Franck Ribéry

Franck Ribéry
Ribéry with Bayern Munich in 2019
Personal information
Full name Franck Henry Pierre Ribéry[1]
Date of birth (1983-04-07) 7 April 1983
Place of birth Boulogne-sur-Mer, France
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[2]
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 Salernitana (technical collaborator)
Youth career
1989–1996 Conti Boulogne
1996–1999 Lille
1999–2000 Boulogne
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2002 Boulogne 28 (6)
2002–2003 Alès 19 (1)
2003–2004 Brest 35 (3)
2004–2005 Metz 20 (2)
2005 Galatasaray 14 (0)
2005–2007 Marseille 60 (11)
2007–2019 Bayern Munich 273 (86)
2019–2021 Fiorentina 50 (5)
2021–2022 Salernitana 24 (0)
Total 523 (114)
International career
2004–2006 France U21 13 (2)
2006–2014 France 81 (16)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  France
FIFA World Cup
Runner-up 2006
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Franck Henry Pierre Ribéry (French pronunciation: [fʁɑ̃k ʁibeʁi]; born 7 April 1983) is a French former professional footballer who primarily played as a winger, preferably on the left side, and was known for his pace, energy, skill, and precise passing.[2] He is regarded as one of the best players of his generation and one of the greatest wingers in the history of the sport.[3]

Ribéry's career began in 1989 as a youth player for local hometown club FC Conti Boulogne. He left the club after seven years to join professional outfit Lille, but departed the club after three years after having difficulties adjusting. In 1999, Ribéry joined US Boulogne, where he played for two years. After spending two more years in the amateur divisions with two clubs (Alès and Brest), Ribéry earned a move to Ligue 1 club Metz in 2004. After six months with the club, Ribéry moved to Turkey in January 2005 to join Galatasaray, where he won the Turkish Cup. After six months at Galatasaray, he departed the club in controversial fashion in order to return to France to join Marseille. Ribéry spent two seasons at the club, helping OM reach the final of the Coupe de France in back-to-back seasons.

In 2007, Ribéry joined German club Bayern Munich for a then club-record fee of €25 million. With Bayern, he won nine Bundesliga titles (at the time a Bundesliga record), six DFB-Pokal, one UEFA Champions League and one FIFA Club World Cup, which include five doubles and one treble, amounting to a then club record of 24 titles over twelve seasons. His form for Bayern in the club's 2012–13 treble winning season saw him nominated alongside Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo on the three-man shortlist for the 2013 FIFA Ballon d'Or. During his long spell at Bayern, Ribéry was also known for his fruitful partnership with fellow winger Arjen Robben—together they were affectionately referred to by the nickname Robbery.[4][5] He left Bayern in summer 2019, and subsequently joined Italian side Fiorentina, while Robben retired from football. After two years in Florence, Ribery joined Salernitana, the final club of his career, before retiring in 2022.

Between 2006 and 2014, Ribéry played for the France national team 81 times. He played at two FIFA World Cups (2006 and 2010) and two UEFA European Championships (2008 and 2012). Individually, Ribéry is a three-time winner of the French Player of the Year award and also won the German award of Footballer of the Year, becoming the first player to hold both honours. He has also been named to the UEFA Team of the Year and declared the Young Player of the Year in France. In 2013, Ribéry won the UEFA Best Player in Europe Award.[6] In 2013, he was also ranked fourth in The Guardian's list of the best players in the world.[7]

He is currently in charge as a technical collaborator of Italian Serie B club Salernitana, which was also his final club as a player.

  1. ^ "FIFA Club World Cup Morocco 2013: List of Players: FC Bayern München" (PDF). FIFA. 15 December 2013. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 March 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Franck Ribéry". fcbayern.de. Archived from the original on 24 February 2014. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
  3. ^ Multiple sources:
  4. ^ "Bayern Munich's Arjen Robben and Franck Ribery: An exclusive double interview with 'Robbery'". Bundesliga.com. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  5. ^ Thorogood, James (5 May 2019). "Opinion: The magic of 'Robbery' will be impossible to recreate". Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  6. ^ "Franck Ribéry wins UEFA Best Player in Europe Award 2012/13". UEFA. 29 August 2013. Archived from the original on 1 September 2013. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
  7. ^ "The 100 best footballers in the world 2013 – interactive". The Guardian. 20 December 2013. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
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