Frédéric Pierre (born 23 February 1974) is a retired Belgian football midfielder.[1][2]

Frédéric Pierre
Personal information
Date of birth (1974-02-23) 23 February 1974 (age 50)
Place of birth Namur, Belgium
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Right midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1990–1992 Racing Jet Wavre 35 (8)
1992–1995 K.F.C. Germinal Ekeren 34 (7)
1995–1997 RWD Molenbeek 61 (23)
1997–1999 R.E. Mouscron 48 (12)
1999–2000 Standard Liège 26 (5)
2000–2001 RSC Anderlecht 6 (1)
2001–2002 Nîmes Olympique 4 (0)
2002–2003 KSK Beveren 7 (1)
2003 AS Eupen 9 (1)
2004 FC Universitatea Craiova 0 (0)
Total 230 (58)
International career
1996–1999 Belgium 8 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career edit

Frédéric Pierre spent most of his career playing in his native Belgium, with two short spells in France at Nîmes Olympique and in Romania at FC Universitatea Craiova.[1][2] He opened the score in the first minute of the game for Standard Liège in the 2000 Belgian Cup Final, which was eventually lost with 4–1 in favor of Genk.[3] In the 2000–01 season Pierre played for RSC Anderlecht, helping the team win the league title.[2]

International career edit

Frédéric Pierre played 8 games at international level for Belgium, making his debut when he came as a substitute and replaced Christophe Lauwers in the 61st minute of a friendly which ended 0–0 against Russia.[4][5] He also appeared in a 3–0 away victory against San Marino and in a 0–3 home loss against Netherlands at the 1998 World Cup qualifiers.[4][6][7]

Conviction edit

On 20 December 2014 Pierre was involved in a road accident while driving his car in Fexhe-le-Haut-Clocher. He did not stop at a red light in an intersection and hit a 58-year old woman who died.[8][9][10] He had 0.66 mg of alcohol per liter of breathing air, 1.51 grams of alcohol per liter of blood and he was traveling at 70 km/h, also in the past he was condemned for a road accident in which a person was hurt.[9][10] In 2018 the court gave Pierre a three-year suspended sentence conviction and community work.[9][10]

Honours edit

Standard Liège

RSC Anderlecht

References edit

  1. ^ a b Weltfussball
  2. ^ a b c d Frédéric Pierre at National-Football-Teams.com
  3. ^ a b RSSSF Belgium Cups 1999/2000
  4. ^ a b "Frédéric Pierre". European Football. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  5. ^ "Belgium - Russia 0:0". European Football. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  6. ^ "San Marino - Belgium 0:3". European Football. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  7. ^ "Belgium - Netherlands 0:3". European Football. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  8. ^ "Accident mortel impliquant Frédéric Pierre: les réactions sont vives à Perwez" [Fatal accident involving Frédéric Pierre: reactions are strong in Perwez] (in French). Lavenir.net. 27 December 2014. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  9. ^ a b c "L'ancien Diable Rouge Frédéric Pierre condamné" [Former Red Devil Frédéric Pierre sentenced] (in French). Dhnet.be. 16 January 2018. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  10. ^ a b c "Un fost fotbalist al Universităţii Craiova, condamnat la muncă în folosul comunităţii după ce a provocat un accident mortal" [A former football player of Universitatea Craiova, sentenced to work for the benefit of the community after causing a fatal accident] (in Romanian). Digisport.ro. 16 January 2018. Retrieved 17 July 2020.

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