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Philippe Christanval
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| Philippe Christanval | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Philippe Charles Lucien Christanval | |
| Date of birth | August 31, 1978 (age 28) | |
| Place of birth | Paris, France | |
| Height | 1.89 m | |
| Playing position | Centre back | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Fulham | |
| Number | 5 | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1999-2001 2001-2003 2003-2005 2005-present |
AS Monaco FC Barcelona Marseille Fulham |
81 (1) 32 (0) 13 (0) 27 (1) |
| National team2 | ||
| 2002-present | France | 6 (0) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Philippe Charles Lucien Christanval (born August 31, 1978 in Paris) is a French football player who currently plays for Fulham as a defender.
His career began at AS Monaco in 1999, where he made 81 appearances, scoring one goal. Here he also won the French title in the 1999/00 season and made several UEFA Champions League appearances.
He was then snapped up by FC Barcelona for a £6.5million fee in June 2001. He had a terrible time from then on attempting to cope with various injuries, particularly following his 2003 move to Olympique de Marseille.
Having spent two weeks on trial at Arsenal, Arsène Wenger opted not to sign him. He then joined rival London team, Fulham. Upon his signing, Chris Coleman stated:
"Philippe is a player I have been looking at since I have been Fulham manager. I have always admired him. He was excellent at Barcelona but then had problems with injury and fell out of favour with the last few managers he has had."
"His quality is there - you can see that. He makes the right decisions. For me the best defenders make the right decisions more often than not and he fits into that category."
In his first appearances at Fulham, he found himself playing in defensive midfield. He was quite successful with an enforcement partnership with Papa Bouba Diop. His qualities were obvious; despite being a centre back, he had good vision and passing ability. More recently he has found himself back in the centre half role. His first premiership goal was a late equalizer in a 3-3 draw with West Ham United on 13 January, 2006.
He was a part of the France side in the 2002 FIFA World Cup and 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship.
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France squad - 2002 FIFA World Cup | |
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1 Ramé | 2 Candela | 3 Lizarazu | 4 Vieira | 5 Christanval | 6 Djorkaeff | 7 Makélélé | 8 Desailly | 9 Cissé | 10 Zidane | 11 Wiltord | 12 Henry | 13 Silvestre | 14 Boghossian | 15 Thuram | 16 Barthez | 17 Petit | 18 Leboeuf | 19 Sagnol | 20 Trézéguet | 21 Dugarry | 22 Micoud | 23 Coupet | Coach: Lemerre |
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| Fulham F.C. - Current Squad |
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2 Volz | 3 Bocanegra | 4 Queudrue | 5 Christanval | 6 Knight | 7 Rosenior | 8 Brown | 9 Helguson | 11 Montella | 12 Laštůvka | 13 Radzinski | 14 Bouba Diop | 15 John | 16 Jensen | 17 Elliott | 19 Pearce | 20 McBride | 21 Bullard | 22 Routledge | 23 Dempsey | 24 Pembridge | 25 Davies | 26 Collins | 27 Elrich | 28 Milsom | 29 Niemi | 32 Omozusi | 37 Smertin | Manager: Coleman |
Categories: 1978 births | Living people | French footballers | France international footballers | La Liga footballers | FC Barcelona footballers | Olympique de Marseille players | AS Monaco FC players | Fulham F.C. players | Natives of Guadeloupe | FIFA World Cup 2002 players | FA Premier League players