Talk:Franck Ribéry

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Contents 1 Galatasaray controversy 2 facial injury 3 NPOV Dispute 4 Is his wife Algerian or Moroccan?? 5 National team goals 6 Name 7 Honours 8 Verifiable? 9 Good source for the article 10 WikiProject class rating 11 Transfer Fee

[edit] Galatasaray controversy

Riber was not on loan to Galatasaray, as this article states. He was under contract with them, and suddenly packed his bags for Marseille in June 2005 without informing the Galatasaray management. He then claimed Gala had not paid his wages for 3 months, therefore his contract was void. Galatasaray strongly denied this claim -- they accused him of simply leaving for a better deal, breaking his contract, and accused OM of poaching their player. The matter was sent to FIFA for arbitration, and I'm not sure of the outcome (as of June '06). I think this issue deserves some mention here. 74.64.37.91 12:42, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

so we'll say that ribery asserts that the team didn't pay him . Bona Fides 21:15, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] facial injury

ribery seems to have some sort of facial injury can someone add it to the article? thanx 202.37.167.1 15:29, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

I read that he went through a windscreen in a car accident when he was younger. I can't find a reputable source to verify it so I won't add anything in the article just yet. Diddy Didds 23:15, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

You are right, he went through a windscreen at the age of 2 years-old in a car accident.

His facial scars are the result of a car accident as a child. Galatasaray fans nicknamed him "Scarface". 74.64.37.91 12:01, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] NPOV Dispute

Far too many complimentary adjectives and hyperbolic phrases to conform to the Wiki standard.

Also, Ribery has been involved in many controversies with management of previous clubs, which needs to be mentioned as well to provide a more balanced view of the player.

Agreed - his controversial departure from Galatasaray, for example

[edit] Is his wife Algerian or Moroccan??

Not that I think that it is important, but the article states that she is Algerian whilst the reference states that she is Moroccan. Which is it? There is an obvious discrepancy here that should be sorted out. --Bob 01:52, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

As french fan, i have to say thatt his wife is Algerian, no doubt about that. They have a baby now. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 164.131.224.225 (talk • contribs)

Well, until a reference points to that, it has to stay Moroccan. --Bob 17:33, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

These two references state that his wife, Wahiba, is of Moroccan origin:

http://www.islamonline.net/English/News/2006-06/17/03.shtml

http://www.nytimes.com/iht/2006/07/01/sports/IHT-01wcribery.html

I have seen none from reoutable sources that portray her as Algerien, only blog sites state that. --Bob 23:06, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

If she is Moroccan, why did he travel to Algeria this week to meet her family??? Why does the article say she's from Nedroma in Algeria? Why did he go to Oran? Why are there pictures of him with her family in Algeria? Why does his father-in-law and his wife's family where Algeria jerseys and scarves when watching Ribery games ..... Here are articles of his trip to Algeria:

http://www.elwatan.com/spip.php?page=article&id_article=47381 http://www.aps.dz/an/page6.asp (first article on page) http://www.wanadoo.dz/informations/actualite/index.php?page=http%3A//www.wanadoo.dz/informations/actualite/r_p.php%3Fref%3D187231%26srub%3D1 http://www.presse-dz.com/fr/readart.php?id=715 http://www.sport24.com/sport24_fil_info_actualite_sportive_news_football__transferts_ribery____je_reste_a_marseille__36909.html

The reference stated says that she's of Algerian descent, not Algerian. She's French. And i don't know why it matters where she's from if the article is about Franck. It would be safer to just not mention where she's from. rone (talk) 19:52, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] National team goals

If he just scored his first international against Spain on june 27th, why does it state that he has 3 goals in 6 games for France? Should it not be 1 goal in six games? Xioyux 03:59, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Name

Why is his name listed as "Frank Ribery", with a redirect from Franck (which is, per Google, the more common spelling)? Normally a redirect should be a link FROM a common misspelling TO the correct one, not the other way around. If someone can give me a logical (i.e., Wikipedia-supported) reason for keeping it as is, great; if not, I'll change the redirects in 48 hours. Samer 02:48, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

I've just had a look round on various sites, and there seems to be a bit of disagreement as to how Ribery's name is spelt. The official FIFA site has him as Frank; The Guardian (UK Newspaper) has him as Franck, as does the French Football Federation. The BBC seems to have him as Franck, but then at least one article refers to him as Frank.

My instinct would be to move the page to Franck Ribery, but I think a bit of research needs to be done. Anyone know how to get hold of French birth certificates?! -Jim on Wheels! 18:26, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

Page moved and spelling updated. His name is spelt with a c. --Bob 19:10, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Honours

Should a goal against Spain really considered an honour? Because there has been hundreds of people who have scored in the World cup round of 16 and Spain. I'll remove it for now.

[edit] Verifiable?

As of today (May 27, 2007) the Wikipedia entry shows Franck Ribery as a Bayern Munich player. This is based on speculation and not fact. It has been reported in the European sports press, who are not held to any journalistic standards. This is the quote all the papers and this listing refers to:

"French midfielder Franck Ribery will join Bayern Munich this summer, a source close to the club revealed on Friday . . ."

Two key points here: 1) This unattributed quote says he 'will' sign, not that he 'has' signed- an enourmous difference 2) 'A source close to the club' is meaningless if he is unnamed and not speaking officially on behalf of the club

This fact could be confirmed by the time I post this, but the point is Wikipedia entries should only state verifiable fact and not media speculation.

Coming news that he's signed for Bayern. the transfer fee is suppose to be €250 000. [1] ^CHANDLER   12:29, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

It has been official for the Olympique de Marseille since 7 June 2007. But the transfer fee is around 25 M€ --Dionysostom 15:36, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Good source for the article

http://www.goal.com/en-us/Articolo.aspx?ContenutoId=331298 JACOPLANE • 2007-06-18 22:51

[edit] WikiProject class rating

This article was automatically assessed because at least one article was rated and this bot brought all the other ratings up to at least that level. BetacommandBot 03:21, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Transfer Fee

These three different German links are reporting a transfer fee of 25 Mio, not 26 Mio €: http://www.kicker.de/fussball/bundesliga/startseite/artikel/366649/ http://www.transfermarkt.de/de/spieler/22068/spieler/transferdaten.html http://www.focus.de/sport/fussball/bundesliga1/tid-7060/fc-bayern_aid_69146.html —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.245.192.31 (talk) 05:37, 9 March 2008 (UTC)