Marinette Pichon

Marinette Pichon (French pronunciation: [maʁinɛt piʃɔ̃]; born 26 November 1975) is a French former football player.^[1]

Marinette Pichon

Personal information
Date of birth	(1975-11-26) 26 November 1975 (age 50)
Place of birth	Bar-sur-Aube, France
Height	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Position	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1991–1992	A.S. Brienne
1992–2002	Saint-Memmie Olympique
2002–2003	Philadelphia Charge	36	(28)
2003–2004	Saint-Memmie Olympique	11	(5)
2004	New Jersey Wildcats	10	(21)
2004–2007	FCF Juvisy	58	(89)
International career
1994–2006	France	112	(81)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Biography

Pichon grew up while having a dysfunctional childhood with an alcoholic father.^[2][3][4][5]

Career

She started her career at Saint-Memmie Olympique, then signed on to the Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA), the American professional league. She played for the Philadelphia Charge during their 2002 and 2003 seasons, in 2002 ranking second in the league in goals scored and winning the Most Valuable Player and Offensive Player of the Year awards.^[6] In 2003, she tied for the lead in goals scored and led the league in goals per game.^[7]

After the WUSA disbanded in 2003, she returned to France, where she played for Juvisy FCF. She was the leading domestic scorer in the 2000/01, 2001/02, 2004/05, and 2005/06 seasons. She also played for the New Jersey Wildcats in the American W-League during their 2004 season, leading the league that year in both goals scored and total points despite playing in only ten matches.^[8]

In June 2024, Pichon was named as the sporting director of Montreal Roses FC in Canada's Northern Super League.^[9]

International career

She appeared for France from 1994 until 2006, announcing her retirement at the age of 31 following France's elimination from World Cup qualifying. During her career, she scored 81 goals in 112 international matches.^[10][11] She played for France at the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup.^[12]

