Eric Carrière

Eric Gérard Carrière (born 24 May 1973) is a French former professional footballer who played as a midfielder for Nantes, Lyon, Lens, and Dijon.

Eric Carrière

Carrière in 2018
Personal information
Full name	Eric Gérard Carrière[1]
Date of birth	(1973-05-24) 24 May 1973 (age 52)[2]
Place of birth	Foix,[2] Ariège, France
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[2]
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1978–1981	US Villenave-d'Ornon
1981–1992	CS Auch
1992–1995	Muret
1995–1996	Nantes
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1996–2001	Nantes	128	(12)
2001–2004	Lyon	92	(12)
2004–2008	Lens	114	(5)
2008–2010	Dijon	67	(7)
Total		401	(36)
International career
2001–2006	France	10	(5)
Medal record Men's football Representing  France FIFA Confederations Cup Winner 2001
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Carrière started his professional career at FC Nantes with whom he won his first Ligue 1 title in 2001. In 2001, he moved to Olympique Lyonnais where he won three more Ligue 1 titles in 2002, 2003 and 2004. In 2004 he signed with RC Lens. After Lens suffered relegation, he played for Dijon FCO after signing a two-year contract on 26 June 2008.^[3]

International career

Carrière was capped ten times and scored five goals for the France national team.^[4] He gained his first international cap on 30 March 2001 in a 5–0 win over South Korea at Daegu Stadium during the 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup.^[5]

Style of play

Carrière was a skilful playmaker who was adept at taking free-kicks, penalties, and corners for his team, as well as scoring from the run of play, although he was primarily known for defence splitting passes.^{[citation needed]}

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition^[6]

Club	Season	League			Cup[a]		Continental[b]		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Nantes	1996–97	Division 1	2	0	1	0	3	0	6	0
	1997–98		27	1	1	0	1	0	29	1
	1998–99		33	1	7	0	–		40	1
	1999–00		32	5	7	2	6	1	45	8
	2000–01		33	5	8	2	8	1	49	8
	2001–02		1	0	–		–		1	0
	Total		128	12	24	4	18	2	158	18
Lyon	2001–02	Division 1	27	4	4	0	9	4	40	8
	2002–03	Ligue 1	37	6	2	0	7	2	46	8
	2003–04		28	2	3	0	6	0	37	2
	Total		92	12	9	0	22	6	123	18
Lens	2004–05	Ligue 1	33	3	4	0	–		37	3
	2005–06		26	0	2	0	12	0	40	0
	2006–07		32	2	5	1	9	0	46	3
	2007–08		23	0	6	2	6	2	35	4
	Total		114	5	17	3	27	2	158	10
Dijon	2008–09	Ligue 2	36	7	2	0	–		38	7
	2009–10		31	0	2	1	–		33	1
	Total		67	7	4	1	0	0	71	8
Career total			401	36	54	8	67	10	522	54

1. Includes Coupe de France and Coupe de la Ligue.
2. Includes UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup and UEFA Intertoto-Cup.

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year^[7]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
France	2001	5	2
	2002	5	3
Total		10	5

Scores and results list France's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Carrière goal.

List of international goals scored by Eric Carrière

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref.
1	3 June 2001	Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium, Ulsan, South Korea	Mexico	2–0	4–0	2001 FIFA Confederations Cup	[8]
2				4–0
3	16 October 2002	National Stadium, Ta' Qali, Malta	Malta	4–0	4–0	UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying	[9]
4	20 November 2002	Stade de France, Paris, France	Serbia and Montenegro	1–0	3–0	Friendly	[10]
5				2–0

Honours

Nantes

• Division 1: 2000–01^{[citation needed]}
• Coupe de France: 1998–99, 1999–2000^{[citation needed]}
• Trophée des Champions: 1999^{[citation needed]}

Lyon

• Division/Ligue 1: 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04^{[citation needed]}
• Trophée des Champions: 2002, 2003^{[citation needed]}

Lens

• UEFA Intertoto Cup: 2005^[11]

France

• FIFA Confederations Cup: 2001^[12]

Individual

• Division 1 Player of the Year: 2001^[13]
• FIFA Confederations Cup Silver Shoe: 2001^[14]