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#6M🇫🇷 FranceSigned
Claude
MAKÉLÉLÉ
#6M🇫🇷 FranceSigned- Born
- 1973
- Age
- 53
- From
- Kinshasa, Zaire
- Debut
- 1991
- Previously
- Paris Saint-Germain
The position-defining holding midfielder. Quiet, ferocious, indispensable. Two La Ligas with Real Madrid, two Premier League titles with Chelsea, a Champions League with Madrid in 2002 — and the only player in modern history with a tactical role literally named after him.
Apps
Goals
Trophies
MVP
International
71
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5
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Club career
607
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5
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Trophy cabinet
Honors
- UEFA Champions League2001–02
- La Liga2000–01, 2002–03
- Premier League2004–05, 2005–06
- Ligue 11994–95
- UEFA Euro Runner-up2006
Club career
Timeline
- 1991–1997Nantes
- 1997–1998Marseille
- 1998–2000Celta Vigo
- 2000–2003Real Madrid
- 2003–2008Chelsea
- 2008–2011Paris Saint-Germain
Did you know
Three things to drop into conversation
- 01The 'Makélélé Role' is now standard tactical English for a single-pivot defensive midfielder.
- 02Florentino Pérez once said Makélélé 'would not be missed' — Zidane famously replied that you don't put 'another layer of gold paint on the Bentley when you're losing the entire engine'.
- 03Did not score a single goal for France in 71 senior caps — and absolutely no one cared.