_(cropped).jpg) Evra in 2022 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Patrice Latyr Evra[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 15 May 1981[2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Dakar, Senegal | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[3] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Left-back | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1992–1993 | CO Les Ulis | ||||||||||||||||
| 1993–1997 | CSF Brétigny | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1998–1999 | Marsala | 24 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 1999–2000 | Monza | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2000–2002 | Nice | 40 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2002–2006 | Monaco | 120 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2006–2014 | Manchester United | 273 | (7) | ||||||||||||||
| 2014–2017 | Juventus | 53 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017 | Marseille | 15 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018 | West Ham United | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 533 | (17) | |||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2002–2003 | France U21 | 11 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2004–2016 | France | 81 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Patrice Latyr Evra (born 15 May 1981) is a French former professional footballer. Originally a forward, he primarily played as a left-back.[4] Evra served as captain for both Manchester United and the France national team.[5][6] He was named in the PFA Team of the Year on three occasions, as well as the FIFPro World XI and the UEFA Team of the Year. He is often regarded as one of the best full-backs of his generation.[7]
The son of a diplomat, Evra was born in Senegal and arrived in Europe when he was a year old. Evra started his senior career with Italian club Marsala. The following season, he joined Monza, but returned to France a year later to play for Nice where he was converted into a full-back. In 2002, he joined Monaco and was part of the team that reached the 2004 UEFA Champions League Final. Evra's performances for Monaco culminated in a move to English club Manchester United in January 2006, where he spent eight years and went on to win 14 trophies including five Premier League titles and a UEFA Champions League. In 2014 he joined Italian side Juventus, where he won two Serie A titles and played in another Champions League final.[8] Evra moved to Marseille in January 2017; however, he was released in November 2017 after being banned from UEFA competition for seven months for kicking a fan prior to a UEFA Europa League match. Following a short-term contract with West Ham United in February 2018,[9] Evra retired from professional football in July 2019, later completing his professional coaching badges and returning to former club Manchester United as a trainee coach at the club's academy.
Evra participated in five major international tournaments for France: the 2008, 2012 and 2016 UEFA European Championships, and both the 2010 and 2014 editions of the FIFA World Cup. Ahead of the 2010 World Cup, Evra was named captain of the national team by manager Raymond Domenech. At the tournament, he appeared in two group matches, although France had a poor campaign that saw the players go on strike after a first-round elimination. The incident resulted in Evra, for his role as captain, being suspended from national team duty for five matches. He returned to the squad and enjoyed a successful 2014 World Cup in Brazil under Didier Deschamps as France reached the quarter-finals.
- ^ "2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil: List of Players: France" (PDF). FIFA. 14 July 2014. p. 15. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 February 2020.
- ^ "Patrice Evra". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
- ^ "Rosa della Prima Squadra Maschile Juventus". Archived from the original on 25 October 2016. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
- ^ "Patrice Evra". ESPN FC. ESPN Internet Ventures. Archived from the original on 1 January 2014. Retrieved 7 April 2011.
- ^ "After torrid World Cup, Evra embroiled in controversy yet again". Sports Illustrated. Time. 21 October 2011. Archived from the original on 21 December 2011. Retrieved 21 December 2011.
- ^ "Blog: Evra is Manchester United's Mr Reliable". itv.com. ITV. Retrieved 21 December 2011.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Tom Hancock (16 February 2024). "The best full-backs of all time". fourfourtwo.com. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
- ^ Jackson, Jamie (21 July 2014). "Juventus sign Patrice Evra from Manchester United on two-year deal". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 16 June 2020. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
- ^ Steinberg, Jacob (7 February 2018). "West Ham sign Patrice Evra on deal to end of season". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 16 June 2020. Retrieved 16 June 2020.