Sylvain Marchal

Sylvain Marchal

Personal information
Date of birth	10 February 1980
Place of birth	Langres, France
Height	1.84 m (6 ft ^1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current team	Metz
Number	4
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1996–2005	Metz	90	(2)
2004–2005	→ Châteauroux (loan)	27	(0)
2005–2010	Lorient	146	(6)
2010–2012	Saint-Étienne	48	(2)
2011	Saint-Étienne B	1	(0)
2012–2013	SC Bastia	30	(1)
2013–	Metz	42	(0)
2013	Metz B	1	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18 May 2015. † Appearances (goals)

Sylvain Marchal (born 10 February 1980) is a French professional footballer who plays as a defender ^[1] for Ligue 2 club FC Metz.

Career

Marchal began his career at FC Metz, making his Ligue 1 debut on 10 March 1999 in the 0–0 draw at AS Monaco. It was in the latter half of the 2001–02 season that he established himself as a regular in the Met lineup, but fell out of favour by August 2004, when he was loaned out to Ligue 2 club LB Châteauroux.

A year later he returned to Metz to start in the first two matches of the 2005–06 season, but then transferred to Lorient in Ligue 2. Lorient won promotion with him in the team, and he is a regular for them in the opening months of 2006–07 in Ligue 1. On 17 June 2010 Saint-Etienne signed the former FC Lorient defender until 30 June 2013. Marchal, on 27 July 2012 signed a two-year contract with the Corsican club Bastia.^[2]

Only a season later, he left the Ligue 1 side by mutual consent^[3] to join his first club of Metz, recently promoted in the Ligue 2.^[4]

References

1. Sylvain Marchal – French League Stats at LFP.fr (French)
2. "Sylvain Marchal sera bastiais !" (in French). SC Bastia. 27 July 2012. Retrieved 27 July 2012.
3. "Sylvain Marchal résilie son contrat" (in French). SC Bastia. 4 July 2013. Retrieved 4 July 2013.
4. "Marchal, c’est fait !" (in French). FC Metz. 5 July 2013. Retrieved 5 July 2013.