Stéphane Porato

Stéphane Porato

Personal information
Full name	Stéphane Porato
Date of birth	19 September 1973
Place of birth	Colombes, France
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Youth career
	RC Paris
1989–1992	Toulon
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1992–1993	Toulon	2	(0)
1993–1998	Monaco	19	(0)
1998–2000	Marseille	59	(0)
2000–2004	Monaco	37	(0)
2002–2003	→ Créteil-Lusitanos (loan)	26	(0)
2004–2006	Ajaccio	68	(0)
2006–2007	Alavés	22	(0)
2007–2009	Xerez	33	(0)
Total		266	(0)
National team
1999	France	1	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Stéphane Porato (born 19 September 1973 in Colombes, Hauts-de-Seine) is a French retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Football career

In his country Porato represented Sporting Toulon, AS Monaco FC, Olympique de Marseille (where he played in the 1999 UEFA Cup Final after relegating Germany international Andreas Köpke to the bench), US Créteil-Lusitanos and AC Ajaccio, mainly as a backup or starting in the second division. On 13 November 1999 he earned his sole cap for France, appearing in a 3–0 friendly win with Croatia.

In late October 2006, as he had already moved to Spain with second level's Deportivo Alavés, following Ajaccio's relegation from Ligue 1, Porato had a trial at Chelsea in view of signing as third-choice after the long-term skull injury to Petr Čech.^[1] He was not signed eventually.

Porato joined Xerez CD, in the same country and category, for the 2007–08 season. A starter in his first year, he lost the job in the following as the Andalusians achieved a first-ever La Liga promotion, being released in July 2009.

References

1. Stéphane Porato à l'essai à Chelsea (Stéphane Porato on trial at Chelsea); L'Équipe, 23 October 2006 (French)

External links

• Stéphane Porato – French League Stats at LFP.fr (French)
• Stéphane Porato profile at BDFutbol
• French Football Federation profile (French)
• Stéphane Porato at National-Football-Teams.com