Éric Abidal

French association football player (born 1979)

Eric Sylvain Abidal (French pronunciation: ​[eʁik abidal]; born 11 September 1979) is a French former professional footballer who played as a left-back or centre-back.

Eric Abidal
Abidal training with Barcelona in 2008
Personal information
Full name Eric Sylvain Abidal[1]
Date of birth (1979-09-11) 11 September 1979 (age 45)[2]
Place of birth Saint-Genis-Laval, France
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[3]
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
Lyon Duchère
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–2000 Lyon Duchère
2000–2001 Monaco B 8 (0)
2000–2002 Monaco 22 (0)
2002–2004 Lille 62 (0)
2004–2007 Lyon 76 (0)
2007–2013 Barcelona 125 (0)
2013–2014 Monaco 26 (0)
2014 Olympiacos 9 (0)
Total 328 (0)
National team
2004–2013 France 67 (0)
Honours
Men's football
Representing  France
FIFA World Cup
Runner-up 2006 Germany
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career statistics

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[4][5]
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Lyon-Duchère 1996–97[6] Division d'Honneur
1997–98[6]
1998–99[6]
1999–2000[6]
Total
Monaco B 2000–01 CFA 8 0 8 0
Monaco 2000–01[7] French Division 1 8 0 0 0 1 0 9 0
2001–02[7] 14 0 2 0 1 0 17 0
Total 22 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 26 0
Lille 2002–03[7] Ligue 1 27 0 1 0 2 0 30 0
2003–04[7] 35 0 1 0 2 0 38 0
Total 62 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 68 0
Lyon 2004–05[7] Ligue 1 29 0 3 0 1 1 7 0 40 1
2005–06[7] 14 0 1 0 1 0 6 0 22 0
2006–07[7] 33 0 1 0 3 1 7 0 44 1
Total 76 0 5 0 5 2 20 0 0 0 106 2
Barcelona 2007–08[8] La Liga 30 0 6 0 10 0 46 0
2008–09[8] 25 0 2 0 5 0 32 0
2009–10[8] 17 0 2 0 10 0 3[a] 0 32 0
2010–11[8] 26 0 5 1 8 0 39 1
2011–12[8] 22 0 5 1 9 0 3[a] 0 39 1
2012–13[8] 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Total 125 0 20 2 0 0 42 0 6 0 193 2
Monaco 2013–14[7] Ligue 1 26 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 29 0
Olympiacos 2014–15[7] Super League Greece 9 0 0 0 6 0 15 0
Career total 328 0 32 2 10 2 69 0 6 0 445 4
  1. 1.0 1.1 One appearance in UEFA Super Cup, two appearances in FIFA Club World Cup

International

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Appearances and goals by national team and year[9]
National team Year Apps Goals
France 2004 1 0
2005 3 0
2006 15 0
2007 12 0
2008 9 0
2009 5 0
2010 6 0
2011 9 0
2012 1 0
2013 6 0
Total 67 0

References

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  1. "Acta del partido celebrado el 16 de agosto de 2009, en Bilbao" [Minutes of the match held on 16 August 2009, in Bilbao] (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. Retrieved 15 June 2019.[permanent dead link]
  2. "FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2011 presented by TOYOTA: List of Players: FC Barcelona" (PDF). FIFA. 14 December 2011. p. 5. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
  3. "Eric Abidal". L'Équipe (in French). Paris. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  4. "E. Abidal". Soccerway. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
  5. Éric Abidal at ESPN FC
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Éric Abidal at FootballDatabase.eu
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.7 7.8 Éric Abidal at WorldFootball.net
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 Éric Abidal at BDFutbol
  9. "Éric Abidal". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 13 January 2016.