International goals

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	25 September 1994	Aberdeen, Scotland	Scotland	3–0	3–0	UEFA Women's Euro 1995 qualifying
2.	12 November 1994	Cork, Ireland	Republic of Ireland	3–0	3–0	Friendly
3.	11 April 1995	Poissy, France	Canada	1–0	1–0
4.	12 April 1995	Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, France	Italy	1–0	1–0
5.	8 September 1995	Jesolo, Italy	Hungary	1–0	2–0
6.				2–0
7.	30 September 1995	Akranes, Iceland	Iceland	1–2	3–3	UEFA Women's Euro 1997 qualifying
8.				2–3
9.	9 December 1995	Montpellier, France	Netherlands	1–0	1–1
10.	29 April 1996	Indianapolis, United States	United States	1–8	2–8	Friendly
11.	1 June 1996	Angers, France	Iceland	1–0	3–0	UEFA Women's Euro 1997 qualifying
12.				3–0
13.	7 September 1996	Vantaa, Finland	Finland	1–0	2–0
14.				2–0
15.	12 April 1997	Mouscron, Belgium	Belgium	1–0	3–0	Friendly
16.	24 April 1997	Greensboro, United States	United States	1–1	2–4
17.				2–3
18.	18 October 1997	Le Creusot, France	Finland	2–1	2–2	1999 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
19.	15 February 1998	Alençon, France	England	1–0	3–2	Friendly
20.				2–1
21.	21 March 1998	Guéret, France	Poland	2–0	3–0
22.	11 April 1998	Blois, France	Italy	1–0	2–3	1999 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
23.	14 May 1998	Cesson-Sévigné, France	Algeria	10–0	14–0	Friendly
24.	16 May 1998	Rennes, France	Spain	1–0	3–2
25.	20 February 1999	Chalkida, Greece	Greece	1–0	3–2
26.	9 May 1999	Airdire, Scotland	Scotland	1–1	4–3
27.				2–2
28.	28 May 1999	Weil am Rhein, Germany	Switzerland	1–0	2–0
29.				2–0
30.	30 May 1999		Germany	1–0	1–4
31.	28 June 2001	Reutlingen, Germany	Denmark	1–2	3–4	UEFA Women's Euro 2001
32.	1 July 2001	Ulm, Germany	Italy	1–0	2–0
33.	26 September 2001	Hoogeveen, Netherlands	Netherlands	2–0	3–1	Friendly
34.				3–0
35.	28 October 2001	Boryspil, Ukraine	Ukraine	1–0	2–0	2003 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
36.				2–0
37.	17 November 2001	Drnovice, Czech Republic	Czech Republic	1–0	2–1
38.				2–0
39.	9 April 2002	Limoges, France	Australia	1–0	1–0	Friendly
40.	20 April 2002	Strasbourg, France	Czech Republic	2–0	4–1	2003 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
41.	9 May 2002	Halden, Norway	Norway	1–1	1–3
42.	1 June 2002	Châteauroux, France	Ukraine	1–1	2–1
43.	23 August 2002	Lens, France	Denmark	1–0	2–0
44.	17 October 2002	London, England	England	1–0	1–0
45.	14 March 2003	Silves, Portugal	Denmark	1–0	3–0	2003 Algarve Cup
46.				2–0
47.	11 May 2003	Kecskemét, Hungary	Hungary	1–0	4–0	UEFA Women's Euro 2005 qualifying
48.				3–0
49.	14 September 2003	Concord, United States	Japan	1–0	2–2	Friendly
50.				2–0
51.	24 September 2003	Washington D.C., United States	South Korea	1–0	1–0	2003 FIFA Women's World Cup
52.	27 September 2003		Brazil	1–1	1–1
53.	15 November 2003	Quimper, France	Poland	4–0	7–1	UEFA Women's Euro 2005 qualifying
54.				5–0
55.				7–0
56.	21 February 2004	Montpellier, France	Scotland	2–2	6–3	Friendly
57.				3–3
58.				4–3
59.				6–3
60.	16 March 2004	Quarteira, Portugal	Sweden	2–0	3–0	2004 Algarve Cup
61.	18 March 2004	Silves, Portugal	Denmark	1–0	1–0
62.	20 March 2004	Faro, Portugal	Italy	1–0	3–3 (4–3 p)
63.	24 April 2004	Reims, France	Hungary	3–0	6–0	UEFA Women's Euro 2005 qualifying
64.				4–0
65.				5–0
66.	16 May 2004	Selyatino, Russia	Russia	2–0	3–0
67.				3–0
68.	8 September 2004	Slagelse, Denmark	Denmark	3–2	3–2	Friendly
69.	3 October 2004	Opole, Poland	Poland	1–1	5–1	UEFA Women's Euro 2005 qualifying
70.				2–1
71.				5–1
72.	19 February 2005	La Manga, Spain	Norway	1–0	2–0	Friendly
73.	11 March 2005	Guia, Portugal	Denmark	1–0	2–1	2005 Algarve Cup
74.	13 March 2005	Loulé, Portugal	Finland	1–1	2–1
75.	6 June 2005	Preston, England	Italy	2–0	3–1	UEFA Women's Euro 2005
76.				3–0
77.	7 September 2005	Sens, France	Republic of Ireland	2–0	6–0	Friendly
78.	5 November 2005	Langenrohr, Austria	Austria	1–1	3–1	2007 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
79.	22 April 2006	Dunaujvaros, Hungary	Hungary	1–0	5–0
80.				3–0
81.	29 August 2006	Dieppe, France	Canada	1–0	2–2	Friendly

Personal life

In November 2012, a change in law gave Pichon the distinction of being the second woman in France to be granted "paternity" leave. Her wife gave birth to their son following in vitro fertilisation (IVF).^[13] Pichon received a Legion of Honour.^[14][15]

In popular culture

In 2023, Garance Marillier portrayed Pichon in Marinette, a biographical film of her life adapted from Pichon's autobiography Ne jamais rien lâcher.^[16]