Reynald Pedros

Football player infobox
playername= Reynald Pedros


fullname = Reynald Pedros
nickname = Trio magique
dateofbirth = Birth date and age|1971|10|10
cityofbirth = Orléans
countryofbirth = France
height = 180cm
currentclub = FC Baulmes
position = Attacking midfielder
years = 1986-1996
1996
1997
1997
1997-1998
1998-1999
1999-2000
2000-2001
2001-2003
2004-2007 2007-
clubs = FC Nantes
Olympique de Marseille
AC Parma
S.S.C. Napoli
Olympique Lyonnais
AC Parma
Montpellier HSC
Toulouse FC
SC Bastia
Sud Nivernais Imphy Decize FC Baulmes Career
caps(goals) = 152 (22)
021 0(1)
004 0(0)
003 0(0)
015 0(2)
001 0(0)
003 0(0)
008 0(1)
015 0(0)
00? 0(?)
00? 0(?)
222 (26)
nationalyears = 1993-1996
nationalteam = France
nationalcaps(goals) = 025 0(4)
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ntupdate =

Reynald Pedros (born October 10, 1971 in Orléans, France) is a French footballer of Spanish descent. He is a left-footed attacking midfielder, formed in Nantes. He was part of the magic trio of FC Nantes with Patrice Loko and Nicolas Ouédec. He currently plays for Sud Nivernais Imphy Decize, a club in CFA2.

Petros is not a talkative player, but is known for speaking out wisely when things are not moving in the correct direction for him.

He won the Ligue 1 with Nantes in 1995. The following year he reached the semi-finals of the Champions League.

Before Euro 96, he was considered one of the best French midfielders, on par with Zinedine Zidane.

However, the Euro 96 semi-final, against the Czech Republic, came to a draw. The game went through extra time, and into a penalty shootout. After 5 successful penalties for each team, Pedros was to take the first of the penalties in sudden death. His shot was weak and slow, and was easily saved by the Czech goalkeeper, Petr Kouba. Miroslav Kadlec came to take the next penalty, scored it, knocking France out of the tournament.

Following this elimination, Pedros was made a pariah by the media and was greatly disliked by French fans. He attempted to make a comeback, in Ligue 2, but he was never able to come back to the top of his game.

His career bears some similarity to David Ginola's – a horrible mistake in the last World Cup '94 qualifying game leading to French elimination, and subsequently being dropped from the national side.

External links

*fr icon [http://www.fff.fr/servfff/historique/historique.php?cherche_joueur=Pedros&submit=go FFF profile]
*fr icon [http://www.lequipe.fr/Football/FootballFicheJoueur4113.html L'Equipe profile]
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