Christian Karembeu
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Full name | Christian Lali Kake Karembeu[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | [2] | 3 December 1970||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Lifou, New Caledonia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[3][4] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) |
Defensive midfielder[5] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Olympiacos (sports director) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gaïtcha | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1988–1990 | Nantes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1990–1995 | Nantes | 130 | (5) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1995–1997 |
Sampdoria | 62 | (6) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1997–2000 | Real Madrid | 51 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2000–2001 | Middlesbrough | 33 | (4) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2001–2004 | Olympiacos | 68 | (3) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2004–2005 | Servette | 23 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2005–2006 | Bastia | 7 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total | 395 | (18) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
International career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1992–2002 | France | 53 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Christian Lali Kake Karembeu (born 3 December 1970) is a
Karembeu represented
Early life
Karembeu was born in
Club career
During his career Karembeu played for
International career
Born in the French territory of
Karembeu was a member of the French team that won the 1998 World Cup. He played in 4 matches in the tournament, including starts in the quarter-final, semi-final, and final, totalling 242 minutes.[6]
He was also part of the victorious French team at
Style of play
Described as a "complete midfielder" by Paul Sarahs of FourFourTwo, Karembeu was a physically imposing, energetic, and technically gifted two-way midfielder, who was known for his range of passing, dribbling skills, stamina, and hard-tackling playing style;[11][12][13] he usually played in a holding role in midfield, although he was also capable of playing in various other positions, including in a box-to-box role, as a right–sided midfielder, or even as a right-back.[13][14] Regarding his playing style and role in France's victory in the 1998 World Cup final, Michael Cox of ESPN FC described him as "a peculiar hybrid of a wing-back and a box-to-box midfielder," who "shuttled up and down on the right of a very defensive three-man midfield."[15]
Post-retirement career
On 9 December 2005, Karembeu represented the
In May 2006 Karembeu became a scout for English
In June 2013, Karembeu was handed an administrative role at Greek club Olympiacos along with former South African footballer Pierre Issa.[19]
Commitment
Karembeu is a member of the 'Champions for Peace' club, a group of 54 famous elite athletes committed to serving peace in the world through sport, created by Peace and Sport, a Monaco-based international organization.[20]
Deeply involved in Peace and Sport's activities, Karembeu visited Haiti in August 2010 with Founder and President of Peace and Sport, Joel Bouzou, to strengthen the role of sport in the country's reconstruction efforts and attract the attention of the international community to urgent needs that prevail there. He went to meet sports instructors and young beneficiaries of the emergency program that the Haitian Olympic Committee has set up in survivor camps.[21]
Personal life
The great-grandfather of Karembeu, who came from New Caledonia, was one of a hundred Kanaks taken to Paris in 1931 for the Paris Colonial Exposition and exhibited there as "cannibals". Later the "cannibals" were swapped with Germany for some crocodiles.[22] Karembeu refuses to sing France's national anthem, La Marseillaise, due to the colonial past of the country.[23]
Karembeu was married to
Following the 1998 World Cup, he was made a
Television
Karembeu is the host of French TV series "Des Iles et des Hommes" (
Career statistics
Club
Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Europe | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Nantes | 1990–91 | Division 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 5 | 0 | ||
1991–92 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 28 | 0 | ||||
1992–93 | 35 | 2 | 3 | 1 | – | – | 38 | 3 | ||||
1993–94 | 29 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | 2[a] | 0 | 35 | 0 | |||
1994–95 | 34 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7[a] | 0 | 44 | 3 | ||
Total | 130 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 150 | 6 | ||
Sampdoria
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1995–96
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Serie A | 32 | 5 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 34 | 5 | ||
1996–97
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30 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 32 | 1 | ||||
Total | 62 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 6 | ||
Real Madrid | 1997–98 | La Liga | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 5[b] | 3 | 23 | 3 | |
1998–99 | 20 | 0 | 5 | 0 | – | 6[c] | 0 | 31 | 0 | |||
1999–2000 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 0 | – | 8[d] | 1 | 28 | 1 | |||
Total | 51 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 82 | 4 | ||
Middlesbrough | 2000–01 | Premier League | 33 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 36 | 4 | |
Olympiacos | 2001–02 | Alpha Ethniki | 24 | 1 | 7 | 1 | – | 6[b] | 0 | 37 | 2 | |
2002–03 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 0 | – | 6[b] | 0 | 29 | 2 | |||
2003–04 | 22 | 0 | 5 | 0 | – | 6[b] | 0 | 33 | 0 | |||
Total | 68 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 99 | 4 | ||
Servette | 2004–05 | Swiss Super League | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 14 | 0 | ||
Bastia | 2005–06 | Ligue 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 7 | 0 | |
Total | 395 | 18 | 42 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 46 | 4 | 486 | 22 |
- ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Cup
- ^ a b c d Appearances in UEFA Champions League
- ^ Five appearances in UEFA Champions League, one appearance in UEFA Super Cup
- ^ Five appearances in UEFA Champions League and three appearances in FIFA Club World Cup
International
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
France | 1992 | 1 | 0 |
1993 | 0 | 0 | |
1994 | 6 | 0 | |
1995 | 4 | 1 | |
1996 | 13 | 0 | |
1997 | 4 | 0 | |
1998 | 10 | 0 | |
1999 | 4 | 0 | |
2000 | 4 | 0 | |
2001 | 6 | 0 | |
2002 | 1 | 0 | |
Total | 53 | 1 |
Honours
Nantes[30]
- Division 1: 1994–95
- Coupe de France runner-up: 1992–93
Olympiacos[30]
- 2003–04
Individual
- Oceania Footballer of the Year: 1995, 1998[32]
- UNFP 20 Year Special Team Trophy: 2011[33]
- Olympiacos Golden Eleven[34]
Orders
- Knight of the Legion of Honour: 1998[28]
References
- ISBN 978-2-953-3198-1-1.
