Sacha Opinel

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Sacha Opinel
Personal information
Full name Sacha Opinel
Date of birth April 9, 1977 (1977-04-09) (age 31)
Place of birth    Bourg-Saint-Maurice, France
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current club Ebbsfleet United
Number 3
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1991-1997
1997-1998
1998-1999
1999-2000
2000-2001
2001
2001-2002
2003-2005
2005-2006
2006-		 Cannes
Lille 2
Ajaccio
Raith Rovers
Plymouth Argyle
Leyton Orient
Billericay Town
Farnborough Town
Crawley Town
Ebbsfleet United		 0- (-)
11 (0)
07 (0)
22 (0)
00 (0)
11 (1)
24 (2)
56 (2)
31 (2)
72 (0)   

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 00:29, 15 June 2008 (UTC).
* Appearances (Goals)

Sacha Opinel (born 9 April 1977 in Bourg-Saint-Maurice) is a French professional footballer who plays for Ebbsfleet United as a defender. He has made over 200 appearances in the French Lique, the Scottish League, the English Football League and the English Football Conference, and won a FA Trophy winners medal in 2008.

[edit] Career

Opinel, who is a relative of Eric Cantona, began his career with French clubs Cannes, Lille and Ajaccio before joining Scottish club Raith Rovers in December 1999, where he made over 20 league and cup appearances.[1] He was released by Rovers in December 2000 by mutual consent after a series of on and off-the-field problems.[2] After training with Third Division club, Plymouth Argyle,[3] Opinel was given a short-term contract so that manager Paul Sturrock could take a closer look him over the 2000 Christmas and New Year period.[4] He made only one appearance for Plymouth in a Football League Trophy tie against Bristol Rovers[5] and was not offered a contract. After a trial at Bournemouth,[6] he joined Leyton Orient in February 2001, where he made eleven appearances in the remainder of the 2000–01 season[1] and helped Orient towards the Third Division play-offs in May 2001.[7]

Opinel then dropped into non-league football, joining Billericay Town at the beginning of the 2001–02 season.[8] He joined Farnborough Town in July 2003,[9] signing a two-year contract in May 2004,[10] but requested a transfer for personal and professional reasons and joined Crawley Town in January 2005 in a deal that saw Farnborough receive a substantial transfer fee as well as Robert Traynor move from Crawley to Farnborough.[11] Opinel had started over 50 games for Farnborough.[12] Opinel agreed a contract until May 2006 with Crawley and in July 2006, he joined Gravesend & Northfleet (now Ebbsfleet United).[13] He signed a new contract in May 2007 and collected a winners medal when Ebbsfleet won the FA Trophy at Wembley Stadium in May 2008.[14] He signed a new one-year contract with Ebbsfleet in May 2008.[15]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b "Sasha Opinel", Soccerbase, Racing Post. Retrieved on 2008-06-14. 
  2. ^ "Not got Opinel", The Mirror, 2000-12-19. Retrieved on 2008-06-14. 
  3. ^ "Opinel for Plymouth", The Mirror, 2000-12-21. Retrieved on 2008-06-14. 
  4. ^ "Pilgrim's Progress", The Mirror, 2000-12-29. Retrieved on 2008-06-14. 
  5. ^ "Bristol Rovers 3-0 Plymouth", BBC Sport, 2001-01-09. Retrieved on 2008-06-14. 
  6. ^ "Purches returns for Cherries", BBC Sport, 2001-02-08. Retrieved on 2008-06-14. 
  7. ^ "Blackpool pip Orient to promotion", BBC Sport, 2001-05-26. Retrieved on 2008-06-14. 
  8. ^ "Foreign influence at Billericay", Non League Daily, 2001-11-29. Retrieved on 2008-06-14. 
  9. ^ "Taylor add three more to Boro squad", Non League Daily., 2003-07-28. Retrieved on 2008-06-14. 
  10. ^ "Opinel boost for Seare", Non League Daily, 2004-05-14. Retrieved on 2008-06-14. 
  11. ^ "Crawley and Farnborough in swop deal", Non league Daily, 2005-01-15. Retrieved on 2008-06-14. 
  12. ^ "Crawley complete Opinel signing", BBC Sport, 2005-01-14. Retrieved on 2008-06-15. 
  13. ^ "Frenchman Opinel joins Gravesend", BBC Sport, 2006-07-04. Retrieved on 2008-06-15. 
  14. ^ "Ebbsfleet 1-0 Torquay", BBC Sport, 2008-05-10. Retrieved on 2008-06-15. 
  15. ^ "Daish reshuffles Ebbsfleet squad", BBC Sport, 2008-06-01. Retrieved on 2008-06-15. 

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1 Cronin • 2 Hawkins • 3 Opinel • 4 MacDonald • 5 Smith • 6 McCarthy • 7 Slatter • 8 Long • 14 Barrett • 15 Ricketts • 17 Purcell • 18 Moore • 19 Akinde • 21 Mott • Head Coach: Daish
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