Stéphane Gillet

Stéphane Gillet (born 20 August 1977) is a Luxembourgian footballer. He played in goal twenty times for Luxembourg. He has played for clubs in several countries, including Jeunesse Esch and Racing FC Union Luxembourg in Luxembourg, Chester City in England, SV Elversberg in Germany, and FC Wil in Switzerland.

Stéphane Gillet
Personal information
Full name Stéphane Gillet
Date of birth (1977-08-20) 20 August 1977
Place of birth Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Jeunesse Esch
Number 1
Youth career
FC Marisa Mersch
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995–1998 Standard Liège 0 (0)
1998–1999 Spora Luxembourg 20 (0)
1999–2001 SV Elversberg 46 (0)
2001 Paris Saint-Germain 1 (0)
2002–2003 Paris Saint-Germain II 27 (0)
2003–2004 FC Wil
2004–2005 Union Luxembourg 18 (0)
2005–2006 Racing FC Luxembourg 17 (0)
2006 Chester City 8 (0)
2006–2007 Racing FC Luxembourg 17 (0)
2007–2008 Jeunesse Esch 18 (0)
2009–2010 SC Steinfort
National team‡
2000–2006 Luxembourg 20 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 July 2008
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 25 February 2009

Club career

Gillet started his career with Belgian side Standard Liège but made his senior debut with Luxembourg outfit Spora Luxembourg in the 1998/1999 season. He was then lured away by German Regionalliga Süd side SV Elversberg where he spent two seasons before moving to French giants Paris Saint-Germain as the team's third goalkeeper. Although he played for the return leg of the second round of the 2001/2002 UEFA Cup,[1] he spent most of his time in the reserves. He joined Swiss Superleague team FC Wil in 2003 and experienced relegation as well as winning the Swiss Cup with them. After that season he returned to Luxembourg but had a two-month spell with English lower league team Chester City.[2]

In 2007, Gillet was contracted to Jeunesse Esch for three years.

He has joined Rugby Club Luxembourg, for whose second team he plays as a back row.[3]

International career

Gillet made his debut for Luxembourg in an October 2000 World Cup qualification match against Russia. He went on to earn 20 caps. He played in 8 World Cup qualification matches.[4]

He played his final international match in November 2006 against Togo.

Honours
2004

References
  1. 2001/2002 UEFA Cup 2nd Round – Ligue de Football Professionnel
  2. Chester pay off released keeper Gillet's contract – Liverpool Echo
  3. "Rugby's unstoppable rise in Luxembourg". Luxemburger Wort. 29 June 2011. Archived from the original on 19 February 2013. Retrieved 30 June 2011.
  4. Record at FIFA Tournaments – FIFA
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