Mikaël Silvestre

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Mikaël Silvestre
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Personnel
Surname Mikaël Samy Silvestre
birthday August 9, 1977
place of birth Chambray-lès-Tours ,  France
size 183 cm
position Defense
Juniors
Years station
1984-1991 Saint-Pierre-des-Corps
1991-1993 FC Tours
1993-1995 Rennes stadium
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1995-1998 Rennes stadium 49 (0)
1995-1997 Rennes Stadium B 32 (0)
1998-1999 Inter Milan 18 (1)
1999-2008 Manchester United 249 (6)
2008-2010 Arsenal FC 26 (3)
2010–2012 Werder Bremen 27 (1)
2013-2014 Portland Timbers 8 (0)
2014 Chennaiyin FC 14 (1)
National team
Years selection Games (goals) 2
France U-15
France U18 22 (2)
France U-20 5 (0)
France U-21 26 (0)
2001-2008 France 40 (2)
1 Only league games are given.
As of November 27, 2014

2 As of November 19, 2008

Mikaël Samy Silvestre (born August 9, 1977 in Chambray-lès-Tours , France ) is a former French football player .

Club career

Silvestre played for Stade Rennes from 1995 to 1998 . He completed 49 games in the top French league and made Inter Milan attention. A little later he moved to the Italian first division club, but could never really establish himself in the team. Silvestre made 18 Serie A appearances before joining Manchester United .

Manchester United

After moving to Manchester, he first played in central defense alongside the Dutchman Jaap Stam . In this position, however, he could not bring his skills to optimal use until coach Alex Ferguson put him on the left side. He showed consistent performance and was an important support for the team for a long time. In 2003, he had completed most of the game minutes in the team when the team won the championship in the Premier League . It was Silvestre's third league title at Old Trafford . On September 15, 2007 he tore a cruciate ligament in the league game against Everton and fell out of the first team until his comeback on April 9, 2008 when he won the quarter-finals in the Champions League against AS Roma .

Arsenal FC

After the first day of the new 2008/09 season, Silvestre moved to Arsenal . This was the first player transfer between United and Arsenal since 1987. He was given shirt number 18, previously worn by Pascal Cygan . Silvestre made his debut on October 18, 2008 against Everton, which was also his 250th game in English football. In his first Champions League game for Arsenal, he scored an own goal in a 5-2 win over Fenerbahçe Istanbul . He scored his first goal on October 29, 2008 against Tottenham Hotspur , but was criticized after the game by coach Arsène Wenger . He was also repeatedly criticized by fans. At the end of the 2009/10 season, when Silvestre was promoted to the starting line again due to injuries to his teammates, Arsenal lost to Tottenham Hotspur due to defensive errors. a. caused by Silvestre.

Werder Bremen

After the 2009-10 season, Silvestre was released from Arsenal. At the end of August 2010, he moved to the Bundesliga club Werder Bremen , where he signed a two-year contract. In the first half of the 2010/11 season he was used from the third to the twelfth match day and was always in the starting line-up. In his ten games for Werder, he received a grade of 6 three times from the sports magazine Kicker and an overall average of 5.05. In the list of regularly used players he landed with this rating on the 213th and thus last place. For the second half of the season, Silvestre stabilized, but without being able to convince. During the preparation for the 2011/12 Bundesliga season , the defender injured his knee and was out for several months due to a cartilage defect.
Werder Bremen did not extend the contract with Silvestre, which expired on June 30, 2012.

He then trained at West Ham United and later with Manchester United . In October 2012 he signed a contract with the newly founded Indian club FC Dodsal in 2012 and should be active for them from January 2013. However, there was no final commitment.

Portland Timbers

In preparation for the 2013 Major League Soccer season, he trained with the Seattle Sounders Major League Soccer franchise . After not getting a contract there, he was transferred to the Portland Timbers on February 19 , with whom he signed a two-year contract. On January 27, 2014, the contract was terminated at Silvestre's request.

