Frédéric Déhu

Frédéric Fabian William Déhu (born 24 October 1972) is a French former professional footballer who played as a central defender.

Frédéric Déhu
Déhu in 2018
Personal information
Full name Frédéric Fabian William Déhu[1]
Date of birth (1972-10-24) 24 October 1972
Place of birth Villeparisis, France
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1991–1999 Lens 229 (15)
1999–2000 Barcelona 11 (0)
2000–2004 Paris Saint-Germain 118 (6)
2004–2006 Marseille 57 (1)
2006–2007 Levante 12 (1)
Total 427 (23)
National team
1998–2000 France 5 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

Born in Villeparisis, Seine-et-Marne, Déhu made his professional debut with RC Lens, becoming an undisputed starter from his third season onwards. In 1996–97 he scored a career-best five goals, but the club could only rank 13th; in the following year, he was an essential defensive unit as his team won their first Ligue 1 title.[2]

In summer 1999, after nearly 300 official appearances for Lens, Déhu signed with La Liga giants FC Barcelona, but he played just 23 matches across all competitions for the Louis van Gaal-led side,[3] being released by the Catalans at the end of the campaign and netting his only goal to help defeat AIK Fotboll 5–0 in the group stage of the UEFA Champions League.[4] He then returned to his country and joined Paris Saint-Germain F.C. for about €6 million, remaining four years in the capital and winning the Coupe de France in his final one.[5]

At nearly 32, Déhu moved to Olympique de Marseille and, after two years, he returned to Spain, signing with lowly Levante UD.[6] As in his previous abroad adventure he was sparingly used, also being sent off twice in home matches against Real Madrid (1–4 loss)[7] and Recreativo de Huelva (2–1 win),[8] as the Valencian Community side narrowly avoided top flight relegation.

Amidst accusations of poor organization in the structure of his last club, Déhu retired from the game in March 2008 aged almost 36, after spending the first months of the new campaign without a team.[9]

International career

In two years, Déhu won five caps for the French national team. His debut was on 19 August 1998, in a 2–2 friendly draw to Austria played in Vienna.[10]

Honours

Lens

Paris Saint-Germain

References
  1. "Acta del partido celebrado el 17 de junio de 2007, en Bilbao" [Minutes of the match held on 17 June 2007, in Bilbao] (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. 17 June 2007. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  2. Delcourt, Maxime (15 April 2014). "Déhu: "Pas facile de passer de Lens à Barcelone"" [Déhu: "It's not easy going from Lens to Barcelona"] (in French). Sofoot. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  3. Doskov, Alexandre (13 February 2017). "Déhu le Catalan" [Déhu the Catalan] (in French). Sofoot. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
  4. "Brilliant Barca savage Solna". BBC Sport. 27 October 1999. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
  5. Rochcongar, Pierre-Yves (3 May 2014). "Les finales de "Totor"" [The finals of "Totor"]. La Nouvelle République du Centre-Ouest (in French). Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  6. "El ex barcelonista Dehu será jugador del Levante" [Former Barcelona man Dehu will be a Levante player]. Sport (in Spanish). 5 July 2006. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  7. Padilla, David (10 September 2006). "Van Nistelrooy tira del Madrid en el Ciudad de Valencia" [Madrid hang on to Van Nistelrooy at the Ciudad de Valencia]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  8. "Salva vuelve a dar la victoria al Levante" [Salva gives win to Levante again]. El Mundo (in Spanish). 11 February 2007. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  9. "Frédéric Déhu arrête sa carrière" [Frédéric Déhu ends career]. L'Équipe (in French). 26 March 2008. Retrieved 23 July 2010.
  10. "Autriche-France: premières convocations pour Déhu et Vairelles (photo)" [Austria-France: first call-ups for Déhu and Vairelles (photo)]. L'Orient-Le Jour (in French). 12 August 1998. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
  11. Noyer, Stanislas (10 May 1999). "Foot. Un but de Daniel Moreira donne la Coupe de la Ligue à Lens. Lens offensif offense Metz" [Football. Daniel Moreira goal gives League Cup to Lens. Offensive Lens offend Metz]. Libération (in French). Retrieved 29 January 2019.
  12. "Brescia, sogno finito il Psg va in Uefa" [End of the dream for Brescia, Psg go to Uefa]. La Repubblica (in Italian). 21 August 2001. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
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