 Abidal training with Barcelona in 2008 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Eric Sylvain Abidal[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 11 September 1979[2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Saint-Genis-Laval, France | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[3] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Left-back, centre-back | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| Lyon Duchère | |||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1996–2000 | Lyon Duchère | ||||||||||||||||
| 2000–2001 | Monaco B | 8 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2000–2002 | Monaco | 22 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2002–2004 | Lille | 62 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2004–2007 | Lyon | 76 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2007–2013 | Barcelona | 125 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2013–2014 | Monaco | 26 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2014 | Olympiacos | 9 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 328 | (4) | |||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2004–2013 | France | 67 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Eric Sylvain Abidal (French pronunciation: [eʁik abidal]; born 11 September 1979) is a French former professional footballer who played as a left-back or centre-back.
He played mainly for Lyon and Barcelona, totalling 18 trophies with both teams, including two Champions Leagues with the latter. His later career was marred by a liver tumour, which resulted in a transplant.
A France international for nine years, Abidal represented the nation in two World Cups – finishing second in 2006 – and Euro 2008.
- ^ "Acta del partido celebrado el 16 de agosto de 2009, en Bilbao" [Minutes of the match held on 16 August 2009, in Bilbao] (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. Archived from the original on 19 April 2020. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
- ^ "FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2011 presented by TOYOTA: List of Players: FC Barcelona" (PDF). FIFA. 14 December 2011. p. 5. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
- ^ "Eric Abidal". L'Équipe (in French). Paris. Retrieved 8 March 2020.