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Marcel Desailly

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Marcel Desailly
Marcel Desailly is a French former professional footballer, widely considered to be among the greatest center-backs and defensive midfielders to ever play football. During a successful career at club level, lasting from 1986 to 2006, Desailly won several titles, including UEFA Champions League medals with both Marseille and AC Milan, and also played for Nantes and Chelsea, among other teams. At international level, he collected 116 caps between 1993 and 2004, scoring 3 goals, and was a member of the France international squads that won the 1998 World Cup and Euro 2000.
BornSeptember 7, 1968
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    • Known for

    UEFA Champions League (1992)
    UEFA Champions League
    9.0
    TV Series
    • Self - Chelsea Player
    • Self - Marseille
    • Self - AC Milan #8
    BBC Africa Cup of Nations 2008 (2008)
    BBC Africa Cup of Nations 2008
    TV Series
    • Self - Reporter
    • Self - Pitchside Analysis
    Match of the Day (1964)
    Match of the Day
    8.5
    TV Series
    • Self - Chelsea
    • Self - Expert Analysis
    Match of the Day: Euro 2008
    TV Mini Series
    • Self - Pitchside Analysis

    Credits

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    Self

    • FC Nantes - Variétés Club de France: Le match des Légendes (2025)
      FC Nantes - Variétés Club de France: Le match des Légendes
      TV Special
      • Self - Capitaine des Légendes du FC Nantes
      • 2025
    • 125 ans de l'Olympique de Marseille
      TV Special
      • Self - Footballeur
      • 2025
    • Anne-Élisabeth Lemoine in C à vous (2009)
      C à vous
      4.7
      TV Series
      • Self
      • 2022
    • Match of the Day Live: FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 (2022)
      Match of the Day Live: FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022
      6.1
      TV Mini Series
      • Self - World Cup Winner 1998
      • Self - France, 1993-2004
      • 2022
    • How to Win the World Cup
      7.5
      • Self
      • 2022
    • Moment of Truth (2022)
      Moment of Truth
      8.1
      TV Series
      • Self
      • 2022
    • L'Arc de Triomphe - Passion d'une Nation (2021)
      L'Arc de Triomphe - Passion d'une Nation
      6.4
      TV Movie
      • Self
      • 2021
    • Soulmates
      TV Mini Series
      • Self
      • 2020
    • Archive Series: 1993 Final (2018)
      Archive Series: 1993 Final
      Short
      • Self
      • 2018
    • 98, secrets d'une victoire (2018)
      98, secrets d'une victoire
      7.7
      TV Movie
      • Self
      • 2018
    • ITV Sport: Euro 2016 (2016)
      ITV Sport: Euro 2016
      6.5
      TV Series
      • Self - France 1993-2004
      • 2016
    • Gary Lineker, Alan Shearer, Gabby Logan, Thierry Henry, and Rio Ferdinand in Match of the Day: Euro 2016 (2016)
      Match of the Day: Euro 2016
      6.3
      TV Mini Series
      • Self - France 1993-2004
      • 2016
    • Football Focus (2001)
      Football Focus
      6.0
      TV Series
      • Self - Analyst
      • 2002–2016
    • 20 Football Transfers That Shocked the World
      TV Movie
      • Self
      • 2011
    • BBC Sport: Africa Cup of Nations 2010
      TV Mini Series
      • Self - Pitchside Analysis
      • 2010

    Archive Footage

    • Grégory Ascher in L'Équipe de Greg (2021)
      L'Équipe de Greg
      4.3
      TV Series
      • Self - Joueur de l'Équipe de France de football
      • Self (archive footage, archive footage)
      • 2025–2026
    • 1998, l'été de nos 18 ans
      6.4
      • Self (archive footage)
      • 2026
    • Olivier Ménard in L'Équipe du soir (2008)
      L'Équipe du soir
      4.0
      TV Series
      • Self (archive footage)
      • 2024
    • Histoire Appliquée (2018)
      Histoire Appliquée
      Podcast Series
      • Self (archive footage)
      • 2024
    • 2008 Milli Takim Hikayesi (2021)
      2008 Milli Takim Hikayesi
      7.5
      TV Mini Series
      • Self (archive footage)
      • 2021
    • Euro 2000, 20 ans après...
      Video
      • Self (archive footage)
      • 2020
    • Rémi Liechti and Usul in Ouvrez les guillemets (2017)
      Ouvrez les guillemets
      6.9
      TV Series
      • Self (archive footage)
      • 2019
    • Didier Deschamps, les secrets d'une légende (2018)
      Didier Deschamps, les secrets d'une légende
      5.4
      TV Movie
      • Self - Joueur de l'Équipe de France de football (archive footage)
      • 2018
    • It's Not Just Cricket (2018)
      It's Not Just Cricket
      TV Movie
      • Self (archive footage, uncredited)
      • 2018
    • Mystères d'archives (2009)
      Mystères d'archives
      7.8
      TV Series
      • Self (archive footage, uncredited)
      • 2017
    • Quickies, les questions brèves d'e-penser (2014)
      Quickies, les questions brèves d'e-penser
      TV Mini Series
      • Self (archive footage)
      • 2016
    • Christian Karembeu and Yaël Mayat in Kanak, l'histoire oubliée (2013)
      Kanak, l'histoire oubliée
      7.1
      TV Movie
      • Self (archive footage)
      • 2013
    • The Story of Football (2002)
      The Story of Football
      8.3
      Video
      • Self (archive footage)
      • 2002

    Personal details

    • Height
      • 6′ 2″ (1.88 m)
    • Born
      • September 7, 1968
      • Accra, Ghana
    • Spouse
      • Virginie? - present (3 children)
    • Other works
      Book: "Capitaine". Paris: Editions Stock. ISBN 2234054788

    Did you know

    • Trivia
      World and European Champion honours with the French team in July 1998 and July 2000. He also played for France in the 2002 World Cup.
    • Nickname
      • Marcelo

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