Sylvain Wiltord

Sylvain Wiltord

Wiltord training with Rennes in 2008
Personal information
Full name	Sylvain Claude Wiltord[1]
Date of birth	(1974-05-10) 10 May 1974 (age 50)[2]
Place of birth	Neuilly-sur-Marne, France
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[3]
Position(s)	Right winger[4]
Youth career
	Rennes
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1991–1996	Rennes	91	(28)
1996–1997	Deportivo La Coruña	0	(0)
1996–1997	→ Rennes (loan)	35	(3)
1997–2000	Bordeaux	99	(46)
2000–2004	Arsenal	106	(31)
2004–2007	Lyon	82	(20)
2007–2009	Rennes	31	(6)
2009	Marseille	13	(1)
2010	Metz	15	(3)
2011–2012	Nantes	33	(8)
Total		505	(146)
National team
1999–2006	France	92	(26)
Honours Men's football Representing  France UEFA European Championship Winner 2000 FIFA Confederations Cup Winner 2001 Winner 2003 FIFA World Cup Runner-up 2006
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Sylvain Claude Wiltord (born 10 May 1974) is a French former professional footballer. He mostly played as a right winger, but could also play as a centre-forward, second striker and on the left wing.^[4]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition^[5]^[4]

Club	Season	League			National cup[a]		League cup[b]		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Rennes	1992–93	Division 2	2	0	0	0	–		–		–		2	0
	1993–94		26	8	1	0	–		–		–		27	8
	1994–95	Division 1	26	5	1	0	0	0	–		–		27	5
	1995–96		37	15	1	0	2	3	–		–		40	18
	Total		91	28	3	0	2	3	–		–		96	31
Rennes (loan)	1996–97	Division 1	35	3	2	0	3	0	–		–		40	3
Bordeaux	1997–98	Division 1	34	11	2	4	5	1	2[c]	0	–		43	16
	1998–99		33	22	0	0	1	0	8[c]	5	–		42	27
	1999–2000		32	13	4	0	2	0	12[d]	4	1[e]	0	51	17
	Total		99	46	6	4	8	1	22	9	1	0	136	60
Arsenal	2000–01	Premier League	27	8	6	6	1	0	13[d]	1	–		47	15
	2001–02		33	10	7	2	3	4	11[d]	1	–		54	17
	2002–03		34	10	7	2	0	0	12[d]	1	1[f]	0	54	13
	2003–04		12	3	0	0	3	1	4[d]	0	1[f]	0	20	4
	Total		106	31	20	10	7	5	40	3	2	0	175	49
Lyon	2004–05	Ligue 1	25	3	2	2	0	0	8[d]	6	–		35	11
	2005–06		35	12	3	0	0	0	10[d]	2	–		48	14
	2006–07		22	5	1	0	2	2	6[d]	0	–		31	7
	Total		82	20	6	2	2	2	24	8	–		114	32
Rennes	2007–08	Ligue 1	25	6	2	1	1	0	4[c]	0	–		32	7
	2008–09		6	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	–		9	1
	Total		31	6	2	1	2	1	6	0	–		41	8
Marseille	2008–09	Ligue 1	13	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	–		14	1
Metz	2009–10	Ligue 2	15	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	–		15	3
Nantes	2011–12	Ligue 2	33	8	0	0	1	0	0	0	–		34	8
Career total			505	146	40	17	25	12	92	20	3	0	665	195

1. Includes Coupe de France, FA Cup
2. Includes Coupe de la Ligue, Football League Cup
3. Appearances in UEFA Cup
4. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
5. Appearance in Trophee des Champions
6. Appearance in FA Community Shield

International

Scores and results list France's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Wiltord goal.

List of international goals scored by Sylvain Wiltord

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	31 March 1999	Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France	Armenia	1–0	2–0	UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying
2	5 June 1999	Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France	Russia	2–1	2–3	UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying
3	29 March 2000	Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland	Scotland	1–0	2–0	Friendly match
4	6 June 2000	Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca, Morocco	Morocco	5–1	5–1	2000 King Hassan II International Cup Tournament
5	11 June 2000	Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges, Belgium	Denmark	3–0	3–0	UEFA Euro 2000
6	2 July 2000	Feijenoord Stadion, Rotterdam, Netherlands	Italy	1–1	2–1	UEFA Euro 2000
7	4 October 2000	Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France	Cameroon	1–0	1–1	Friendly match
8	15 November 2000	BJK İnönü Stadium, Istanbul, Turkey	Turkey	2–0	4–0	Friendly match
9	24 March 2001	Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France	Japan	3–0	5–0	Friendly match
10	25 April 2001	Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France	Portugal	1–0	4–0	Friendly match
11	30 May 2001	Daegu World Cup Stadium, Daegu, South Korea	South Korea	5–0	5–0	2001 FIFA Confederations Cup
12	3 June 2001	Munsu Cup Stadium, Ulsan, South Korea	Mexico	1–0	4–0	2001 FIFA Confederations Cup
13	7 September 2002	GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus	Cyprus	2–1	2–1	UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying
14	12 October 2002	Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France	Slovenia	4–0	5–0	UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying
15	16 October 2002	Ta' Qali Stadium, Ta' Qali, Malta	Malta	3–0	4–0	UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying
16	29 March 2003	Stade Félix-Bollaert, Lens, France	Malta	1–0	6–0	UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying
17	26 June 2003	Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France	Turkey	3–1	3–2	2003 FIFA Confederations Cup
18	20 August 2003	Stade de Genève, Genève, Switzerland	Switzerland	1–0	2–0	Friendly match
19	6 September 2003	Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France	Cyprus	2–0	5–0	UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying
20				3–0
21	28 May 2004	Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier, France	Andorra	1–0	4–0	Friendly match
22				2–0
23	13 October 2004	GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus	Cyprus	1–0	2–0	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
24	12 October 2005	Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France	Cyprus	2–0	4–0	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
25	1 March 2006	Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France	Slovakia	1–1	1–2	Friendly match
26	31 May 2006	Stade Félix-Bollaert, Lens, France	Denmark	2–0	2–0	Friendly match

Honours

Bordeaux^[6]

• Division 1: 1998–99

Arsenal^[7]

• Premier League: 2001–02, 2003–04^[3]
• FA Cup: 2001–02, 2002–03
• FA Community Shield: 2002

Lyon^[6]

• Ligue 1: 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07

France^[6]

• UEFA European Championship: 2000
• FIFA Confederations Cup: 2001, 2003
• FIFA World Cup runner-up: 2006

Individual

• French Footballer of the Year: 1999^[8]
• Premier League Player of the Month: August 2002^[3]
• UNFP Ligue 1 Team of the Year: 2004–05, 2005–06^[9][10]

References

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