General |
Patrick Vieira | ||
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Personal information | ||
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Full name: | Patrick Vieira | |
Date of birth: | 23 June 1976 | |
Place of birth: | Dakar, ![]() | |
Height: | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | |
Playing position: | Midfielder | |
Club information | ||
Current club | ![]() | |
Youth clubs | ||
1984-1986 1986-1991 1991-1993 |
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Senior clubs | ||
Years | Club | App (Gls) |
1994-1996 1996 1996-2005 2005-2006 2006-2010 2010-2011 Total |
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2 (0) 279 (29) 31 (5) 67 (5) 28 (3) 456 (45) | 49 (2)
National team | ||
1995-1996 1997-2009 |
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107 (6) | 7 (0)
Teams managed | ||
2013-2015 2016–2018 2018–2020 2021–2023 2023–2024 2024- |
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Patrick Vieira (born 23 June 1976) is a French professional football manager and former player who is the head coach of Serie A club Genoa. He is widely considered as one of the greatest midfielders of his generation, one of the greatest midfielders in Premier League history, one of the best captains in league history, and amongst Arsenal's greatest-ever players.
Considered one of the best players of his generation, Vieira began his career at Cannes in 1994, where several standout performances in his debut season garnered him a move to Serie A club Milan a year later. His single season in Italy was marred due to limited playing time, and he featured mainly for the reserve team. This allowed him to relocate to England, in order to join countryman Arsène Wenger at Arsenal, for a fee of £3.5 million in 1996.
During his nine-year stint in the Premier League, Vieira established himself as a dominating box-to-box midfielder, noted for his aggressive and highly competitive style of play, an attitude that also helped him excel as captain of the club from 2002 until his departure in 2005. He was named in the Premier League PFA Team of the Year for six consecutive years from 1999 to 2004. He helped Arsenal achieve a sustained period of success during his time at the club, where he lifted three FA Cups and three league titles, including one unbeaten. He then returned to Italy, playing for Juventus, but quickly departed after the club sustained relegation for their part in a match-fixing scandal. He then signed for Inter Milan, where he consecutively won four league titles, before featuring for Manchester City, where he won another FA Cup before retiring in 2011.
Vieira featured at senior level for much of his international career, representing France over a period of 12 years, where he also spent some part as captain. He played in the final in his nation's victorious campaign at the 1998 FIFA World Cup, and featured heavily as the team also won Euro 2000. Despite also playing a key role in the side that finished runners-up in the 2006 World Cup, Vieira was used sparingly by France in the latter stages of his career, and he retired from international competition in 2010, after amassing 107 appearances] for the side.
Following retirement, Vieira transitioned into coaching, where he took charge of the academy at Manchester City in 2013. He would depart two years later, after signing for sister club New York City. His arrival in Major League Soccer (MLS) saw the team adopt a free-flowing, attacking, press-based system, which gained him many plaudits, and garnered him a move back to his homeland to manage Ligue 1 club Nice in 2018, marking his first managerial role in Europe.
Honours[]
Clubs[]
Arsenal
- Premier League (3): 1997–98, 2001–02, 2003–04
- FA Cup (4): 1997–98, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2004–05
- FA Community Shield (4): 1998, 1999, 2002, 2004
Juventus
- Serie A (1): 2005-06
Internazionale
- Serie A (4): 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09
- Supercoppa Italiana (2): 2006, 2008
Manchester City
International[]
- FIFA World Cup (1): 1998
- UEFA European Championship (1): 2000
- FIFA Confederations Cup (1): 2001
Individual[]
- UEFA Football Championship Team of the Tournament (1): 2000
- FIFA Confederations Cup Silver Ball (1): 2001
- FIFA Confederations Cup Co-Top Scorer (1): 2001
- FIFA World Cup All-Star Team (1): 2006
- PFA Team of the Year (6): 1998–99, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04
