Marcel Desailly

Marcel Desailly is a French footballer, born on 7 September 1968 in Accra, Ghana. Desailly played as a centre-back for Nantes and Chelsea. Desailly scored 30 goals in 797 games for club and country and won 14 trophies, including the World Cup, 2 Champions League titles and 3 league titles.

Desailly's career stats

GamesGoals
Clubs, all competitions68127
France1163
Total79730

Goals per game: 0.04.

Desailly's trophies and awards

  • Trophies with club and country: 14
  • League titles: 3
  • Domestic cups: 3
  • Champions League: 2
  • Other international club trophies: 2
  • World Cup: 1
  • Trophies with France: 4
  • Individual awards: 18

Marseille

  • UEFA Champions League: 1 (1992–93)

AC Milan

  • Serie A: 2 (1993–94, 1995–96)
  • Supercoppa Italiana: 1 (1994)
  • UEFA Champions League: 1 (1993–94)
  • European Super Cup: 1 (1994)

Chelsea

  • FA Cup: 1 (1999–2000)
  • FA Charity Shield: 1 (2000)
  • UEFA Super Cup: 1 (1998)

Al-Gharafa

  • Qatar Stars League: 1 (2004–05)

France

  • FIFA World Cup: 1 (1998)
  • UEFA European Championship: 1 (2000)
  • FIFA Confederations Cup: 2 (2001, 2003)

Individual

  • Onze de Onze: 6 (1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001)
  • Overseas Team of the Decade – Premier League 10 Seasons Awards ( – ): 2 (1992/93, 2001/02)
  • Overall Team of the Decade – Premier League 10 Seasons Awards ( – ): 2 (1992/93, 2001/02)
  • UEFA Euro Team of the Tournament: 1 (1996)
  • World XI: 1 (1996)
  • FIFA World Cup All-Star Team: 1 (1998)
  • UEFA Euro Team of the Tournament: 1 (2000)
  • FIFA 100: 1 (2004)
  • Trophée d'honneur UNFP: 1 (2005)
  • AC Milan Hall of Fame: 1
  • Golden Foot Legends Award: 1 (2017)

Clubs

League games and goals at each club.

  1. 1986–1992: Nantes, 162 games, 5 goals
  2. 1992–1993: Marseille, 47 games, 1 goal
  3. 1993–1998: AC Milan, 137 games, 5 goals
  4. 1998–2004: Chelsea, 158 games, 6 goals
  5. 2004–2005: Al-Gharafa, 28 games, 6 goals
  6. 2005–2006: Qatar, 7 games, 0 goals

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