Vincent Péricard
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| Vincent Péricard | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 3 October 1982 | |
| Place of birth | Efko, Cameroon | |
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | |
| Nickname | Unknown | |
| Position | Striker | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Stoke City FC | |
| Number | 15 | |
| Professional clubs* | ||
| Years | Club | Apps (goals) |
| 1999 - 2000 2000 - 2002 2002 - 2003 2003 - 2006 2005 - 2005 2006 - 2006 2006 - |
St Etienne Juventus Portsmouth (loan) Portsmouth Sheffield United (loan) Plymouth Argyle (On loan) Stoke City |
? (?) ? (?) 32 (9) 12 (0) 11 (2) 15 (4) |
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* Professional club appearances and goals |
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Vincent de Paul Péricard (born October 3, 1982 in Efko, Cameroon) is a French association football (soccer) player, currently playing for Stoke City.
A striker, Péricard came to the notice of Portsmouth manager Harry Redknapp after impressing for Italian club Juventus against Arsenal in the UEFA Champions League.
Péricard initially moved to Portsmouth on loan for the 2002/03 season. Péricard began his Portsmouth career in superb fashion, scoring on his debut in a 2-0 win over Nottingham Forest, although he struggled with injury in the latter half of the season. Despite this, he impressed enough to earn a permanent switch in July 2003, having scored 9 times in 32 games as Pompey won the Division One title.
Péricard was a regular in the side at the start of the 2003/04 season, but broke down with a torn thigh muscle in late September. He returned to the first team in December, but then badly damaged a cruciate ligament in a reserve comeback game. The injury ended his season. He had an operation on the injury in France in the summer of 2004, and spent the whole of the 2004/05 season in rehabilitation following the surgery.
In 2005/2006 Pericard returned to the first-team squad at Fratton Park. In order to gain match fitness he spent a three month loan spell with Sheffield United, before joining Plymouth Argyle in February 2006 for the remainer of the season. He scored his first English hat-trick for Plymouth Argyle in a 3-1 win over Coventry City on 18 February 2006. He was recalled to Portsmouth in May 2006.
At the end of the 2005/06 season Pericard was released by Portsmouth and on 19 June 2006 signed a three-year contract with Stoke City on a free transfer. Péricard was Tony Pulis' first signing as manager of Stoke City, in Pulis' second spell at the club.
In August 2005 he attended a Cameroon national team training camp for a friendly match against French amateur team Villemomble.
| Stoke City F.C. - Current Squad |
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1 Simonsen | 2 Hoefkens | 3 Broomes | 4 Eustace | 5 Duberry | 6 Hill | 7 Bangoura | 8 Brammer | 9 Sidibe | 10 Fuller | 12 Sweeney | 14 Higginbotham | 15 Péricard | 16 Hendrie | 17 Russell | 18 Diao | 20 Griffin | 22 Buxton | 23 Lawrence | 24 Delap | 27 Berger | 29 Whitley | 33 Duggan | 34 Rooney | 35 Garrett | 36 Hazley | 37 Thomas | Manager: Pulis |