- Premier League Player of the Season (1): 2000–01
- UEFA Team of the Year (1): 2001
- French Player of the Year (1): 2001
- Premier League Overseas Team of the Decade (1): 1992–93 – 2001–02
- Premier League Overall Team of the Decade (1): 1992–93 – 2001–02
- FIFA 100
- Équipe type spéciale 20 ans des trophées UNFP (1): 2011
Orders and special awards[]
- Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur: 1998
External links[]
Patrick Vieira profile at Soccerbase
- FFF.FR Profile
- Official Internazionale site (English)
- Premier League profile
Genoa C.F.C. squad - 2024–25 |
1 Šemper · 2 Sabelli · 3 Czyborra · 8 Strootman · 9 Coda · 10 Melegoni · 11 Albert · 13 Bani · 17 Czyborra · 20 Ekuban · 22 Martínez · 24 Jagiełło · 25 Vodišek · 27 Sturaro (c) · 31 Ilsanker · 32 Frendrup · 33 Hernani Jr. · 36 Hefti · 45 Yeboah · 47 Badelj · 52 Maksimović · 90 Portanova · 99 Galdames · Aramu · Drăgușin · Eyango · Pajač · Parigini · Pușcaș · Touré · Yalçın · Manager:![]() |
Current Serie A managers 2024–25 |
Gasperini (Atalanta) · Italiano (Bologna) · Vacant (Cagliari) · Roberts (Como) · Nicola (Empoli) · Palladino (Fiorentina) · Gilardino (Genoa) · Zanetti (Hellas Verona) · Inzaghi (Inter Milan) · Motta (Juventus) · Baroni (Lazio) · Gotti (Lecce) · Fonseca (AC Milan) · Nesta (Monza) · Conte (Napoli) · Pecchia (Parma) · De Rossi (Roma) · Vanoli (Torino) · Runjaić (Udinese) · Vacant (Venezia) |
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Crystal Palace Football Club - Managers |
Robson (1905–07) • Goodman (1907–25) • Maley (1925–27) • Mavin (1927–30) • Tresadern (1930–35) • Bromilow (1935–36) • Moyes (1936) • Bromilow (1936–39) • Irwin (1939–47) • Butler (1947–49) • Rooke (1949–50) • Dawes & Slade (1950–51) • Scott (1951–54) • Spiers (1954–58) • G. Smith (1958–60) • Rowe (1960–62) • Graham (1963–66) • Rowe (1966c) • Head (1966–72) • Allison (1973–76) • Venables (1976–80) • Walley (1980c) • Allison (1980–81) • Gradi (1981) • Kember (1981–82) • Mullery (1982–84) • Bassett (1984) • Coppell (1984–93) • A. Smith (1993–95) • Coppell (1995–96) • Bassett (1996–97) • Coppell (1997–98) • Lombardo & Brolin (1998p) • Noades & Lewington (1998c) • Venables (1998–99) • Coppell (1999–2000) • A. Smith (2000–01) • Kember (2001c) • Bruce (2001) • Kember & Bullivant (2001c) • Francis (2001–03) • Kember (2003) • Symons (2003c) • Dowie (2003–06) • Taylor (2006–07) • Symons (2007c) • Warnock (2007–10) • Hart (2010) • Burley (2010–11) • Freedman (2011–12) • Lawrence & Fleming (2012c) • Holloway (2012–13) • Millen (2013c) • Pulis (2013–14) • Millen (2014c) • Warnock (2014) • Millen (2014–15c) • Pardew (2015–16) • Allardyce (2016–17) • de Boer (2017) • Hodgson (2017–21) • Vieira (2021–23) • Hodgson (2023–24) • Glasner (2024–) |
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France – 1998 FIFA World Cup |
1. Lama
2. Candela
3. Lizarazu
4. Vieira
5. Blanc
6. Djorkaeff
7. Deschamps (c)
8. Desailly
9. Guivarc'h
10. Zidane
11. Pires
12. Henry
13. Diomède
14. Boghossian
15. Thuram
16. Barthez
17. Petit
18. Leboeuf
19. Karembeu
20. Trezeguet
21. Dugarry
22. Charbonnier
Manager: |
France – UEFA Euro 2000 |
1. Lama
2. Candela
3. Lizarazu
4. Vieira
5. Blanc
6. Djorkaeff
7. Deschamps
8. Desailly
9. Anelka
10. Zidane
11. Pirès
12. Henry
13. Wiltord
14. Micoud
15. Thuram
16. Barthez
17. Petit
18. Leboeuf
19. Karembeu
20. Trezeguet
21. Dugarry
22. Ramé
Manager: |
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France – 2002 FIFA World Cup |
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France – UEFA Euro 2004 |
1. Landreau
2. Boumsong
3. Lizarazu
4. Vieira
5. Gallas
6. Makélélé
7. Pirès
8. Desailly
9. Saha
10. Zidane
11. Wiltord
12. Henry
13. Silvestre
14. Rothen
15. Thuram
16. Barthez
17. Dacourt
18. Pedretti
19. Sagnol
20. Trezeguet
21. Marlet
22. Govou
23. Coupet
Manager: |
France – 2006 FIFA World Cup - Runners-up |
1. Landreau
2. Boumsong
3. Abidal
4. Vieira
5. Gallas
6. Makélélé
7. Malouda
8. Dhorasoo
9. Govou
10. Zidane
11. Wiltord
12. Henry
13. Silvestre
14. Saha
15. Thuram
16. Barthez
17. Givet
18. Diarra
19. Sagnol
20. Trezeguet
21. Chimbonda
22. Ribéry
23. Coupet
Manager: |
France – UEFA Euro 2008 |
1. Mandanda
2. Boumsong
3. Abidal
4. Vieira
5. Gallas
6. Makélélé
7. Malouda
8. Anelka
9. Benzema
10. Govou
11. Nasri
12. Henry
13. Evra
14. Clerc
15. Thuram
16. Frey
17. Squillaci
18. Gomis
19. Sagnol
20. Toulalan
21. Diarra
22. Ribéry
23. Coupet
Manager: |