Person

Sylvain Wiltord

b. 1974

French footballer (born 1974)

Born
10 May 1974 · Neuilly-sur-Marne

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 60 years
  1. 10 May 1974BornBorn in Neuilly-sur-Marne
  2. 1993 – 1997TeamStade Rennais F.C.
  3. 1995 – 1996TeamFrance national under-21 association football team
  4. 1996 – 1997TeamDeportivo de A Coruña
  5. 1996TeamFrance Olympic football team
  6. 1997 – 2000TeamFC Girondins de Bordeaux
  7. 1999 – 2006TeamFrance men's national association football team
  8. 2000 – 2004TeamArsenal F.C.
  9. 2002Took part2002 FIFA World Cup
  10. 2004 – 2007TeamOlympique Lyonnais
  11. 2006Took part2006 FIFA World Cup
  12. 2007 – 2009TeamStade Rennais F.C.
  13. 2009TeamOlympique de Marseille
  14. 2010TeamFC Metz
  15. 2011 – 2012TeamFC Nantes

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1974 – today).

  1. 19741974 FIFA World Cup
  2. 19781978 FIFA World Cup
  3. 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
  4. 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
  5. 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
  6. 19841984 Summer Olympics
  7. 1985Schengen Agreement
  8. 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
  9. 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
  10. 19901990 FIFA World Cup
  11. 1991Dissolution of the Soviet Union
  12. 19941994 FIFA World Cup
  13. 1994 – 1996First Chechen War
  14. 19981998 FIFA World Cup
  15. 2001 – 2021War in Afghanistan
  16. 2003 – 2011Iraq War
  17. 20042004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
  18. 20082008 Summer Olympics
  19. 2008Russo-Georgian War
  20. 20102010 Haiti earthquake
  21. 2010 – 2012Arab Spring
  22. 20112011 Norway attacks
  23. 2011Libyan civil war
  24. 2011 – 2024Syrian civil war
  25. 20122012 Summer Olympics
  26. 20142014 FIFA World Cup
  27. 2014Russo-Ukrainian war
  28. 2015Paris Agreement
  29. 20182018 FIFA World Cup
  30. 2020COVID-19 pandemic
  31. 20212020 Summer Olympics
  32. 2022Russo-Ukrainian war
  33. 2023Gaza war
  34. 20242024 Summer Olympics
  35. 20262026 Iran war

Biography

Sylvain Claude Wiltord ([sil.vɛ̃ vil.tɔʁ]; born 10 May 1974) is a French former professional footballer. Mainly a right winger, he also played as a centre-forward, second striker and on the left wing.

Wiltord had a four-season spell at Arsenal, with whom he won two Premier League titles and two FA Cups. He also won the Ligue 1 title at Bordeaux and in each of his three consecutive seasons at Lyon.

With the France national team, Wiltord earned 92 caps and scored 26 goals. He played at the 1996 Olympics, two FIFA World Cups and two UEFA European Championships. Wiltord was part of the teams which won Euro 2000 (for which he scored a last minute equaliser to take the final to extra time) and reached the final of the 2006 World Cup.

Text from the Wikipedia article Sylvain Wiltord, CC BY-SA 4.0

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