Willy Sagnol

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Willy Sagnol
Personal information
Full name William Sagnol
Date of birth March 18, 1977
Place of birth Saint-Étienne, France
Height 1.80 m (5' 11")
Position Defender
Club information
Current club Bayern Munich
Number 2
Professional clubs*
Years Club Apps (goals)
1995-97
1997-00
2000-
 AS Saint-Étienne
AS Monaco
Bayern Munich		 76 (6)
91 (9)
169 (16)
National team**
2000- France 51 (0)

* Professional club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 15 October, 2006.
** National team caps and goals correct
as of 11 October, 2006.

William "Willy" Sagnol (born March 18, 1977 in Saint-Étienne, France) is a French international footballer currently playing for Bayern Munich in Germany's Bundesliga. He was part of the French squad at the 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship, 2002 World Cup, Euro 2004 and 2006 World Cup. He is considered as one of the best right backs in professional football. He is said to be best mates with Patrice Evra (Manchester United and France leftback).

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[edit] Biography

He started playing youth football at Montfaucon-en-Velay before joining the region's flagship club AS Saint-Étienne. After honing his skills at Saint-Étienne, Sagnol moved on to AS Monaco where he performed quite well, winning Ligue 1 with the club in 2000. Later that same year, he was picked up by Bayern Munich, making the right wingback position his own quite early on. He is a solid defender not afraid to go forward, and very capable in defense. With Bayern, he won the Bundesliga in 2001, 2003 and 2005, as well as the Champions League in 2001. It took a bit longer to get into France's starting lineup however, mostly playing second fiddle to Lilian Thuram, but during the 2006 World Cup he was the first choice right-back for France and went on to win a runners-up medal with Les Bleus. With Oliver Kahn set to retire in the next couple years, Sagnol is said to be next in line to captain the many times over Bundesliga champions, Bayern Munich.

[edit] Personal Life

Sagnol is currently living in Munich with his girlfriend, Laetitia, and their two children, Chiara and Sandro.

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[edit] References

Parts of the text have been translated from The French Wikipedia

France France squad - 2002 FIFA World Cup France

1 Ramé | 2 Candela | 3 Lizarazu | 4 Vieira | 5 Christanval | 6 Djorkaeff | 7 Makélélé | 8 Desailly | 9 Cissé | 10 Zidane | 11 Wiltord | 12 Henry | 13 Silvestre | 14 Boghossian | 15 Thuram | 16 Barthez | 17 Petit | 18 Leboeuf | 19 Sagnol | 20 Trézéguet | 21 Dugarry | 22 Micoud | 23 Coupet | Coach: Lemerre
France France squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup Runners-up France

1 Landreau | 2 Boumsong | 3 Abidal | 4 Vieira | 5 Gallas | 6 Makélélé | 7 Malouda | 8 Dhorasoo | 9 Govou | 10 Zidane | 11 Wiltord | 12 Henry | 13 Silvestre | 14 Saha | 15 Thuram | 16 Barthez | 17 Givet | 18 Diarra | 19 Sagnol | 20 Trézéguet | 21 Chimbonda | 22 Ribéry | 23 Coupet | Coach: Domenech
FC Bayern Munich - Current Squad

1 Kahn | 2 Sagnol | 3 Lúcio | 5 Van Buyten | 6 Demichelis | 7 Scholl | 8 Karimi | 10 Makaay | 11 Podolski | 14 Pizarro | 17 van Bommel | 18 Görlitz | 19 dos Santos | 20 Salihamidžić | 21 Lahm | 22 Rensing | 23 Hargreaves | 24 Santa Cruz | 25 Ismaël | 26 Deisler | 29 Dreher | 30 Lell | 31 Schweinsteiger | 36 Fürstner | 37 Saba | 39 Ottl | Coach: Magath
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