Lilian Thuram

Lilian Thuram born the 1972 with Point-with-Clown is a Football international or French, which evolves/moves at the post of center back.

Biography

Beyond its sporting career, it intervenes in the French political life, in particular on the questions of integration, and in vast publicity campaigns. He is member of the High council to integration. Its declarations with respect to politicians of right-hand side and in particular of Nicolas Sarkozy in connection with societies' problems often lend to debate.

Thuram arrives in metropolis at the 9 years age, to live in the district of the Ferns with Avon close to Fontainebleau where he will play offensive medium ground for the local club of the Portuguese of Fontainebleau, then to the Racing club of Fontainebleau and with Melun where he will cross Claude Makélélé. It begins its professional path with the ACE Monaco in the First division (1990). Six years later, it leaves the France for the Serie has Italy by signing with Parma then with the Juventus of Turin in 2001.

It becomes universally famous following its doubled (two registered goals) in semi-final of the football world cup 1998 against the Croatia (2-1), its only goals in Bleu in 136 selections (at the 11/21/2007). It finally receives the Légion of honor following the victory of World cup.

In July 2004, following the failure of the France to the Championship of Europe, it decides to put a term at its international career, to devote itself to its club, Juventus. It is then named with FIFA 100. It comes out from its international retreat a little with back-plate, to answer, the August 7th 2005, with a convocation of the selector Raymond Domenech, following little in that Zinedine Zidane.

In July 2006, it takes part, in Germany, with the team of France to her third world cup (after those of 1998 and 2002 to the Japan and in South Korea). The good course of the “ Bleus ”, to which it largely contributed, enables him to dispute a second final of world cup against the Italy. The team of France inclines finally 3 shootings with the goals with 5, thus depriving it of the possibility of raising one second time the trophy.

A few days after the final, Lilian Thuram returns in a long maintenance granted to the cultural magazine Inrockuptibles on the incident which opposed during the prolongations the captain of the team of France Zinedine Zidane to the Italian player Marco Materazzi. He condemns the gesture of his captain, but known as to include/understand it: “ I understand that Zidane reacted. But not on the ground, not on the ground… (...) It was mistaken, and it knows it. I do not think that its gesture affected the result of the match. ” But, it makes a very severe assessment on the behavior of the Italian defender: “ a player like Materazzi, it is a disease, that should not exist. That made a long time that I think that. Materazzi gives an negative image of football and it does not need this type of attitude because it is rather very a good player (...). Football, it is a play and one complies with the rules of the game. Is that used for what to gain if one cheated? With nothing. ”

In July 2006, it leaves the Juventus of Turin relegated in Serie B with 17 points of penalization at the conclusion of the lawsuit of the faked matches which shook Italian football. It joined FC Barcelona for two years when he is however often substitute, barred by Carles Puyol and Rafael Márquez, that about which he complained in the newspaper the Team on December 1st, 2006.

After the final of the football world cup 2006, Thuram finally decides to remain in team of France, surely until the Euro 2008. It envisages to be present at the time of the qualifications. He will say even while laughing, in the free magazine Sport : “ So at 45 years, I am still powerful, I will play in team of France ”. However, in a maintenance granted to the Canal+ television channel of February 13rd, 2006, it considers an international retreat: I must acknowledge that I am 35 years old, and the Euro it is very far. And besides in this moment I do not play Barcelona much. If that continues, I will have evil to go until the Euro. (...) When you are not any more with the height, it is necessary to leave your place, it is not complicated. One should not cling.

Following the example Jocelyn Angloma which banked up the cramps at the 41 years age, Thuram affirmed its will to play its professional retirement taken once, for the team of Guadeloupe of football.

His/her cousin, Yoann Thuram, evolves/moves at the station of goalkeeper in the team reserves ACE Monaco.

Prize list

Various:

  • Recordman of the selections in team of France of football (136 at the 11/21/2007) with which it registered 2 goals.
  • seasonal Trophies: Carlos Lapetra of Saragossa (1998 - Parma), Naranja of Valence (2000 - Parma), Luigi Berlusconi (2001, 2003 and 2004 - Juventus), tournament of San Marino (2002 - Juventus), Bira Moretti (2004 - Juventus), Joan Gamper (2006 - Barcelona).

