Ronald Zubar

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Ronald Zubar
Zubar playing for New York Red Bulls in 2015
Personal information
Full name Ronald Raymond Zubar[1]
Date of birth (1985-09-20) 20 September 1985 (age 39)[2]
Place of birth Les Abymes, Guadeloupe, France
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[2]
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
–2002 Caen
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2006 Caen 96 (2)
2006–2009 Marseille 72 (2)
2009–2013 Wolverhampton Wanderers 61 (3)
2013–2015 Ajaccio 38 (2)
2015–2016 New York Red Bulls 33 (3)
2015 → New York Red Bulls II 1 (0)
2017
Red Star
 0 (0)
Total 301 (12)
International career
2000–2001 France U16 7 (0)
2002–2003 France U17 10 (0)
2004–2007 France U21 15 (2)
2014 Guadeloupe 2 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  France
UEFA European Under-17 Championship
Runner-up 2002
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ronald Raymond Zubar (born 20 September 1985) is a French former professional footballer who played as a defender.

Zubar's efforts at French club Stade Malherbe Caen earned him a move to Olympique de Marseille in 2006. His time at Marseille ended sourly though, after some individual errors saw fans turn against him and him relegated to the sidelines. He found an exit in English Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers, for whom he signed in 2009 and remained until 2013.

Club career

Caen

Born in Les Abymes, Guadeloupe,[2] Zubar began his professional football career at Ligue 2 side Stade Malherbe Caen and was part of their youth team, which were runners-up in the 2001 Gambardella Cup. He made his first team debut for Caen against fellow Ligue 2 side Lorient on 8 March 2003, which ended in a goalless draw.[3]

Zubar sustained a run of games in the first team and helped his team win promotion to

French League Cup Final in 2005. However, Caen was relegated at the end of the season, finishing in 18th place in Ligue 1. Zubar remained with the club for another season as he tried to help them back into Ligue 1, but this was unsuccessful. Despite Caen's failure to get promotion, he was named as the best defensive midfielder in Ligue 2's Team of the Year.[4] He made a total of 96 appearances for Caen, scoring two goals.[3]

Marseille

Zubar with Olympique de Marseille in 2008

After speculation over his future at Caen, being linked with

Sochaux, after a 2–2 draw.[7]

At the start of the 2007–08 season, he was converted to defence, playing various games at centre back and right back, instead of his previous defensive midfield role. This campaign was hard for Zubar as he found himself under pressure from fans after several costly mistakes in defence, in a season that only brought the club third place in Ligue 1.[8][9] He made a total of 98 appearances for the club, scoring three goals, before leaving the club in the summer of 2009.[3]

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Zubar playing for Wolverhampton Wanderers in 2010

On 4 July 2009, Zubar signed for newly promoted English

League Cup tie against Swindon on 25 August 2009.[13] He scored his first Wolves goal in a 3–1 win at relegation rivals West Ham on 23 March 2010, as the team progressed toward retaining their top flight survival.[14]

Zubar made a further 18 appearances for Wolves during

Championship
.

During the close season Zubar said that he wanted to remain at Wolves despite their relegation and was keen to extend his contract that had one year left to run.[19] However, new manager Ståle Solbakken rarely used the defender, and revealed that he was content for him to leave in the January transfer window.[20] Although Solbakken was soon sacked and his replacement Dean Saunders immediately recalled Zubar to the starting XI, he still exited the club during January 2013 after making 69 appearances (scoring four goals) in total for the club.[21]

Return to France

On 30 January 2013, Ligue 1 club Ajaccio announced that Zubar had joined them in an eighteen-month deal after Wolves agreed to release him from his contract.[22][23] He made a total of 38 league appearances for Ajaccio, scoring two goals.[3]

New York Red Bulls

On 27 January 2015, the

Atlanta Silverbacks.[26] After another month away due to injury Zubar made his return to the field on 12 August 2015, this time starting for New York Red Bulls II in a 1–1 draw against Charlotte Independence.[27]

On 24 July 2016, during the third Hudson River Derby match of the season; Zubar scored his club's second goal of the match en route to a 4–1 victory over New York City FC.[28]

Zubar was released by the Red Bulls at the end of the 2016 season.[29]

International career

Zubar has represented France at under-16, under-17, under-18 and under-21 level. He was part of the French under-17 side which reached the final of the

2002 European Under-17 Championships
.

He has represented Guadeloupe, which is the French overseas department he is originally from, at senior international level.[30]

