Friday, 29 July 2011

Franck Sauzée


DoB: Oct 28, 1965

PoB: Aubenas, France

Position: Midfielder

Clubs represented: Sochaux, Marseille, Monaco, Atalanta, Strasbourg, Montpellier, Hibernian

Total appearances/goals: 502/102

Total caps: 39/9

Honours:
3 domestic league titles, 2 domestic secondary league titles, 2 domestic cups
1 Champions League

u-21 European Cup: 88

Highs:
Was part of France's only European Cup winning team of 93 with Marseille.
Gave his career a new lease at 34, joining Hibernian, qualifying the team for the UEFA Cup through a 3rd place finish in 01, and being considered one of the club's greats.

Lows:
Played his last international match at only 28, after France missed qualification for WC94 (in a team with, among others, the likes of Éric Cantona, Jean-Pierre Papin and Didier Deschamps).
Missed the 91 CL final as Marseille lost to Red Star Belgrade, after having switched that same year to Arséne Wenger's Monaco.

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