Robert Pires

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Robert Pires
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Robert Pires (2004)
Personnel
birthday October 29, 1973
place of birth Reims ,  France
size 185 cm
position midfield
Juniors
Years station
1989-1991 Stade Reims
1992-1993 FC Metz
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1991-1992 Stade Reims 5 0(2)
1992-1998 FC Metz 162 (43)
1992-1994 FC Metz B 29 0(5)
1998-2000 Olympique Marseille 66 0(8)
2000-2006 Arsenal FC 189 (62)
2006-2010 Villarreal CF 103 (13)
2010-2011 Aston Villa 9 0(0)
2014 FC Goa 8 0(1)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1993-1994 France U-20 5 0(1)
1994-1996 France U-21 22 0(8)
France U-23
1996-2004 France 79 (14)
1 Only league games are given.

Robert Pires (born October 29, 1973 in Reims ) is a former French football player . He has a Portuguese father and a Spanish mother and has both French and Portuguese citizenship. His Portuguese surname is often spelled Pirès , based on the French pronunciation . Pires could play both behind the tops and on both flanks.

Career

society

Pires, whose mother is Spanish and whose father is Portuguese, played at Stade Reims when he was young . In 1991 he made his debut in the league team at the age of 17 and scored two goals in five appearances. In 1992 he got a contract with FC Metz . In 1996 he was the French soccer cup winner , in 1998 he was runner-up in Ligue 1 . For the 1998/99 season he moved to Olympique Marseille and was again runner-up. In the 2000/01 season, Arsène Wenger brought him to Arsenal in the Premier League . There he was English football champion in the 2001/02 and 2003/04 seasons , 2000/01 and 2004/05 it was enough for second place in the table. He was also voted England's Best Player of the Year in 2002.

The highlight of his club career could have been the participation in the 2006 Champions League final . There he had to leave the pitch after 20 minutes, as he was substituted for substitute goalkeeper Manuel Almunia after a red card against Jens Lehmann . Immediately after the final, his move to Spain to the semi-final opponent FC Villarreal became known. From August 2006, Pires suffered from a serious knee injury and was out for six months. After his contract was no longer renewed, he had been without a club since summer 2010.

On November 16, 2010 it was announced that Robert Pires signed a contract with Aston Villa until the end of the season , with which he returned to the Premier League . In 2011 he ended his active career.

Pires, who had kept fit with the first team of Arsenal FC, entered the Indian Super League at FC Goa in 2014 .

At the end of February 2016, Pires announced the end of his career.

Pires became a football commentator for BeIN Sports , and in 2019 he switched to Canal + .

National team

Pires has made 79 appearances for France . He made his debut on August 31, 1996 against Mexico . Pirés was world champion in 1998 , European champion in 2000 and won the Confederations Cup in 2001 and 2003 . In 2001 he was named the best player in this competition.

At the European Championships in 2004 he came with France in the quarter-finals, where they were eliminated 0-1 against eventual tournament winners Greece . His last international match was against Cyprus on October 13, 2004 .

Achievements / titles

As a national player

With his clubs

Awards

Season statistics

society league season league Nat. Cup European Cup Other total
Games Gates Games Gates Games Gates Games Gates Games Gates
Stade Reims Division 3 1991/92 5 2 - - - - - - 5 2
total 5 2 - - - - - - 5 2
FC Metz Division 1 1992/93 2 0 - - - - - - 2 0
1993/94 24 1 1 0 - - - - 25th 1
1994/95 35 9 5 0 - - 1 0 41 9
1995/96 38 11 2 1 4th 0 5 1 49 13
1996/97 32 11 1 1 6th 0 2 0 41 12
1997/98 31 11 3 0 3 0 3 2 40 13
total 162 43 12 2 13 0 11 3 198 48
Olympique Marseille Division 1 1998/99 34 6th 1 0 11 3 1 0 47 9
1999/00 32 2 2 1 11 2 1 0 46 5
total 66 8th 3 1 22nd 5 2 0 93 14th
Arsenal FC Premier League 2000/01 33 4th 6th 3 12 1 - - 51 8th
2001/02 28 9 5 1 12 3 - - 45 13
2002/03 26th 14th 6th 1 9 0 1 1 42 16
2003/04 36 14th 4th 1 10 4th 1 0 51 19th
2004/05 33 14th 6th 2 8th 1 - - 47 17th
2005/06 33 7th 1 2 12 2 2 0 48 11
total 189 62 28 10 63 11 4th 1 284 84
Villarreal CF Primera División 2006/07 11 3 - - 2 0 - - 13 3
2007/08 32 3 5 1 2 0 - - 39 4th
2008/09 32 3 - - 8th 1 - - 40 4th
2009/10 28 4th 2 1 7th 2 - - 37 7th
total 103 13 7th 2 19th 3 - - 129 18th
Aston Villa Premier League 2010/11 9 0 2 1 - - 1 0 12 1
total 9 0 2 1 - - 1 0 12 1
FC Goa Indian Super League 2014 8th 1 - - - - - - 8th 1
total 8th 1 - - - - - - 8th 1
Career total 542 129 52 16 117 19th 18th 4th 729 168

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Robert Pirès: "Mon Euro 2000", Equipe de France. In: Fédération Française de Football on youtube.com. Retrieved June 29, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Aston Villa brings Pires out of contract
  3. ↑ Robert Pirès: “Oui, c'est une belle histoire” (French) on www.lematin.ch from September 1, 2014, accessed on September 6, 2014
  4. ↑ Mumbai, Goa to settle for Arsenal legends (English) of September 2, 2014, accessed on September 6, 2014
  5. ^ ISL: Robert Pires to play for FC Goa; Freddie Ljungberg goes to Mumbai City FC (English) on www.sportskeeda.com from September 1, 2014, accessed on September 6, 2014
  6. ↑ http://www.transfermarkt.de/robert-pires-verkundet-karriereende/view/news/228024
  7. ↑ Arthur GUYARD: Premier League: Robert Pirès débarque sur Canal +! July 17, 2019, accessed June 29, 2020 (French).
  8. ^ Robert Pirès: "Quand Canal + est venu vers moi, je n'ai pas hésité une seconde". August 9, 2019, accessed June 29, 2020 .
  9. ↑ http://www.footballdatabase.eu/football.joueurs.robert.pires.1110.fr.html
personal data
SURNAME Pires, Robert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH October 29, 1973
PLACE OF BIRTH Reims , France