Anthony Réveillère
Anthony Guy Marie Réveillère (born 10 November 1979) is a French former professional footballer who played as a right-back.
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Full name | Anthony Guy Marie Réveillère[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | [2] | 10 November 1979||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Doué-la-Fontaine, France | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[3] | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Right-back | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
1985–1992 | SO Vihiers | ||||||||||||||||
1992–1996 | Angers | ||||||||||||||||
1996–1998 | Rennes | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
1998–2003 | Rennes | 140 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
2003 | → Valencia (loan) | 18 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
2003–2013 | Lyon | 286 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
2013–2014 | Napoli | 13 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2014–2015 | Sunderland | 16 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Total | 473 | (6) | |||||||||||||||
International career | |||||||||||||||||
1995–1996 | France U17 | 20 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
1996–1997 | France U18 | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
1999–2002 | France U21 | 24 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
2003–2012 | France | 20 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
He spent most of his professional career with Rennes and Lyon,[4] amassing Ligue 1 totals of 426 matches and five goals during 16 seasons and winning 12 major titles with the latter club, including five national championships.
Réveillère played 20 times with France, representing the nation at the 2010 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2012.
Club career
Rennes
Born in Doué-la-Fontaine, Maine-et-Loire, Réveillère finished his formation with Stade Rennais FC, making his Ligue 1 debut with the club on 3 February 1998 in a 0–0 away draw against SC Bastia. He spent six years with the team always in the top division, and was also loaned to Valencia CF in La Liga in January 2003.[5]
Lyon
Réveillère joined Olympique Lyonnais in summer 2003, scoring one goal in 31 games in his first season to win the first of his consecutive five championships with the side. Except for the 2008–09 campaign, where he suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury and could only feature in 19 league contests, he was always first-choice for L'OL.[6]
Réveillère played in 77 UEFA Champions League matches during his tenure with Lyon (two goals),[4] being present when his team ousted Real Madrid in the 2009–10 edition.[7][8]
Napoli
On 8 November 2013, free agent Réveillère joined Italian side S.S.C. Napoli.[9] He made his Serie A debut on 19 January of the following year by featuring the full 90 minutes in a 2–2 draw at Bologna F.C. 1909,[10] and finished his only season with 18 appearances all competitions comprised.
Sunderland
On 23 October 2014, Réveillère signed with Premier League club Sunderland on a one-year deal.[11]
On 9 November 2015, he announced his retirement from professional football.[12][13]
International career
Réveillère earned his first cap for France on 11 October 2003, in a 3–0 win against Israel for the UEFA Euro 2004 qualifiers. He was picked for the squads that competed at both the 2010 FIFA World Cup and Euro 2012, being an unused squad member in the former and appearing in the 0–2 quarter-final loss to Spain in the latter.[14]
Réveillère scored his only goal for Les Bleus on 7 October 2011, contributing to a 3–0 home triumph over Albania for the Euro 2012 qualifying stage.[15]
International goals
- Score and result list France's goal tally first, score column indicates score after Réveillère goal.
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 7 October 2011 | Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France | Albania | 3–0 | 3–0 | Euro 2012 qualifying[15] |
Honours
Lyon
- Ligue 1: 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08
- Coupe de France: 2007–08, 2011–12
- Trophée des Champions: 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2012[16]
- Coupe de la Ligue runner-up: 2011–12
Napoli
Individual
References
- "List of players under written contract registered between 01/10/2014 and 31/10/2014". The Football Association. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 March 2019. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
- "FIFA World Cup South Africa 2010: List of Players: France" (PDF). FIFA. 12 June 2010. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 October 2019.
- "Anthony Réveillere Profile". Premier League. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
- "Réveillère va doubler une légende de l'OL en Europe" [Réveillère to overtake OL legend in Europe] (in French). Foot 01. 14 February 2013. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
- "Cissokho, décimo jugador francés que llega al Valencia en últimos quince años" [Cissokho, tenth French player to arrive at Valencia in the last fifteen years]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 24 August 2012. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
- "Reveillere, de Valencia... a Lyon" [Reveillere, from Valencia... to Lyon]. Levante-EMV (in Spanish). 29 September 2015. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
- "Makoun rocket gives Lyon the edge". UEFA. 16 February 2010. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
- "Pjanić puts paid to Madrid dreams". UEFA. 10 March 2010. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
- "Réveillère joins Napoli". S.S.C. Napoli. 8 November 2013. Retrieved 8 November 2013.
- "Bologna-Napoli 2–2, Bianchi beffa gli azzurri al 91'" [Bologna-Napoli 2–2, Bianchi mocks the blues in the 91st]. La Repubblica (in Italian). 19 January 2014. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
- "Sunderland sign Anthony Reveillere until end of season". BBC Sport. 23 October 2014. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
- Brikh, Razik (10 November 2015). "Ancien : Anthony Réveillère met un terme à sa carrière". olympique-et-lyonnais.com (in French).
- "Anthony Réveillère, l'enfant de Vihiers a dit stop". Ouest-France (in French). 11 November 2015.
- "Centurion Alonso sends Spain into last four". UEFA. 23 June 2012. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
- "France-Albanie 3–0: une bonne chose de faite pour les Bleus" [France-Albania 3–0: indeed a good thing for the Blues]. Le Parisien (in French). 8 October 2011. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
- "Lyon Defeats Montpellier in Penalties To Take 2012 Trophee Des Champions At Red Bull Arena". newyorkredbulls.com. 28 July 2012. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
External links
- Anthony Réveillère at L'Équipe Football (in French)
- Anthony Réveillère – French league stats at LFP – also available in French (archived)
- Anthony Réveillère at the French Football Federation (in French)
- Anthony Réveillère at the French Football Federation (archived) (in French)
- Anthony Réveillère at National-Football-Teams.com
- Anthony Réveillère – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Anthony Réveillère at Soccerway
- Anthony Réveillère at FootballDatabase.eu