Sylvain Wiltord

Sylvain Wiltord
Wiltord training with Rennes in 2008
Personal information
Full name Sylvain Claude Wiltord[1]
Date of birth (1974-05-10) 10 May 1974 (age 50)[2]
Place of birth Neuilly-sur-Marne, France
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[3]
Position(s) Right winger[4]
Youth career
Rennes
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1991–1996 Rennes 91 (28)
1996–1997 Deportivo La Coruña 0 (0)
1996–1997Rennes (loan) 35 (3)
1997–2000 Bordeaux 99 (46)
2000–2004 Arsenal 106 (31)
2004–2007 Lyon 82 (20)
2007–2009 Rennes 31 (6)
2009 Marseille 13 (1)
2010 Metz 15 (3)
2011–2012 Nantes 33 (8)
Total 505 (146)
International career
1999–2006 France 92 (26)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  France
UEFA European Championship
Winner 2000
FIFA Confederations Cup
Winner 2001
Winner 2003
FIFA World Cup
Runner-up 2006
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Sylvain Claude Wiltord (born 10 May 1974) is a French former professional footballer. Mainly a right winger, he also played as a centre-forward, second striker and on the left wing.[4]

Wiltord had a four-season spell at Arsenal, with whom he won two Premier League titles and two FA Cups. He also won the Ligue 1 title at Bordeaux and in each of his three consecutive seasons at Lyon.

With the France national team, Wiltord earned 92 caps and scored 26 goals. He played at the 1996 Olympics, two FIFA World Cups and two UEFA European Championships. Wiltord was part of the teams which won Euro 2000 (for which he scored a last minute equaliser to take the final to extra time) and reached the final of the 2006 World Cup.

  1. ^ "La Firme W". BFM Verif (in French). NextInteractive. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
    "Sylvain Wiltord". BFM Business (in French). NextInteractive. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
  2. ^ "2006 FIFA World Cup Germany: List of Players: France" (PDF). FIFA. 21 March 2014. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2019.
  3. ^ "Sylvain Wiltord: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  4. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference nft was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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