Personal life

His younger brother, Stéphane and his cousin Claude Dielna are also professional footballers.[31]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[32][33]
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Caen 2002–03 Ligue 2 7 0 – – – 7 0
2003–04 25 1 2 0 – – 27 1
2004–05 Ligue 1 34 1 1 0 4 0 – 39 1
2005–06 30 0 1 1 2 0 – 33 1
Total 96 2 4 1 6 0 0 0 106 3
Marseille 2006–07 Ligue 1 34 0 5 0 2 0 3 1 44 1
2007–08 21 1 2 0 1 0 3 0 27 1
2008–09 17 1 2 0 1 0 9 0 29 1
Total 72 2 9 0 4 0 15 1 100 3
Wolverhampton Wanderers 2009–10 Premier League 23 1 2 1 1 0 – 26 2
2010–11 15 1 2 0 1 0 – 18 1
2011–12 15 1 – – – 15 1
2012–13
Championship
 8 0 – 2 0 – 10 0
Total 61 3 4 1 4 0 0 0 69 4
Ajaccio 2012–13 Ligue 1 15 1 – – – 15 1
2013–14 15 1 1 0 – – 16 1
2014–15 Ligue 2 8 0 – – – 8 0
Total 38 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 39 2
New York Red Bulls 2015 Major League Soccer 12 1 1 1 4 0 – 17 2
2016 21 2 2 0 – – 23 2
Total 33 3 3 1 4 0 0 0 40 4
Career total 300 12 21 3 18 0 15 1 354 16

Honours

New York Red Bulls

References

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  4. ^ "Juninho élu meilleur joueur" (in French). L'Equipe. 7 May 2006. Archived from the original on 17 February 2013.
  5. ^ "L'OM hopeful over Zubar". Sky Sports. 5 June 2006.
  6. ^ "Marseille bag Zubar". Sky Sports. 15 June 2006.
  7. ^ "Marseille 2–2 Sochaux". ESPN Soccernet. 12 May 2007.
  8. ^ "Zubar: Monsieur bourde!" (in French). www.lephoceen.fr. 4 June 2009.
  9. ^ "Zubar ready to leave l'OM". Sky Sports. 10 June 2009.
  10. ^ "Wolves swoop for defender Zubar". BBC Sport. 4 July 2009.
  11. ^ "Zubar set to miss season's opener". Express & Star. 10 August 2009.
  12. ^ "Everton 1-1 Wolverhampton". BBC Sport. 17 October 2009.
  13. ^ "Wolverhampton 0-0 Swindon". BBC Sport. 25 August 2009.
  14. ^ "West Ham 1-3 Wolverhampton". BBC Sport. 23 March 2010.
  15. ^ "Wolves defender Ronald Zubar out for rest of season". BBC Sport. 21 March 2011.
  16. ^ "Zubar ready to replace Stearman". Sky Sports. 23 November 2011.
  17. ^ "Zubar out for a month". Sky Sports. 30 December 2011.
  18. ^ "Wolves 0-5 Man Utd". BBC Sport. 18 March 2012.
  19. ^ "Zubar wants Wolves stay". Sky Sports. 20 July 2012.
  20. ^ "Stale Solbakken says Ronald Zubar and Eggert Jonsson can leave Wolves". Sky Sports. 17 December 2012.
  21. ^ "Soccerbase: Ronald Zubar". Soccerbase.
  22. ^ "Medjani nous quitte, Zubar arrive" (in French). AC Ajaccio. 30 January 2013. Archived from the original on 4 February 2013. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  23. ^ "Wolves: Ronald Zubar to leave for French club AC Ajaccio". BBC Sport. 30 January 2013.
  24. ^ "Red Bulls sign Jean-Baptiste, Perrinelle, and Zubar". newyorkredbulls.com. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
  25. ^ "RBNY earn hard-fought point on the road vs. Sporting Kansas City". newyorkredbulls.com. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  26. ^ "Killer instinct returns as Red Bulls dispatch Silverbacks, advance to round of 16". newyorkredbulls.com. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  27. ^ "Bonomo's finish earns NYRB II draw with Charlotte". uslsoccer.com. Archived from the original on 10 September 2015. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
  28. ^ "New York Red Bulls 4, New York City FC 1: 2016 MLS Match Recap". MLSSoccer.com. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
  29. ^ "New York Red Bulls Announce Roster Options for 2017 Season | New York Red Bulls".
  30. ^ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Ronald Zubar (Player)". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
  31. ^ "English eyes no Istres ace". Sky Sports. 16 March 2012. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  32. ^ "Ronald Zubar » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  33. ^ "Ronald Zubar". MLSsoccer.com. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
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