Yohann Pelé
French footballer (born 1982)
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Yohann Denis Patrick Pelé (born 4 November 1982) is a French former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
_20.jpg) Pelé playing for Marseille in 2017 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Yohann Denis Patrick Pelé[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 4 November 1982[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Brou-sur-Chantereine, Seine-et-Marne, France | ||
| Height | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)[2] | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper[2] | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1999–2009 | Le Mans | 164 | (0) |
| 2009–2012 | Toulouse | 18 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | Sochaux | 49 | (0) |
| 2015–2021 | Marseille | 62 | (0) |
| Total | 293 | (0) | |
| International career | |||
| 2008 | France U21 | 2 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Club career
Le Mans
Born in Brou-sur-Chantereine, Seine-et-Marne,[2] Pelé spent most of his career at Le Mans, making his debut in Ligue 2 in a 1–0 defeat at FC Istres in September 2002. He established himself as the club's first-choice goalkeeper in the 2004–05 season, as the club won promotion to Ligue 1. He ultimately made 164 appearances for the club before his departure in 2009.[citation needed]
Toulouse
On 29 June 2009, he was transferred from Le Mans to Toulouse FC where he signed a four-year contract.[citation needed]
On 12 October 2010, Toulouse announced that Pelé was suffering from a pulmonary embolism.[3][4] He ended up missing two seasons of football and at the end of the 2011–12 season he left the club.[5]
Sochaux
In January and August 2013, Pelé trained with Dijon FCO and Vannes OC respectively in order to regain fitness.[5][6] In January the following year, more than three years after his last competitive game, he signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with FC Sochaux-Montbéliard.[7] He played 49 competitive matches for the club over the next two seasons before leaving to join Marseille in 2015.[8]
Marseille
In July 2015, Pelé joined Ligue 1 club Marseille.[8] After the departure of Steve Mandanda to Crystal Palace, he became Marseille's first choice goalkeeper.[9] He finished the 2016–17 season playing all league matches, and with the most clean sheets in all of Europe's top five leagues.[10]
On 3 May 2018, he played in the Europa League semi-finals away to FC Red Bull Salzburg as Marseilles played out a 2–1 away loss but a 3–2 aggregate win to secure a place in the 2018 UEFA Europa League Final[11] played at the Parc Olympique Lyonnais in Décines-Charpieu, Lyon, France on 16 May 2018,[12] versus Atlético Madrid.[citation needed]
International career
Pelé was called up to the France U21s in 2008, and made two starts.[13] He received his first call-up to the senior team in October 2008 for a friendly against Tunisia, but did not feature.[14]
Personal life
Yohann is the brother of Steven Pelé, a former footballer who played as a defender for various clubs in France, Israel and Romania.[5]
Career statistics
Club
| Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Le Mans | 2000–01 | French Division 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2001–02 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2002–03 | Ligue 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | |||
| 2003–04 | Ligue 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 13 | 0 | |||
| 2004–05 | Ligue 2 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 26 | 0 | |||
| 2005–06 | Ligue 1 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 39 | 0 | |||
| 2006–07 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 33 | 0 | ||||
| 2007–08 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 34 | 0 | ||||
| 2008–09 | 32 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 36 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 164 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 0 | — | — | 184 | 0 | ||||
| Toulouse | 2009–10 | Ligue 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 22 | 0 | |
| 2010–11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 23 | 0 | |||
| Sochaux | 2013–14 | Ligue 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 15 | 0 | |||
| 2014–15 | Ligue 2 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 35 | 0 | |||
| Total | 49 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 50 | 0 | ||||
| Marseille | 2015–16 | Ligue 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | |
| 2016–17 | 38 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 43 | 0 | ||||
| 2017–18 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | — | 20 | 0 | |||
| 2018–19 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 13 | 0 | |||
| 2019–20 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 5 | 0 | ||||
| 2020–21 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Total | 62 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 89 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 631 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 115 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 797 | 0 | ||
Honours
Marseille
- UEFA Europa League runner-up: 2017–18[16]