Chennaiyin FC

On September 20, 2014 Silvestre moved to the Indian Super League franchise Chennaiyin FC . The contract lasted four months. After his contract expired on January 1, 2015, he ended his active career.

National team

In the French national team he was not as convincing as he was at Manchester United. Silvestre made his debut on February 27, 2001 against Germany in the French senior team, but could not play in the team at the 2002 World Cup , even if he was in the squad. In qualifying for EURO 2004 , when “Les Bleus” dominated Group 1, Silvestre got stronger and stronger and was one of the most consistent French in the end. After a long break, he was used again on March 1, 2006 in the French selection and also took part in the 2006 World Cup. His only appearance there in the preliminary round against Togo was also his last international match for the Bleus to date . He was nominated for the friendly against Uruguay on November 19, 2008, but was not substituted on. This was his last nomination for the Equipe Tricolore.

titles and achievements

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Barry J. Hugman: The PFA Premier & Football League Players' Records 1946-2005 . Queen Anne Press, 2005, ISBN 1852916656 , p. 562.
  2. ↑ Barry J. Hugman: The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2009-10 . Mainstream Publishing, Edinburgh 2009, ISBN 978-1-84596-474-0 , p. 376.
  3. ↑ Glenda Rollin, Jack Rollin (Eds.): Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2009-2010 . Headline, 2009, ISBN 978-0-7553-1948-0 , p. 429.
  4. ↑ Arsenal sign Man Utd's Silvestre , BBC Sport. August 20, 2008. 
  5. ^ Arsene Wenger blames William Gallas, Mikael Silvestre and Emmanuel Adebayor for Spurs fiasco , The Mirror . October 31, 2008. Retrieved August 16, 2009. 
  6. ↑ Who Was Arsenal Worst Player in 2009-2010? . bleacher report. May 12, 2010. Retrieved May 12, 2010.
  7. ^ Report: Tottenham defeat puts Arsenal out of the Premier League title race . The Telegraph . May 15, 2010. Retrieved May 15, 2010.
  8. ↑ Ronja Bomhoff: Werder introduces Mikaël Silvestre ( German ) Weser Kurier. August 30, 2010. Retrieved August 31, 2010.
  9. ↑ So long New Year's Eve! Mikael makes switch to German side Werder Bremen on a free ( English ) MailOnline. August 30, 2010. Retrieved August 31, 2010.
  10. ↑ Silvestre, Mikael
  11. ↑ Silvestre is out for months with a cartilage defect ( Memento from September 18, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
  12. ↑ The upheaval continues: Rosenberg, Silvestre and Thy leave Werder ( memento from June 18, 2012 in the Internet Archive ), werder.de from May 3, 2012
  13. ^ Kreiszeitung.de: Contract in India: Silvestre dares the final "adventure" , October 12, 2012, accessed on October 12, 2012
  14. ↑ Joshua Mayers: Mikael Silvestre no longer in preseason camp with the Sounders. In: blogs.SeattleTimes.com . February 14, 2013 (English).
  15. ^ Geoffrey Arnold: Portland Timbers sign defender Mikael Silvestre . In: OregonLike . The Oregonian. February 19, 2013. Retrieved February 19, 2013.
  16. ↑ Portland Timbers, Mikael Silvestre mutually agree to part ways. In: Timbers.com . January 27, 2014 (English).
  17. ↑ http://www.goal.com/en-india/news/7083/isl/2014/09/20/5118615/silvestre-signs-for-team-chennai?ICID=SP_HN_2
  18. ↑ http://thif-live.com/former-french-international-silvestre-joins-chennaiyin-fc/ www.THIF-LIVE.com (The Home Of Indian Football)
  19. ↑ http://www.transfermarkt.de/mikael-silvestre/profil/player/3393
personal data
SURNAME Silvestre, Mikaël
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Silvestre, Mickaël
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH August 9, 1977
PLACE OF BIRTH Chambray-lès-Tours , France