Reynald Pedros
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Reynald Pedros | ||
| Date of birth | 10 October 1971 | ||
| Place of birth | Orléans, France | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1987–1992 | FC Nantes B | 70 | (11) |
| 1990–1996 | FC Nantes | 152 | (22) |
| 1996 | Olympique de Marseille | 23 | (0) |
| 1997 | AC Parma | 4 | (0) |
| 1997 | S.S.C. Napoli | 3 | (0) |
| 1997–1998 | Olympique Lyonnais | 15 | (2) |
| 1998–1999 | AC Parma | 1 | (0) |
| 1999–2000 | Montpellier HSC | 3 | (0) |
| 1999–2000 | Montpellier HSC B | 4 | (1) |
| 2000–2001 | Toulouse FC | 8 | (1) |
| 2001–2003 | SC Bastia | 15 | (0) |
| 2001–2002 | SC Bastia B | 7 | (0) |
| 2004–2005 | Al-Khor | ? | (?) |
| 2005–2006 | Sud Nivernais Imphy Decize | ? | (?) |
| 2006–2007 | Bouchemaine La Baule-Escoublac | ? | (?) |
| 2007–2009 | FC Baulmes | 12 | (1) |
| Total | 317 | (38) | |
| National team | |||
| 1993–1996 | France | 25 | (4) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Reynald Pedros (born October 10, 1971) is a French former footballer who played as a midfielder.
Club career
Born in Orléans, Loiret, Pedros played as a left-footed attacking midfielder, formed in Nantes. He was part of the magic trio of FC Nantes with Patrice Loko and Nicolas Ouédec. He won the Ligue 1 title with Nantes in 1995. The following year he reached the semi-finals of the UEFA Champions League.
International career
His career bears some similarity to David Ginola's – a horrible mistake in the last World Cup '94 qualifying game leading to French elimination, and subsequently being dropped from the national side.
Before Euro 96, he was considered one of the best French midfielders, on par with Zinedine Zidane.
However, the Euro 96 semi-final, against the Czech Republic, came to a draw. The game went through extra time, and into a penalty shootout. After 5 successful penalties for each team, Pedros was to take the first of the penalties in sudden death. His shot was weak and slow, and was easily saved by the Czech goalkeeper, Petr Kouba. Miroslav Kadlec came to take the next penalty, scored it, and knocked France out of the tournament.
Following this elimination, Pedros was made a pariah by the media and was greatly disliked by French fans. He attempted to make a comeback, in Ligue 2, but he was never able to come back to the top of his game.
External links
- Reynald Pedros at National-Football-Teams.com
- FFF profile (French)
- L'Equipe profile (French)
- Reynald Pedros French league stats at LFP.fr (French)
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