- Mickaël Debève
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Mickaël Debève Personal information Full name Mickaёl Debève Date of birth December 1, 1970 Place of birth Abbeville, France Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) Playing position Midfielder Club information Current club Retired Youth career Toulouse Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1987–1994 Toulouse 139 (14) 1994–2002 Lens 198 (14) 1999–2000 → Le Havre (loan) 27 (2) 2002 Middlesbrough 4 (0) 2002–2004 Amiens 60 (1) 2004–2008 Abbeville Total 428 (31) Teams managed 2004–2008 Abbeville * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).Mickaël Debève (born December 1, 1970 in Abbeville) is a former French footballer. He currently plays as a midfielder.
Football career
Debève began his career at Toulouse FC; after a slow start - only four first-team appearances in three seasons, he became an important main squad member. His first match in the top level came on June 5, 1987, in a 1–0 home win against RC Lens.
However, the most important part of Debève's career was spent at precisely Lens, which he helped win the national league in 1998, adding the league cup the following year. In 1998–99 UEFA Champions League, he scored the game's only at Wembley, against Arsenal FC, making Lens the first club from France to win at that ground.
After having totalled already more than 400 official matches in his country, Debève moved to England with Middlesbrough FC in February 2002, arriving for free and rejoining former Lens mate Franck Queudrue.[1] He left in the summer, and closed out his career in France's second level, with SC Amiens.
Immediately after retiring, Debève became a manager, starting with hometown side SC Abbevillois Football, in the capacity of player-coach.
References
- ^ Debeve signs for Boro; BBC Sport, 27 February 2002
External links
- Mickaël Debève French league stats at LFP.fr (French)
- L'Équipe stats (French)
- Mickaël Debève career stats at Soccerbase
Categories:- 1970 births
- Living people
- French footballers
- Association football midfielders
- Ligue 1 players
- Ligue 2 players
- Toulouse FC players
- RC Lens players
- Le Havre AC players
- Amiens SC players
- Premier League players
- Middlesbrough F.C. players
- French expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in England
- French football managers
- French football midfielder, 1970s birth stubs
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