Lionel Letizi
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 28 May 1973 | ||
| Place of birth | Nice, France | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1992–1996 | Nice | 110 | (0) |
| 1996–2000 | Metz | 130 | (0) |
| 2000–2006 | Paris Saint-Germain | 146 | (0) |
| 2006–2007 | Rangers | 7 | (0) |
| 2007–2011 | Nice | 30 | (0) |
| Total | 423 | (0) | |
| National team‡ | |||
| 1997–2001 | France | 4 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18 May 2010. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20:53, 28 March 2009 (UTC) |
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Lionel Letizi (born 28 May 1973 in Nice) is a French former professional football goalkeeper. He played 4 matches for the France national team.
He took his first steps as a professional player with OGC Nice where he won the French second division in 1994. Upon reaching the French first division he was spotted by a number of clubs before joining FC Metz in 1996. At Metz he was a runner-up in the French first division in 1998 and finalist of the French League Cup in 1999. The chance to take a step up arrived when he joined Paris Saint-Germain in 2000 in order to be able to play in the Champions’ League. He remained first choice at PSG for 6 years, but the signing of Mickael Landreau led him to seek a move.
On 16 June 2006 he completed a move to Rangers on a free transfer.
On 13 August 2006 his blunder led directly to Dunfermline's equaliser in a stale 1–1 draw. Letizi recovered in the next game and helped Rangers to a 2–0 win over Hearts before succumbing to injury. After 2 months on the sidelines, Letizi controversially made an automatic return to the side despite impressive performances from his replacement Allan McGregor.
Manager Paul Le Guen had made it clear at the start of the season that Letizi was going to be number one and, as such, this was not entirely unexpected. But the decision was questioned when another fumble on 14 October 2006 gave Inverness Caledonian Thistle a shock 1–0 win at Ibrox and left Rangers trailing Celtic by 10 points after just ten SPL games.
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