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Yohann Pelé
Pelé playing for Marseille in 2017
Personal information
Date of birth (1982-11-04) 4 November 1982 (age 42)
Place of birth Brou-sur-Chantereine, France
Height 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Marseille
Number 16
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2009 Le Mans 164 (0)
2009–2012 Toulouse 18 (0)
2014–2015 Sochaux 49 (0)
2015– Marseille 61 (0)
International career
2004 France U21 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:07, 3 May 2020 (UTC)

Yohann Pelé (born 4 November 1982) is a French professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Ligue 1 club Marseille.

Club career

Le Mans

Born in Brou-sur-Chantereine, Pelé spent most of his career at Le Mans, making his debut in Ligue 2 in a 1–0 defeat at FC Istres in September 2002. He established himself as the club's first-choice goalkeeper in the 2004–05 season, as the club won promotion to Ligue 1. He ultimately made 164 appearances for the club before his departure in 2009.[citation needed]

Toulouse

On 29 June 2009, he was transferred from Le Mans to Toulouse FC where he signed a four-year contract.[citation needed]

On 12 October 2010, Toulouse announced that Pelé was suffering from a pulmonary embolism.[1][2] He ended up missing two seasons of football and at the end of the 2011–12 season he left the club.[3]

Sochaux

In January and August 2013, Pelé trained with Dijon FCO and Vannes OC respectively in order to regain fitness.[3][4] In January the following year, more than three years after his last competitive game, he signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with FC Sochaux-Montbéliard.[5] He played 49 competitive matches for the club over the next two seasons before leaving to join Marseille in 2015.[6]

Marseille

In July 2015, Pelé joined Ligue 1 club Marseille.[6] After the departure of Steve Mandanda to Crystal Palace, he became Marseille's first choice goalkeeper.[7] He finished the 2016–17 season playing all league matches, and with the most clean sheets in all of Europe's top five leagues.[8]

On 3 May 2018, he played in the Europa League semi-finals away to FC Red Bull Salzburg as Marseilles played out a 1–2 away loss but a 3–2 aggregate win to secure a place in the 2018 UEFA Europa League Final[9] played at the Parc Olympique Lyonnais in Décines-Charpieu, Lyon, France on 16 May 2018,[10] versus Atlético Madrid.[citation needed]

International career

Pelé was called up to the France U21s in 2004, and made two starts.[11] He received his first call-up to the senior team in October 2008 for a friendly against Tunisia, but did not feature.[12]

Personal life

Yohann is the brother of Steven Pelé, a former footballer who played as a defender for various clubs in France, Israel and Romania.[3]

Honours

Marseille

References

  1. ^ "Toulouse goalkeeper Pele out for six months". ESPN FC. 2 October 2010. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on February 2, 2014. Retrieved February 17, 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ a b c "Yohann Pelé s'entraîne avec Vannes". Le Figaro (in French). 20 August 2013. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  4. ^ "Dijon accueille Yohann Pelé". L'Équipe (in French). 22 January 2013. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
  5. ^ "Yohann Pelé est officiellement sochalien" [Yohann Pelé is officially sochalien] (in French). fcsochaux.fr. 31 January 2014. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
  6. ^ a b "Marseille sign ex-Sochaux keeper Yohann Pele". ESPNFC. 20 July 2015. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
  7. ^ "Mandanda Pens Crystal Palace Deal". Crystal Palace Football Club. 1 July 2016. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
  8. ^ "Yohann Pelé, l'albatros sous-coté". BeIN SPORTS Your Zone. 31 May 2017. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
  9. ^ "FC Red Bull Salzburg 2–1 Marseille". BBC Sport. 3 May 2018. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  10. ^ "Lyon to host 2018 UEFA Europa League Final". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 9 December 2016. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
  11. ^ http://www.football365.fr/espoirs-y-pele-appele-1454967.html
  12. ^ "Pele gets France call for friendly with Tunisia". espnfc.com.com. 13 October 2008. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
  13. ^ "Final: Marseille 0–3 Atlético: Overview". UEFA. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
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