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Tony Vairelles
Personal information
Full name Tony-Mickaël Patrice Yves Vairelles
Date of birth (1973-04-10) 10 April 1973 (age 51)
Place of birth Nancy, France
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
Nancy
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1991–1995 Nancy 127 (39)
1995–1999 Lens 123 (31)
1999–2003 Lyon 63 (11)
2001 → Bordeaux (loan) 11 (2)
2001–2002 → SC Bastia (loan) 30 (14)
2003 → Lens (loan) 12 (2)
2003–2004 Rennes 21 (1)
2004–2005 SC Bastia 27 (4)
2005–2006 Lierse 15 (0)
2006–2007 Tours 24 (5)
2007–2008 CA Bastia 13 (2)
2008–2009 Dudelange 30 (20)
2009–2011 Gueugnon 61 (17)
Total 557 (148)
International career‡
1998–2000 France 8 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21 March 2009

Tony Vairelles (born 10 April 1973 in Nancy) is a retired French footballer.

Club career

A much-travelled centre-forward, the talented Vairelles started his professional career with hometown club AS Nancy before moving to RC Lens in summer 1995. After 4 seasons with considerable success (one league and one cup title) he joined Olympique Lyonnais who sent him out on loan three times and finally sold him to Stade Rennais. From then he changes clubs every season. Before the 2008 Major League Soccer season he had a trial with Toronto FC but did not fit into their plans and was not signed. In 2009, he joined FC Gueugnon after a stint at F91 Dudelange. He also became the club's main investor.[1]

International career

Vairelles represented France at the 1996 Summer Olympics.[2]

He made his senior debut for France in an August 1998 friendly match against Austria and went on to earn 8 caps, scoring one goal. He played his final international game in April 2000 against Slovenia.

International goals

Scores and results list France's goal tally first.
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 13 November 1999 Stade de France, Saint Denis, France  Croatia 3-0 3-0 friendly match

Honours

1998, 2003
2008-09
1999

Personal life

His younger brothers Giovan Vairelles, Diego Vairelles and David Vairelles are all professional footballers.[3] He is the first player from the Gypsy community (by his maternal biological grandfather) with France national team selections.[4] Tony Vairelles and his brothers are held in pretrial detention in Nancy since 25 October 2011 after a shooting in a discothèque in Essey-lès-Nancy.[5] He was freed on March 27, 2012 and put on probation.[6]

References

  1. ^ http://www.fff.fr/champ/national/actualite/529568.shtml
  2. ^ Men's Olympic Football Tournament - FIFA
  3. ^ [1] - Tagesblatt
  4. ^ "tony goal elvis du ballon rond". www.estrepublicain.fr. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
  5. ^ Report: Former France striker Tony Vairelles arrested for attempted murder
  6. ^ "L'ancien footballeur Tony Vairelles est libre". france tv info. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
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