Emmanuel Petit

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Emmanuel Petit
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Petit in 2005
Personal information
Full name Emmanuel Laurent Petit
Date of birth (1970-09-22) 22 September 1970 (age 53)
Place of birth Dieppe, France
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Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Arques-la-Bataille
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1988–1997 Monaco 222 (4)
1997–2000 Arsenal 85 (9)
2000–2001 Barcelona 23 (1)
2001–2004 Chelsea 55 (2)
Total 385 (16)
International career
1990–2003 France 63 (6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Emmanuel Laurent "Manu" Petit (French pronunciation: ​[ɛmanɥɛl pəˈti]; born 22 September 1970) is a French retired footballer, who played club football for Monaco, Arsenal, Barcelona, and Chelsea. He represented France at international level, and scored the third goal in France's 3–0 victory in the 1998 FIFA World Cup Final.

Club career

Emmanuel Petit was born on 22 September 1970 in Dieppe, Seine-Maritime. He began his career at minor club ES Arques-la-Bataille,[1] before being signed by Arsène Wenger's AS Monaco at the age of 18. He made his debut soon after and played in the 1989 French Cup final. Petit became a regular at Monaco, playing at left midfielder or centre midfielder; in 1991 he won the Cup with Monaco, and also played in the 1992 European Cup Winners' Cup final (which Monaco lost to Werder Bremen). In 1996–97, his final season at Monaco, he captained his side to the Ligue 1 title.

Despite interest from Levski Sofia, Rangers[citation needed] and Tottenham Hotspur, Petit joined Arsenal in June 1997 for £2.5m,[1] where he was reunited with his former Monaco manager, Arsène Wenger. Wenger switched Petit from central midfielder to defensive midfielder, and partnered him with fellow Frenchman Patrick Vieira. The French duo formed a midfield partnership which brought instant success, as Petit won the Double with Arsenal in his very first season, clinching both the Premier League title and the FA Cup. Altogether, in the three seasons in his Arsenal career, Petit made 118 appearances and scored 11 goals, including a stunning drive from outside the area against Derby County (which was also the winning goal), during the 1997–98 season.

Petit moved to Barcelona (together with Arsenal team-mate Marc Overmars) in the summer of 2000 for £7m (€14m). At Barcelona he was moved back into defence, and suffered a rash of niggling injuries; as a result, he failed to settle and could not hold down a regular place. In his biography, published in 2008, the midfielder gave his time at Barcelona a special chapter, in which he exposed that coach Llorenç Serra Ferrer didn't even know what position he played when he joined the team. His only goal for Barcelona came on 13 May 2001 at home to Rayo Vallecano in a 5-1 win.[2]

After his first season at the Camp Nou, he was linked with moves back to England with Manchester United, Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea. He moved back to England to sign for Chelsea in 2001 for £7.5m.[3][4] He initially was a first-team regular for the Blues in a largely disappointing first season and played in the 2002 FA Cup Final [5] which Chelsea lost to his old club, Arsenal. He scored his first goal for Chelsea in a 2–1 win over Derby County on 30 March 2002.[6] His second season saw a significant improvement, as he formed an impressive midfield partnership with Frank Lampard as Chelsea impressed in the winner-takes-all final game of the season against Liverpool as Chelsea secured the fourth UEFA Champions League berth. He also scored twice throughout the season: against Everton in the League Cup,[7] and former club Arsenal in the league.[8] However, after a series of knee injuries, he spent much of his final season of his career on the sidelines, and he was released on a free transfer in the summer of 2004, his final appearance for the club coming against Blackburn Rovers on 1 February 2004.[9]

After being released by Chelsea, Petit rejected the chance to sign for Bolton Wanderers,[10][11] and he announced his retirement on 20 January 2005 after failing to fully recover following knee surgery.[12][13][14]

International career

Playing for the France national team, Petit earned 63 caps and scored 6 international goals in his career and won the 1998 FIFA World Cup and the Euro 2000. He scored twice in the 1998 World Cup, the first came from a powerful shot from just outside the box against Denmark, which turned out to be the match winner, and a second in the final against Brazil. The goal he scored in the final was particularly memorable, as he had embarked on an optimistic run across field before calmly slotting in the goal in the final minute of regular time. That same goal happened to be the 1,000th goal in the history of the Fédération Française de Football, and the last World Cup goal of the Twentieth Century. France won the match 3–0. An earlier Petit corner kick had set up Zinedine Zidane's header for France's first goal. Petit was also part of the 2002 FIFA World Cup squad, which failed to advance past the group stages and failed to score a single goal in three matches during their defence of the trophy.

