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Sylvain Distin

1977 - Today

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Sylvain Distin (born 16 December 1977) is a French former professional footballer. He is left-footed and played as a centre-back, and was also capable of playing at left-back. Distin began his career playing for French amateur sides, working his way up to professional sides Gueugnon and subsequently Paris Saint-Germain. He moved to England in 2001, first joining Newcastle United on a loan move from PSG, before signing a permanent contract with Manchester City, where he spent five seasons. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia. Sylvain Distin is the 10,231st most popular soccer player (down from 8,948th in 2024), the 5,854th most popular biography from France (down from 5,730th in 2019) and the 474th most popular French Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Sylvain Distin ranks 10,231 out of 21,273. Before him are Éverton Ribeiro, Johnny Acosta, Alberto Luiz de Souza, Mohammed Kudus, Ismaily, and Stern John. After him are An Ik-soo, Bobby Johnstone, Lazaros Christodoulopoulos, Francisco Puñal, Hikari Nakade, and Ingvild Flugstad Østberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1977, Sylvain Distin ranks 659. Before him are Kateryna Serebrianska, Alexandre Usov, Kalle Palander, Christopher Amott, Jenni Haukio, and Yusup Abdusalomov. After him are Marco Buschmann, Alicilio Pinto Silva Junior, Jeff Coetzee, Hiroki Hasegawa, Márton Gyöngyösi, and Rui Silva.

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In France

Among people born in France, Sylvain Distin ranks 5,854 out of 6,770. Before him are Franck Riester (1974), Corinne Diacre (1974), Djamel Abdoun (1986), Stéphane Traineau (1966), Yohann Thuram-Ulien (1988), and Emerse Faé (1984). After him are Antoine Brizard (1994), Grégoire Colin (1975), René Marsiglia (1959), Florian Maurice (1974), Bruno Massot (1989), and Gabriel Obertan (1989).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In France

Among soccer players born in France, Sylvain Distin ranks 474. Before him are Abdoulaye Méïté (1980), Damien Perquis (1984), Corinne Diacre (1974), Djamel Abdoun (1986), Yohann Thuram-Ulien (1988), and Emerse Faé (1984). After him are René Marsiglia (1959), Florian Maurice (1974), Gabriel Obertan (1989), Ellyes Skhiri (1995), Adlène Guedioura (1985), and Khalid Boutaïb (1987).

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