Cyril Chapuis

Cyril Chapuis

Personal information
Date of birth	(1979-03-21) 21 March 1979 (age 45)
Place of birth	Lyon, France
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
1996–1998	Niort
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1998–2000	Niort	23	(4)
2000–2001	Rennes	44	(13)
2002–2005	Marseille	42	(4)
2003	→ Leeds United (loan)	1	(0)
2004	→ Strasbourg (loan)	9	(1)
2004–2005	→ Ajaccio (loan)	21	(3)
2006–2007	Grenoble	28	(5)
2007–2009	Metz	11	(1)
2012–2014	Bourg-Péronnas	29	(4)
Total		208	(35)
International career
2000–2002	France U-21	9	(0)
Medal record Men's football Representing  France UEFA European Under-21 Championship Runner-up 2002 Switzerland
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Cyril Chapuis (born 21 March 1979) is a French former professional footballer who played as a striker.

Club career

Chapuis started his professional career at Niort in Ligue 2 and then moved to Ligue 1 for Rennes.

In January 2002, he signed a five-year contract with Olympique de Marseille,^[1] playing one and a half season with Marseille before being loaned on three occasions to Leeds United (playing just once in the league, against Bolton in November 2003^[2]), Strasbourg and Ajaccio. He was released in summer 2005.

After being without a club for one year, he joined Grenoble in Ligue 2.

In November 2012, after three years without playing a single game, Chapuis joined National team Bourg-Péronnas.^[3]

International career

He was called up to the French Under 21s and was part of the squad of Les Bleuets that lost to Czech U-21 in the final of the 2002 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship.

References

1. "Chapuis heads to Marseille". uefa.com. 2 January 2002. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
2. "Leeds slump continues". BBC. 22 November 2003. Retrieved 21 August 2009.
3. "Chapuis, un renfort de poids pour Bourg-Péronnas" (in French). ledauphine.com. 1 November 2012. Retrieved 1 November 2014.

External links

• Cyril Chapuis – French league stats at LFP – also available in French (archived)