Pascal Bedrossian

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Pascal Bedrossian
Personal information
Full name Pascal Bedrossian
Date of birth November 28, 1974 (age 32)
Place of birth Marseille, France
Height 1.73 / 5'8"
Position Attacking Midfielder / Striker
Club information
Current club Chicago Fire
Youth clubs
1992-1994 AS Cannes
Professional clubs*
Years Club Apps (goals)
19921997
1997-1998
1998-2004
20042005
2006-
AS Cannes
Rennes
Lorient
Angers
Chicago Fire
84 (7)
6 (0)
58 (4)
18 (1)
1 (0)

* Professional club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only.

Pascal Bedrossian (born November 28, 1974 in Marseille, France) is a French-Armenian professional football (soccer) player currently with the Chicago Fire of Major League Soccer.

Bedrossian began his playing career for the Under-15 French national team, representing them to the Under-21 level. He then played club football on the youth squad of AS Cannes in 1993, and played in the same youth squad that produced the likes of David Jemmali, Patrick Vieira, and Johan Micoud. After enjoying spells with AS Cannes and Stade Rennais, Bedrossian was involved in two relegation campaigns and one promotion campaign to Ligue 1 for Lorient, and, more prominently, was a member of the Lorient squad that won the 2002 Coupe de France, the team's first and only championship in the history of the tournament. Later that year, Bedrossian appeared in both legs in Lorient's UEFA Cup exit from qualification at the hands of Turkish side Denizlispor, losing 3-3 on aggregate. In 2004, Bedrossian joined Ligue 2 side Angers SCO. At the end of that campaign, he suffered an injury that has kept him away from football for the 2005 season. He has now signed with the American side Chicago Fire.

Bedrossian's idol is basketball star Michael Jordan, and one of the first things Bedrossian did after arriving in Chicago was to find Jordan's house and take a photograph of it.


Chicago Fire - Current Squad

1 Mahoney | 2 Brown | 3 Carr | 4 Griffin | 5 Jim Curtin | 6 Capano | 7 Thorrington | 8 Gutierrez | 9 Barrett | 10 Thiago | 12 Pause | 13 Bedrossian | 14 Armas | 15 Johnson | 16 Plotkin | 17 Rolfe | 18 Pickens | 19 Jeff Curtin | 20 Sanneh | 21 Mapp | 23 Guerrero | 24 Thornton | 25 Segares | 26 Herron | 27 Russolillo | 28 Montz | 31 Franks | 32 Robinson | Coach: Sarachan

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