Maxence Flachez

Maxence Flachez
Personal information
Full name	Maxence Flachez
Date of birth	August 5, 1972 (age 52)
Place of birth	Grenoble, France
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Centre back
Youth career
	ES Manival
	Lyon
Senior career*
Years	Team
1992–1995	Lyon
1995–1996	Martigues
1996–2004	Sochaux
2004–2005	Guingamp
2005–2007	Valenciennes
2007–2009	Grenoble
International career
1992–1995	France U21
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Maxence Flachez (born 5 August 1972) is a French retired footballer who played as a central defender.

Football career

Born in Grenoble, Flachez made his professional – and top division – debut for Olympique Lyonnais on 29 August 1992 (aged 20), in a 2–2 home draw against Olympique de Marseille. Ironically, after gaining more experience he appeared less for the first team, eventually leaving in the 1995 summer.

After one year in FC Martigues Flachez joined FC Sochaux-Montbéliard, where he would remain for eight straight seasons, always as an undisputed starter (four years apiece in the first and second levels), amassing more than 300 official appearances. In the 2002–03 season he helped the club finish fifth and reach the final of the domestic league cup: as the latter competition winners AS Monaco FC finished second in the league and qualified for the UEFA Champions League, Sochaux qualified for the UEFA Cup, where the player appeared in his first matches (six).

Flachez played one more campaign in division two with En Avant Guingamp, then switched to another side in the category, Valenciennes FC, which he helped promote immediately, as champions. A final top flight promotion was achieved in 2007–08, with hometown's Grenoble Foot 38; after the club's subsequent relegation he retired from football at nearly 37, returning to first professional club Lyon as a TV pundit for the official channel.

Honours

Second Division: 2000–01, 2005–06
League Cup: 2003–04; Runner-up 2002–03

External links

L'Équipe stats Template:Fr icon
Maxence Flachez – French league stats at LFP – also available in French (archived)