Vincent Péricard

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Vincent Péricard
Personal information
Full name Vincent de Paul Péricard
Date of birth 3 October 1982 (1982-10-03) (age 25)
Place of birth    Efko, Cameroon
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current club Southampton (on loan from Stoke City)
Number 34
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1999–2000
2000–2002
2002–2003
2003–2006
2005–2005
2006–2006
2006–
2008–		 St Etienne
Juventus
→ Portsmouth (loan)
Portsmouth
→ Sheffield United (loan)
→ Plymouth Argyle (loan)
Stoke City
→Southampton (loan)
 01 (0)
00 (0)
32 (9)
12 (0)
11 (2)
15 (4)
34 (2)
05 (0)   

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 16:45, 12 April 2008 (UTC).
* Appearances (Goals)

Vincent de Paul Péricard (born October 3, 1982 in Efko, Cameroon) is a Cameroonian "football player", who currently plays for Southampton on loan from Stoke City.

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[edit] Career

[edit] Early days

Pericard started his career at St Etienne but soon came to the attention of Juventus, who snapped up the promising youngster.

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.

[edit] Portsmouth

Péricard initially moved to Portsmouth on loan for the 2002–03 season.[1] 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 nine 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 August 2005, following his recovery, he attended a Cameroon national team training camp for a friendly match against French amateur team Villemomble.

In 2005–06 Péricard 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,[2] before joining Plymouth Argyle in February 2006 for the remainder of the season.[3] He scored his first English hat-trick for Plymouth Argyle in a 3–1 win over Coventry City on 18 February 2006.[4] He was recalled to Portsmouth in May 2006.

[edit] Stoke City

Péricard was released by Portsmouth at the end of the 2005–06 season, signing a three-year contract with Stoke City on a free transfer on 19 June 2006.[5] Péricard was Tony Pulis' first signing as manager of Stoke City, in Pulis' second spell at the club. At first, Péricard impressed at Stoke, scoring against promotion winners Derby on his home début. However, his performances later in the season were relatively poor and his place was taken by another former Portsmouth player, Ricardo Fuller.

On 24 August 2007 Pericard was sentenced to four months in prison after being found guilty of perverting the course of justice.[6] This came after he lied about being the driver of a car caught speeding at 103mph near Plymouth. He was released from prison on 20 September 2007[7] but, following problems with his electronic tag, he was rearrested on 12 October 2007,[8] although he was subsequently re-released later that month.[9] On 14 March 2008, Southampton confirmed the loan signing of Pericard until the end of the season.[10]

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Trio in, three on way", skysports.com, 2002-06-05. Retrieved on 2007-08-25. 
  2. ^ "Striker Pericard loaned to Blades", BBC Sport, 2005-09-14. Retrieved on 2007-08-25. 
  3. ^ "Argyle bring in Pericard on loan", BBC Sport, 2006-02-10. Retrieved on 2007-08-25. 
  4. ^ "Plymouth 3-1 Coventry", BBC Sport, 2006-02-18. Retrieved on 2007-08-25. 
  5. ^ "Striker Pericard signs for Stoke", BBC Sport, 2006-06-19. Retrieved on 2007-08-25. 
  6. ^ "Speeding striker jailed for lying", BBC News, 2007-08-24. Retrieved on 2007-08-24. 
  7. ^ "Pericard released from prison", The World Game, 2007-09-21. Retrieved on 2007-09-21. 
  8. ^ "Club Statement", Stoke City F.C., 2007-10-12. Retrieved on 2007-10-12. 
  9. ^ "Stoke star Pericard leaves prison", BBC Sport, 2007-10-25. Retrieved on 2008-01-25. 
  10. ^ "Pericard Moves On", Stoke City F.C., 2008-03-14. Retrieved on 2008-03-14. 
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NAME Péricard, Vincent de Paul
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Péricard, Vincent
SHORT DESCRIPTION Professional footballer
DATE OF BIRTH 1982-10-03
PLACE OF BIRTH Efko, Cameroon
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH
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