefreelibrary.com|date=24 May 1998 |accessdate=7 November 2013}}</ref>
+While capped four times for the French national team he never managed to displace [[Fabien Barthez]]. He was in France's preliminary squad of 28 players for the [[1998 FIFA World Cup]] on home soil. However, he was one of 6 players axed by head coach [[Aime Jacquet]] just before the tournament began. France went on to be victorious in the tournament and become national heroes.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/FOOTBALL%3A+FRANCE+AXE+ANELKA%3B+Gunners+kid+out+of+this+world.-a060641068|title=FRANCE AXE ANELKA; Gunners kid out of this world.|publisher=thefreelibrary.com|date=24 May 1998 |accessdate=7 November 2013}}</ref>
 ==Trivia==
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 * [https://web.archive.org/web/20060110200306/http://uk.sports.yahoo.com/fo/profiles/2783.html Career stats]
 * {{Soccerbase}}
-* {{LFP|id=letizi-lionel}}
+* {{LFP|letizi-lionel}}
 {{France Squad Summer Olympics 1996}}