Mikaël Silvestre
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Silvestre in 2015
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mikaël Samy Silvestre | ||
| Date of birth | 9 August 1977 | ||
| Place of birth | Chambray-lès-Tours, France | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1996–1998 | Rennes | 55 | (0) |
| 1998–1999 | Internazionale | 18 | (1) |
| 1999–2008 | Manchester United | 249 | (6) |
| 2008–2010 | Arsenal | 26 | (3) |
| 2010–2012 | Werder Bremen | 27 | (1) |
| 2013–2014 | Portland Timbers | 8 | (0) |
| 2014 | Chennaiyin | 14 | (1) |
| Total | 391 | (12) | |
| National team‡ | |||
| 1997 | France U20 | 5 | (0) |
| 2001–2006 | France | 40 | (2) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 3 January 2015. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21:11, 5 April 2010 (UTC) |
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Mikaël Samy Silvestre (born 9 August 1977) is a French former footballer who played as a defender.
He began his career at Rennes in 1996, before moving to Italian club Internazionale in 1998. He joined Manchester United in 1999, where he won five Premier League titles and the UEFA Champions League in his final season at the club in 2008. He then joined Arsenal, followed by a move to German side Werder Bremen two years later. After a further two years in Germany, he moved to the United States to play for Portland Timbers in Major League Soccer, before signing for Indian Super League side Chennaiyin in 2014, where he retired at the end of the season.
Silvestre has also played for the French national team, earning 40 caps between 2001 and 2006. He represented France at two FIFA World Cups (2002 and 2006, winning a runners-up medal in the latter edition of the tournament), UEFA Euro 2004, and two conquests of the FIFA Confederations Cup in 2001 and 2003.
Born in Chambray-lès-Tours, Silvestre started playing football with the Rennes Football Academy in Brittany and began his league career with the French club in the 1995–96 season. His time at the club helped build his reputation, and in the 1997–98 season was signed by Internazionale. He made 31 appearances for Internazionale in Serie A, Coppa Italia and in the UEFA Champions League.
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