Éric Abidal

Eric Abidal
Abidal training with Barcelona in 2008
Personal information
Full name Eric Sylvain Abidal[1]
Date of birth (1979-09-11) 11 September 1979 (age 45)[2]
Place of birth Saint-Genis-Laval, France
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[3]
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
Lyon Duchère
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–2000 Lyon Duchère
2000–2001 Monaco B 8 (0)
2000–2002 Monaco 22 (0)
2002–2004 Lille 62 (0)
2004–2007 Lyon 76 (0)
2007–2013 Barcelona 125 (0)
2013–2014 Monaco 26 (0)
2014 Olympiacos 9 (0)
Total 328 (0)
National team
2004–2013 France 67 (0)
Honours
Men's football
Representing  France
FIFA World Cup
Runner-up 2006 Germany
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Eric Sylvain Abidal (French pronunciation: ​[eʁik abidal]; born 11 September 1979) is a French former professional footballer who played as a left-back or centre-back.

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[4][5]
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Lyon-Duchère 1996–97[6] Division d'Honneur — —
1997–98[6] — —
1998–99[6] — —
1999–2000[6] — —
Total
Monaco B 2000–01 CFA 8 0 — — — — 8 0
Monaco 2000–01[7] French Division 1 8 0 0 0 — 1 0 — 9 0
2001–02[7] 14 0 2 0 1 0 — — 17 0
Total 22 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 26 0
Lille 2002–03[7] Ligue 1 27 0 1 0 2 0 — — 30 0
2003–04[7] 35 0 1 0 2 0 — — 38 0
Total 62 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 68 0
Lyon 2004–05[7] Ligue 1 29 0 3 0 1 1 7 0 — 40 1
2005–06[7] 14 0 1 0 1 0 6 0 — 22 0
2006–07[7] 33 0 1 0 3 1 7 0 — 44 1
Total 76 0 5 0 5 2 20 0 0 0 106 2
Barcelona 2007–08[8] La Liga 30 0 6 0 — 10 0 — 46 0
2008–09[8] 25 0 2 0 — 5 0 — 32 0
2009–10[8] 17 0 2 0 — 10 0 3[a] 0 32 0
2010–11[8] 26 0 5 1 — 8 0 — 39 1
2011–12[8] 22 0 5 1 — 9 0 3[a] 0 39 1
2012–13[8] 5 0 0 0 — 0 0 — 5 0
Total 125 0 20 2 0 0 42 0 6 0 193 2
Monaco 2013–14[7] Ligue 1 26 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 — 29 0
Olympiacos 2014–15[7] Super League Greece 9 0 0 0 — 6 0 — 15 0
Career total 328 0 32 2 10 2 69 0 6 0 445 4
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 One appearance in UEFA Super Cup, two appearances in FIFA Club World Cup

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year[9]
National team Year Apps Goals
France 2004 1 0
2005 3 0
2006 15 0
2007 12 0
2008 9 0
2009 5 0
2010 6 0
2011 9 0
2012 1 0
2013 6 0
Total 67 0

References

  1. ↑ "Acta del partido celebrado el 16 de agosto de 2009, en Bilbao" [Minutes of the match held on 16 August 2009, in Bilbao] (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. Retrieved 15 June 2019.[permanent dead link]
  2. ↑ "FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2011 presented by TOYOTA: List of Players: FC Barcelona" (PDF). FIFA. 14 December 2011. p. 5. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
  3. ↑ "Eric Abidal". L'Équipe (in French). Paris. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  4. ↑ "E. Abidal". Soccerway. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
  5. ↑ Éric Abidal at ESPN FC
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Éric Abidal at FootballDatabase.eu
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.7 7.8 Éric Abidal at WorldFootball.net
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 Éric Abidal at BDFutbol
  9. ↑ "Éric Abidal". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 13 January 2016.