Mickaël Madar (born 8 May 1968) is a French former professional footballer who played as a striker. Madar played for the France national football team. Madar works as a football pundit on French TV channel Canal+.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mickaël Madar[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 8 May 1968 | ||
| Place of birth | Paris, France | ||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Paris FC | |||
| Sochaux | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1987–1989 | Sochaux | 30 | (8) |
| 1989–1990 | Laval | 29 | (9) |
| 1990–1992 | Sochaux | 40 | (3) |
| 1992–1994 | Cannes | 54 | (26) |
| 1994–1996 | Monaco | 52 | (14) |
| 1996–1997 | Deportivo La Coruña | 17 | (3) |
| 1997–1998 | Everton | 19 | (6) |
| 1998–2001 | Paris Saint-Germain | 35 | (12) |
| 2001–2002 | Créteil | 11 | (2) |
| Total | 287 | (83) | |
| International career | |||
| 1995–1996 | France | 3 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Playing career
editMader was born in Paris, France, and is Jewish.[2][3][4]
He began his professional career with Sochaux. Madar then spent one season with Laval before returning to Sochaux.[citation needed]
In 1992, Madar moved to Cannes before moving to Monaco in 1994. In 1996, he moved to Spain and signed for Deportivo de La Coruña,[5] He was out for a year with a broken leg.[6] After a season he had a confrontation with the new coach Carlos Alberto Silva (who came in summer 1997 to replace John Toshack), and Deportivo decided to let him go. [citation needed]
After recovering from his injury, Madar left Spain for England where he was signed by then-Everton manager Howard Kendall in January 1998.[7][6] Over the next 12 months, and two partial seasons, he played 19 league games for the club, scoring six goals, including one on his debut against Crystal Palace,[8][5] as well as missing an open goal in the Merseyside derby when Everton were leading 1-0
In December 1998 Madar moved to Paris Saint-Germain. Then in 2001 he transferred to Créteil. Madar retired at the end of the season in 2002.[5]
Madar was picked three times for France national football team, and was in the French squad for Euro 96.[9][10]
Post-football career
editAfter playing football, Madar has worked as a football pundit on French TV channel Canal+.[5] He also owns a women's clothes shop.[5]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Entreprise Michael Madar" [Company Michael Madar]. Figaro Entreprises (in French). 4 December 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
"Mickaël Madar". BFM Business (in French). NextInteractive. Retrieved 2 January 2021. - ^ Shennan, Paddy (30 October 2015). "Howard Kendall funeral: Paddy Shennan reflects on a moving & magnificent service". Liverpool Echo.
- ^ "Спорт - Центральный Еврейский Ресурс. Сайт русскоязычных евреев всего мира. Еврейские новости. Еврейские фамилии". Archived from the original on 18 December 2010. Retrieved 14 October 2009.
- ^ Vinocur, John; Tribune, International Herald (7 January 2000). "Paris Soccer Team Struggles to De-Nazify a Cheering Section". The New York Times.
- ^ a b c d e Jones, Adam (11 April 2019). "Madar on smoking with Kendall and his Everton 'bad dream'". Liverpool Echo.
- ^ a b Prentice, David (28 April 2019). "Arguments, fights & smoking with the manager - 367 days of Mick Madar". Liverpool Echo.
- ^ ToffeeWeb's Everton Player Fact File: Mickael Madar. ToffeeWeb. Retrieved on 28 October 2006.
- ^ "Football: Brolin bows to Madar". Independent. 11 January 1998. Archived from the original on 14 May 2022. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
- ^ Tomasz Malolepszy (2013). European Soccer Championship Results; Since 1958
- ^ Jonathan Wilson, Philippe Auclair, Rob Smyth, Iain Macintosh, Scott Murray, Amy Lawrence, Dominic Bliss, Harry Pearson, George Caulkin, Luke Alfred (2014). The Blizzard - The Football Quarterly: Issue Fifteen
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