Stéphane Porato

Stéphane Porato

Personal information
Date of birth	(1973-09-19) 19 September 1973
Place of birth	Colombes, France
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
	RC Paris
1989–1992	Toulon
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1992–1993	Toulon	2	(0)
1993–1998	Monaco	19	(0)
1998–2000	Marseille	59	(0)
2000–2004	Monaco	37	(0)
2002–2003	→ Créteil-Lusitanos (loan)	26	(0)
2004–2006	Ajaccio	68	(0)
2006–2007	Alavés	22	(0)
2007–2009	Xerez	33	(0)
Total		266	(0)
International career
1999	France	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Stéphane Porato (born 19 September 1973 in Colombes, Hauts-de-Seine) is a French retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Football career

In his country Porato represented Sporting Toulon, AS Monaco FC, Olympique de Marseille (where he played in the 1999 UEFA Cup Final, after Germany international Andreas Köpke was sold to FC Nürnberg in January 1999), US Créteil-Lusitanos and AC Ajaccio, mainly as a backup or starting in the second division. On 13 November 1999 he earned his sole cap for France, appearing in a 3–0 friendly win with Croatia.

In late October 2006, as he had already moved to Spain with second level's Deportivo Alavés, following Ajaccio's relegation from Ligue 1, Porato had a trial at Chelsea in view of signing as third-choice after the long-term skull injury to Petr Čech. He was not signed eventually.

Porato joined Xerez CD, in the same country and category, for the 2007–08 season. A starter in his first year, he lost the job in the following as the Andalusians achieved a first-ever La Liga promotion, being released in July 2009.

External links

• Stéphane Porato – French league stats at LFP – also available in French (archived)
• Stéphane Porato at BDFutbol
• French Football Federation profile Template:Fr icon
• Stéphane Porato at National-Football-Teams.com