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Marcel Desailly

1968 - Today

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Marcel David Desailly (French pronunciation: [maʁsɛl dəzaji]; 7 September 1968) is a French former professional footballer, who played as a centre-back or defensive midfielder. During a successful career at club level, lasting from 1986 to 2006, Desailly won several titles, including UEFA Champions League medals with both Marseille and AC Milan, and also played for Nantes and Chelsea, among other teams. At international level, he collected 116 caps between 1993 and 2004, scoring three goals, and was a member of the France international squads that won the 1998 World Cup and Euro 2000. Desailly is widely regarded as one of the best players of his generation and one of the greatest defenders in the history of the sport. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Marcel Desailly is the 382nd most popular soccer player (down from 230th in 2019), the 7th most popular biography from Ghana (down from 3rd in 2019) and the most popular Ghanaian Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Marcel Desailly ranks 382 out of 21,273. Before him are Mesut Özil, Thomas Müller, Shigeo Sugimoto, Elías Figueroa, Hiroshi Saeki, and Alessandro Costacurta. After him are Robin van Persie, Hilderaldo Bellini, Hans Krankl, Minoru Kobata, Shunichi Kumai, and Mauro Ramos.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1968, Marcel Desailly ranks 33. Before him are Emmanuelle Charpentier, Ukhnaagiin Khürelsükh, Vlade Divac, Nataša Pirc Musar, Alexander Stubb, and Chris McCandless. After him are Guy Ritchie, Guðni Th. Jóhannesson, Jim Caviezel, Hashim Thaçi, Lucy Liu, and Gillian Anderson.

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In Ghana

Among people born in Ghana, Marcel Desailly ranks 7 out of 162. Before him are Kofi Annan (1938), Kwame Nkrumah (1909), Peter Turkson (1948), John Mahama (1958), John Atta Mills (1944), and Nana Akufo-Addo (1944). After him are Sylvanus Olympio (1902), Abedi Pele (1964), John Kufuor (1938), Jerry Rawlings (1947), Anton Wilhelm Amo (1703), and Peter Mensah (1959).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Ghana

Among soccer players born in Ghana, Marcel Desailly ranks 1. After him are Abedi Pele (1964), Michael Essien (1982), Christian Atsu (1992), Asamoah Gyan (1985), Samuel Kuffour (1976), Tony Yeboah (1966), Sulley Muntari (1984), Stephen Appiah (1980), Ibrahim Sunday (1944), Gerald Asamoah (1978), and Baba Rahman (1994).

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