Fabien Barthez
Fabien Barthez
Fabien Alain Barthez is a retired French footballer who played as a goalkeeper with Toulouse, Marseille, AS Monaco, Manchester United, Nantes and the France national team, with whom he won the 1998 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2000, and reached the final of the 2006 World Cup. He shares the record for the most World Cup finals clean sheets with Peter Shilton, with ten. In club football, he won the UEFA Champions League as well as several Ligue 1...
ProfessionSoccer Player
Date of Birth28 June 1971
city happy traffic
I am really happy for the city of Marseille. On Monday, everyone in the traffic jams will be happy,
beckham create goalkeeper luck match penalty percent
You have to create your own luck. At 2-0 the match is over. With a Beckham penalty it is 90 percent luck for a goalkeeper and 10 percent concentration.
best player
What do you want me to say? ... He's the best player in the world.
real player talking
For me, Paul Scholes is on the same level as Ronaldo. The real Ronaldo, not Cristiano. I always thought he was a great player but after I played alongside him I realised he was Manchester United's greatest player of all time. He did his talking on the pitch which I respected most.
play spheres sometimes
Unconsciously, I fell in love with the small round sphere, with its amusing and capricious rebounds which sometimes play with me.
monument player
He's a monument and he's my friend. For me he's the player of the century.
lower responding suspicions
I don't want to lower myself by responding to suspicions of racism.
expect feeling guys hardly match start stop took win worse
I could hardly expect a worse start to the match. But after my blunder the guys told me that I shouldn't worry. They did everything it took to win this match and to stop me feeling bad.
expect hardly start worse
I could hardly expect a worse start to the match.
goal knew national next prepare ready season team
I knew I'd be sanctioned. I'll prepare for the next season with Marseille and get ready for the national team because my goal is to play in the (2006) World Cup.
goal knew national next prepare ready season team
I knew I'd be sanctioned, ... I'll prepare for the next season with Marseille and get ready for the national team because my goal is to play in the (2006) World Cup.