Mickaël Madar

Mickaël Madar (born 8 May 1968) is a French former professional footballer who played as a striker. Madar played for the France national football team. Madar works as a football pundit on French TV channel Canal+.

Mickaël Madar
Personal information
Full nameMickaël Madar[1]
Date of birth (1968-05-08) 8 May 1968 (age 56)
Place of birthParis, France
Height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s)Striker
Youth career
Paris FC
Sochaux
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1987–1989Sochaux30(8)
1989–1990Laval29(9)
1990–1992Sochaux40(3)
1992–1994Cannes54(26)
1994–1996Monaco52(14)
1996–1997Deportivo La Coruña17(3)
1997–1998Everton19(6)
1998–2001Paris Saint-Germain35(12)
2001–2002Créteil11(2)
Total287(83)
International career
1995–1996France3(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

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Mader was born in Paris, France, and is Jewish.[2][3][4]

He began his professional career with Sochaux. Madar then spent one season with Laval before returning to Sochaux.[citation needed]

In 1992, Madar moved to Cannes before moving to Monaco in 1994. In 1996, he moved to Spain and signed for Deportivo de La Coruña,[5] He was out for a year with a broken leg.[6] After a season he had a confrontation with the new coach Carlos Alberto Silva (who came in summer 1997 to replace John Toshack), and Deportivo decided to let him go. [citation needed]

After recovering from his injury, Madar left Spain for England where he was signed by then-Everton manager Howard Kendall in January 1998.[7][6] Over the next 12 months, and two partial seasons, he played 19 league games for the club, scoring six goals, including one on his debut against Crystal Palace.[8][5] also missing an open goal in the Merseyside derby when Everton were leading 1-0

In December 1998 Madar moved to Paris Saint-Germain. Then in 2001 he transferred to Créteil. Madar retired at the end of the season in 2002.[5]

Madar was picked three times for France national football team, and was in the French squad for Euro 96.[9][10]

Post-football career

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After playing football, Madar has worked as a football pundit on French TV channel Canal+.[5] He also owns a women's clothes shop.[5]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Entreprise Michael Madar" [Company Michael Madar]. Figaro Entreprises (in French). 4 December 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
    "Mickaël Madar". BFM Business (in French). NextInteractive. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  2. ^ Shennan, Paddy (30 October 2015). "Howard Kendall funeral: Paddy Shennan reflects on a moving & magnificent service". Liverpool Echo.
  3. ^ "Спорт - Центральный Еврейский Ресурс. Сайт русскоязычных евреев всего мира. Еврейские новости. Еврейские фамилии". Archived from the original on 18 December 2010. Retrieved 14 October 2009.
  4. ^ Vinocur, John; Tribune, International Herald (7 January 2000). "Paris Soccer Team Struggles to De-Nazify a Cheering Section". The New York Times.
  5. ^ a b c d e Jones, Adam (11 April 2019). "Madar on smoking with Kendall and his Everton 'bad dream'". Liverpool Echo.
  6. ^ a b Prentice, David (28 April 2019). "Arguments, fights & smoking with the manager - 367 days of Mick Madar". Liverpool Echo.
  7. ^ ToffeeWeb's Everton Player Fact File: Mickael Madar. ToffeeWeb. Retrieved on 28 October 2006.
  8. ^ "Football: Brolin bows to Madar". Independent. 11 January 1998. Archived from the original on 14 May 2022. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
  9. ^ Tomasz Malolepszy (2013). European Soccer Championship Results; Since 1958
  10. ^ Jonathan Wilson, Philippe Auclair, Rob Smyth, Iain Macintosh, Scott Murray, Amy Lawrence, Dominic Bliss, Harry Pearson, George Caulkin, Luke Alfred (2014). The Blizzard - The Football Quarterly: Issue Fifteen