- ^ "Christian Karembeu: Profile". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
- ^ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Christian Karembeu (Player)". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
- ^ "Christian Karembeu". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
- ^ "Christian Karembeu". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
- ^ a b c d e "Christian Karembeu - he's not worth it". The Guardian. 6 December 2001. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
- ^ "Christian Karembeu". L'Équipe (in French). Paris. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
- ^ Treuil, Jean-Paul; Kayi, Elif (16 December 2015). "Christian Karembeu : "Le FC Gaïtcha nous a donné des ailes pour gagner"". Nouvelle-Calédonie la 1ère (in French). Retrieved 24 May 2023.
- ^ a b Weir, Christopher (21 July 2018). "Christian Karembeu: The Outsider Who Divided France". These Football Times. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
- ^ "From New Caledonia to Stade de France". Pacific Islands Report. Archived from the original on 13 March 2014. Retrieved 14 October 2013.
- ^ Sarahs, Paul (24 May 2018). "Where are they now? Real Madrid's 1998 Champions League winners". FourFourTwo. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
- ^ "Where are they now? Real Madrid's 1998 Champions League winners". FourFourTwo. 24 April 2018. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-56858-932-9. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
- ^ "Ambassadors UEFA EURO 2020". UEFA.com. 5 September 2019. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
- ^ Cox, Michael (9 June 2018). "World Cup favourites forgoing deep-lying playmakers". ESPN.com. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). 202.66.146.82. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 August 2011. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
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- ^ "Van Persie is more of a killer than Giroud, says Arsenal scout Karembeu - Goal.com". Goal.com. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
- ^ FIFA.com
- ^ "Peace and Sport, L'Organisation pour la paix par le sport". Retrieved 15 February 2015.
- ^ Christian Karembeu en Haïti avec des enfants sinistrés du séisme lepoint.fr, 12 août 2010
- ^ Political Football: Lilian Thuram Channel 4, accessed: 25 December 2011
- ^ "Biographie de Christian Karembeu" (in French). Le Figaro. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
- ^ "Perfect People". perfectpeople.net. Archived from the original on 27 March 2013. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
- ^ France Today. "France Today". Archived from the original on 15 February 2015. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
- ^ "The Marriage of Jackie Chamoun and Christian Karembeu". beiruting.com. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
- ^ Fr, Closermag (15 November 2017). "Christian Karembeu papa : l'ex-footballeur présente sa fille sur Instagram". closermag.fr. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
- ^ a b "Décret du 24 juillet 1998 portant nomination à titre exceptionnel" [Decree of 24 July 1998 appointing on an exceptional basis]. Official Journal of the French Republic (in French). 1998 (170). 25 July 1998. PREX9801916D. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
- ^ Christian Karembeu at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ a b c "Christian Karembeu". Olympiacos. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
- ^ a b "Where are they now? Real Madrid's 1998 Champions League winners". Four Four Two. 24 April 2018. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
- ^ "Oceanian Player of the Year". RSSSF. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
- ^ "Oscars du football - Trophée spécial UNFP". Palmarès Trophées UNFP (in French). Archived from the original on 2 July 2018. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
- ^ "Οι "Golden Eleven" του Θρύλου!". ΟΛΥΜΠΙΑΚΟΣ - Olympiacos.org (in Greek). 5 June 2015. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
External links
- Christian Karembeu at the French Football Federation (in French)
- Christian Karembeu at the French Football Federation (archived) (in French)