| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Maxence Flachez | ||
| Date of birth | August 5, 1972 | ||
| Place of birth | Grenoble, France | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Centre back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| ES Manival | |||
| – | Lyon | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1992–1995 | Lyon | 55 | (2) |
| 1995–1996 | Martigues | 31 | (3) |
| 1996–2004 | Sochaux | 280 | (12) |
| 2004–2005 | Guingamp | 30 | (0) |
| 2005–2007 | Valenciennes | 67 | (2) |
| 2007–2009 | Grenoble | 47 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 1992–1995 | France U21 | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Maxence Flachez (born 5 August 1972 in Grenoble) is a retired French footballer who played as a central defender.
Flachez made his professional - and top division - debut for Olympique Lyonnais on August 29, 1992 (aged 20), in a 2–2 home draw against Olympique de Marseille. Ironically, has he gained more experience, he appeared less for the first team, eventually leaving in the 1995 summer.
After one year in FC Martigues, Flachez joined FC Sochaux-Montbéliard, where he would remain for eight straight seasons, always as an undisputed starter (four years apiece in the first and second levels), amassing more than 300 official appearances. In the 2002–03 season, he helped the club finish fifth and reach the final of the domestic league cup: as the latter competition winners AS Monaco FC finished second in the league and qualified for the UEFA Champions League, Sochaux qualified for the UEFA Cup, where the player appeared in his first matches (six).
Flachez played one more year in division two with En Avant Guingamp, then switched to another side in the category, Valenciennes FC, which he helped promote immediately, as champions. A final topflight promotion was achieved in 2007–08, with hometown's Grenoble Foot 38; after the club's subsequent relegation, he retired from football, at nearly 37, returning to first professional club Lyon as a TV pundit for the official channel.