Stéphane Dalmat
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Stéphane Dalmat | ||
| Date of birth | 16 February 1979 | ||
| Place of birth | Joué-lès-Tours, France | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Châteauroux | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1997–1998 | Châteauroux | 29 | (1) |
| 1998–1999 | Lens | 25 | (3) |
| 1999–2000 | Marseille | 29 | (1) |
| 2000–2001 | Paris Saint-Germain | 19 | (1) |
| 2001–2005 | Internazionale | 48 | (3) |
| 2003–2004 | → Tottenham Hotspur (loan) | 22 | (3) |
| 2004–2005 | → Toulouse (loan) | 19 | (1) |
| 2005–2006 | Racing Santander | 16 | (1) |
| 2006–2007 | Bordeaux | 13 | (0) |
| 2007–2010 | Sochaux | 91 | (8) |
| 2010–2012 | Rennes | 37 | (2) |
| 2012–2013 | Nîmes | 0 | (0) |
| Total | 348 | (24) | |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 9 October 2012. |
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Stéphane Dalmat (born 16 February 1979 in Joué-lès-Tours) is a retired French footballer who played as a midfielder. Dalmat was a talented and very versatile player who usually occupied a variety of positions on the midfield. His good ball control and dribbling ability has often seen managers use him wide on the left of midfield, or in the centre as an attacking midfielder. Despite being left footed, he was comfortable with either foot.
Dalmat's first professional match was for Châteauroux against Cannes, which was lost 2–1 on 30 August 1997. He performed well with Châteauroux, and soon a big change was to happen.
He was snapped up by Lens in 1998–99, playing as an attacking central midfielder and earned favourable comparisons to Zinedine Zidane. He quickly moved on to Marseille but, after a dodgy season for the team – where he was often used out of position at left back by a coach he did not get on with, he moved on to Paris Saint-Germain. There he formed a midfield alongside Ali Benarbia and Laurent Robert. After a new coach was installed Dalmat found himself being moved on to Internazionale.
Two-and-a-half seasons of frustration at Inter, during which time he never succeeded in securing an extended run in the team, were followed by a loan move to Tottenham Hotspur for the rest of the 2003–04 season, for what looked like an ideal replacement for Christian Ziege. The playmaker's fortunes did not get much better at White Hart Lane where, despite winning over the Spurs fans with some dynamic performances, he did not win over the confidence of then Coach David Pleat.
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