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Marcel Desailly, France footballer: Profile, Career, News & Videos

Marcel Desailly
Marcel Desailly
France
7 September 1968
midfielder
Marcel Desailly is a 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.

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📋 Profile & Career

: Desailly at the 2024 Laureus World Sports Awards
⚽ Personal information:
Full name: Marcel David Desailly
Date of birth: (1968-09-07) 7 September 1968 (age 57)
Place of birth: Accra, Ghana
Height: 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Positions: Centre-backdefensive midfielder
⚽ Youth career:
1980–1986: Nantes
⚽ Senior career*:
Years: Team Apps (Gls)
1986–1992: Nantes 162 (5)
1992–1993: Marseille 47 (1)
1993–1998: AC Milan 137 (5)
1998–2004: Chelsea 158 (6)
2004–2005: Al-Gharafa 28 (6)
2005–2006: Qatar SC 7 (0)
Total: 539 (23)
⚽ International career:
1993–2004: France 116 (3)

📼 Match Highlights Videos

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Channel Image Marcel Desailly, The Rock [Skills & Goals]
4 years ago • 106.06K views
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Channel Image The Defender Who Made It Physically Impossible for Strikers To Touch The Ball
1 years ago • 57.86K views
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Channel Image Marcel Desailly, master of interceptions
3 years ago • 19.11K views
Estimated Revenue • $54

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Channel Image Desailly vs Stoitchov
5 years ago • 206.99K views
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Channel Image Marcel Desailly's Brilliant Performance in the 1994 Champions League Final
5 years ago • 22.92K views
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Channel Image Marcel Desailly vs Inter Milan (1996-97 Serie A 27R)
9 months ago • 3.59K views
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Channel Image Marcel Desailly's Career#desailly #soccer #career #football
1 years ago • 3.55K views
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Channel Image The Untold Story of Chelsea's Forgotten Captain – Marcel Desailly
1 years ago • 3.67K views
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7 months ago • 68.4K views
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Channel Image Desailly vs Manchester United (2002-03 EPL 2R)
9 years ago • 106.78K views
Estimated Revenue • $299

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Channel Image Desailly's perfect Confederations Cup record
12 years ago • 9.68K views
Estimated Revenue • $27

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Channel Image Marcel Desailly found out the hard way! 😬
7 months ago • 93.38K views
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📰 Google News (RSS)

Marcel Desailly exclusive on how football gave him a sense of belonging - olympics.com

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Desailly urges Alonso to bring Salah back to Chelsea - MSN

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  • Sun, 31 May 2026 07:00:00 GMT

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Fed-up Marcel Desailly tells Chelsea to sign goalkeeper who 'doesn't make mistakes' as he tears into Robert Sanchez - Goal

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  • Tue, 02 Jun 2026 18:38:02 GMT

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