Petit retired from international football in September 2003.[15]

Personal life

Petit married French actress Agathe de La Fontaine,[16] in 2000, but later divorced her in 2002 after having one child, Zoe. He now shares a life with Maria Servello, with whom he had another child, Violet, in 2007. He has also been a football analyst in France.

His brother Olivier was an amateur footballer when Petit was a teenager. While playing for his club Arques in 1988, Olivier collapsed and was rushed to hospital where he was pronounced dead due to a blood clot of the brain.[17] In his biography, Petit explained that this event shocked him to such an extent that it almost made him quit football. He viewed his brother as a gifted young man who had good looks and did well in all his endeavours, whether it was football or education.

In July 1998 Petit won £17,000 worth of francs on a fruit machine in a Monte Carlo hotel. He gave it all to charity.[18]

Petit's squad number at all his clubs was 17.

In June 2011, Petit shaved his hair for charity, raising £34,000, he also shaved his beard.

Petit has been an ambassador for the Homeless World Cup movement since the tournament was hosted by Paris in 2011.[19]

He also featured in an episode of The Bill in a Christmas special.

Career statistics

Club

[20]

Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
France League Coupe de France Coupe de la Ligue Europe Total
1988–89 Monaco Division 1 9 0 9 1 - 0 0 18 1
1989–90 28 0 1 0 - 7 0 36 0
1990–91 27 1 6 0 - 5 0 38 1
1991–92 28 0 4 0 - 7 0 39 0
1992–93 25 1 2 0 - - 27 1
1993–94 28 0 2 0 - 10 0 40 0
1994–95 25 1 1 0 1 0 - 27 1
1995–96 23 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 27 1
1996–97 29 0 1 0 3 0 7 0 40 0
England League FA Cup League Cup Europe Total
1997–98 Arsenal FA Premier League 32 2 7 0 3 0 2 0 44 2
1998–99 26 4 3 2 0 0 3 0 32 6
1999–2000 27 3 3 0 0 0 10 0 40 3
Spain League Copa del Rey Supercopa de España Europe Total
2000–01 Barcelona La Liga 23 1 5 0 - 10 0 38 1
England League FA Cup League Cup Europe Total
2001–02 Chelsea FA Premier League 27 1 6 0 2 0 3 0 38 1
2002–03 24 1 5 0 1 1 1 0 31 2
2003–04 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 7 0
Total France 222 4 29 1 4 0 37 0 292 5
England 140 11 25 2 6 1 21 0 192 14
Spain 23 1 5 0 0 0 10 0 38 1
Career total 385 16 59 3 10 1 68 0 522 20

International

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France national team
Year Apps Goals
1990 1 0
1991 0 0
1992 5 0
1993 7 0
1994 1 0
1995 0 0
1996 1 0
1997 2 0
1998 10 2
1999 5 1
2000 14 1
2001 7 1
2002 9 1
2003 1 0
Total 63 6

Honours

Club

Monaco
Arsenal

International

France

Individual

Orders

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 http://soccernet.espn.go.com/archive/england/players/petitemmanuel.html
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  16. ↑ http://www.purepeople.com/people/emmanuel-petit_p996
  17. ↑ www.telegraph.co.uk – "Moment of quiet reflection for Arsenal's flexible friend
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  19. ↑ http://www.homelessworldcup.com/testimonial/emmanuel-petit/
  20. ↑ Emmanuel Petit career statistics at Soccerbase
  21. ↑ http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/petit-intl.html
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