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Patrick Vieira

Patrick Vieira
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Vieira as NYCFC head coach in 2016
Personal information
Full name Patrick Vieira
Date of birth (1976-06-23) 23 June 1976 (age 40)
Place of birth Dakar, Senegal
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
New York City FC (manager)
Youth career
1984–1986 FC Trappes
1986–1991 FC Drouais
1991–1993 Tours
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994–1995 Cannes 49 (2)
1995–1996 Milan 2 (0)
1996–2005 Arsenal 279 (29)
2005–2006 Juventus 31 (5)
2006–2010 Internazionale 67 (6)
2010–2011 Manchester City 28 (3)
Total 456 (45)
National team
1995–1996 France U21 7 (0)
1997–2009 France 107 (6)
Teams managed
2013–2015 Manchester City Reserves
2016– New York City FC
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Patrick Vieira (born 23 June 1976) is a French former footballer and current head coach of New York City FC. A former midfielder, Vieira began his career with French club Cannes in 1994. He moved to Italian side Milan the following season, but was unable to break into the starting line-up, and was subsequently sold. He rose to prominence during a hugely successful spell at Arsenal from 1996 to 2005, where he eventually became club captain, and won three Premier League titles – one unbeaten – and four FA Cups. He transferred from Arsenal in 2005 and spent one season at Juventus, helping the team to the Serie A championship. Following Juventus' relegation for their part in a match-fixing scandal, Vieira moved to Internazionale and won three Serie A titles, before moving to Manchester City for two seasons, where he retired in 2011 after adding another FA Cup winners' medal to his personal honours.

At international level, Vieira obtained 107 caps for France, and was part of their 1998 World Cup and Euro 2000-winning sides; he was also a member of the French team that finished runners-up in the 2006 World Cup.

In May 2010, Vieira was nominated Goodwill Ambassador of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Vieira spent two seasons as Football Development Executive at Manchester City with a role to oversee aspects such as youth development, commercial partners and the club's social responsibility programme, "City in the Community". before being appointed as head coach of MLS club New York City FC on 1 January 2016.


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