Detailed statistics

Political interventions

Lilian Thuram is member of the High council to integration and is known for its positions affirmed on certain political files, like the European constitution and the fight against the Racisme and the Antisémitisme. He is also member of the collective “Duties to remember”.

The November 8th 2005, at the time of the crisis of the suburbs, it surprises by its and critical standpoint with regard to the government Nicolas Sarkozy. He criticizes the attitude of the Minister of Interior Department, defendant that the young people implied in the riots are not “Racaille S” as declares it this one. “For speaking about Insecurity, it is perhaps necessary to speak about Social justice. ” The minister retorts by recalling that “Lilian Thuram does not live any more in suburbs for a long time and lives in Italy with quite comfortable wages which look at only him”.

In 2006, a few days after the lost final of the world cup, Lilian Thuram granted a long maintenance to the cultural magazine Inrockuptibles . It evokes there the dangers of a “ sarkoisation of the spirits”: “One is in France, a country known as civilized, and one accepts that people are expelled, I was even going to say off-set”.

The business of the “squatteurs” of Cachan

September 6th, 2006, Lilian Thuram creates a polemic while inviting for the France-Italy match with the Stade de France of the people, Frenchwomen and foreign, expelled of a squat of Cachan, (the Valley-of-Marne). August 17th, 2006, of “without papers” of Black Africa was expelled of a squat pertaining to the Crous of Creteil. The building was then unused in the sight of a forthcoming demolition in order to rebuild a “wooded car park”. The mayor PS of Cachan, Jean-Yves Bouillonnec, wished to rehouse them in the gymnasium of a school, thus preventing their expulsion. The file recently became complicated bus of the without papers without relationship with Cachan come to settle in the gymnasium. The prefecture announced that it would limit its offers of rehousing to 102 families is approximately 220 people, but the town hall listed 516 occupants in the gymnasium. The mayor PS is thus in the embarrassment since this gymnasium depends on a school.

The business became polemical since the transport of these people is financed by the general advice whose majority is member of the Communist party the Valley-of-Marne which proposed to provide buses.

On RTL, Philippe de Villiers, president of the Movement for France and candidate declared with the presidential election of 2007, said themselves “shocked” to see “ billionaires giving lessons ”. “ the footballers are made to play football. I think that Thuram and Vieira can further go and place without-papers of Cachan on their premises, of nourishing them, of providing them the lodging and cover. ” a close relation of the Minister of Interior Department Nicolas Sarkozy, the deputy UMP Yves Jégo, as judged on RTL as Lilian Thuram “large sportsman, (revealed) to be itself a poor individual on the ground of the policy”. As for S.O.S Racism, association estimates in an official statement that “ to invite them to the Stade de France, it is not to reward those which defraud (...), it is to give one moment of respite to people victims of injustices created by the policies ”.

Marie-George Buffet national secretary of the French Communist party declared in an official statement on September 6th, 2006 I quote: “ the remarks made by politicians of right-hand side and extreme right-hand side are particularly shocking. They make the demonstration, once again, of the inhumanity and the violence which characterize them ”. It supports the initiative of Thuram and Vieira and calls the elected officials and citizens to be mobilized.

The selector of the team of France, Raymond Domenech clearly supported the initiative while declaring with the press “it did not act of invitations but of tickets bought by the players themselves. They paid them and they offered them to which they want. Until proof of the opposite, and I support them, It have the right to have ideas. Do not reproach them that whereas until now, (it was said that) they are only footballers who cannot think, which is animals like their feet. They have ideas and they asked nobody to make publicity on what they did ”.

Publicity campaigns

Lilian Thuram recently lent itself to an advertizing vast campaign of Danone, targeting very specifically the children and pre-teenagers.

Music

Lilian Thuram appreciates the singer of reggae-dancehall Admiral T

Notes & references

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