Pascal Olmeta

Pascal Olmeta
Olmeta in 2019
Personal information
Date of birth (1961-04-07) 7 April 1961 (age 63)
Place of birth Bastia, Haute-Corse, France
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1980–1981 INF Vichy 14 (0)
1981–1984 Bastia 45 (0)
1984–1986 Toulon 76 (0)
1986–1990 Matra Racing 138 (0)
1990–1993 Marseille 84 (0)
1993–1996 Lyon 131 (2)
1996–1998 Espanyol 0 (0)
1998–1999 Gazélec Ajaccio 54 (0)
Total 542 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Pascal Olmeta (born 7 April 1961) is a French former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Marseille and Lyon in the 1990s.[2]

Early and personal life

Pascal Olmeta[3] was born on 7 April 1961 in Bastia, Haute-Corse.[1]

Olmeta is married with two daughters.[4]

In 2016, Olmeta drew criticism after video footage from 2011 surfaced showing him shooting an elephant in the head before posing "proudly" with the corpse. He defended the footage stating he had shot the animal because of overpopulation in Zimbabwe, and all income from hunting was being used to help local people.[5]

Honours

Marseille

Orders

References

  1. ^ a b "Pascal Olmeta". L'Équipe (in French). Paris. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
  2. ^ Pascal Olmeta – French league stats at LFP – also available in French (archived)
  3. ^ a b "Décret du 2 juin 2023 portant promotion et nomination dans l'ordre national du Mérite" [Decree of 2 June 2023 on promotion and appointment to the National Order of Merit]. Official Journal of the French Republic (in French). 2023 (127). 3 June 2023. PRER2302232D. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  4. ^ "Pascal Olmeta et Stéphanie de Monaco, équipe qui donne le sourire - Purepeople".
  5. ^ "Une vidéo de Pascal Olmeta chassant un éléphant révolte les internautes". Sud Ouest (in French). 19 October 2016. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
  6. ^ "Marseille 1–0 Milan: Overview". UEFA. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  7. ^ "Crvena zvezda 0–0 Marseille: Overview". UEFA. Retrieved 12 August 2023.


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