Maxence Flachez

Maxence Flachez
Personal information
Full nameMaxence Flachez
Date of birthAugust 5, 1972
Place of birthGrenoble, France
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Playing positionCentre back
Youth career
ES Manival
Lyon
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
1992–1995Lyon55(2)
1995–1996Martigues31(3)
1996–2004Sochaux280(12)
2004–2005Guingamp30(0)
2005–2007Valenciennes67(2)
2007–2009Grenoble47(0)
National team
1992–1995France U21
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Maxence Flachez (born 5 August 1972) is a French retired footballer who played as a central defender.

Football career

Born in Grenoble, Flachez made his professional – and top division – debut for Olympique Lyonnais on 29 August 1992 (aged 20), in a 2–2 home draw against Olympique de Marseille. Ironically, after gaining 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 campaign 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 top flight 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.

Honours

External links