Stéphane Gillet Explained

Stéphane Gillet
Fullname:Stéphane Gillet
Birth Date:1977 8, df=yes
Birth Place:Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
Height:1.90 m
Position:Goalkeeper
Currentclub:Jeunesse Esch
Clubnumber:1
Youthclubs1:FC Marisa Mersch
Years1:1995–1998
Years2:1998–1999
Years3:1999–2001
Years4:2001
Years5:2002–2003
Years6:2003–2004
Years7:2004–2005
Years8:2005–2006
Years9:2006
Years10:2006–2007
Years11:2007–2008
Years12:2009–2010
Clubs12:SC Steinfort
Caps1:0
Goals1:0
Caps2:20
Goals2:0
Caps3:46
Goals3:0
Caps4:1
Goals4:0
Caps5:27
Goals5:0
Caps7:18
Goals7:0
Caps8:17
Goals8:0
Caps9:8
Goals9:0
Caps10:17
Goals10:0
Caps11:18
Goals11:0
Nationalyears1:2000–2006
Nationalteam1:Luxembourg
Nationalcaps1:20
Nationalgoals1:0
Pcupdate:20 July 2008
Ntupdate:25 February 2009

Stéphane Gillet (born 20 August 1977) is a Luxembourgian footballer. He played in goal twenty times for Luxembourg. He has played for clubs in several countries, including Jeunesse Esch and Racing FC Union Luxembourg in Luxembourg, Chester City in England, SV Elversberg in Germany, and FC Wil in Switzerland.

Club career

Gillet started his career with Belgian side Standard Liège but made his senior debut with Luxembourg outfit Spora Luxembourg in the 1998/1999 season. He was then lured away by German Regionalliga Süd side SV Elversberg where he spent two seasons before moving to French giants Paris Saint-Germain as the team's third goalkeeper. Although he played for the return leg of the second round of the 2001/2002 UEFA Cup,[1] he spent most of his time in the reserves. He joined Swiss Superleague team FC Wil in 2003 and experienced relegation as well as winning the Swiss Cup with them. After that season he returned to Luxembourg but had a two-month spell with English lower league team Chester City.[2]

In 2007, Gillet was contracted to Jeunesse Esch for three years.

He has joined Rugby Club Luxembourg, for whose second team he plays as a back row.[3]

International career

Gillet made his debut for Luxembourg in an October 2000 World Cup qualification match against Russia. He went on to earn 20 caps. He played in 8 World Cup qualification matches.[4]

He played his final international match in November 2006 against Togo.

Honours

1

2004

Notes and References

  1. http://fr.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/season=2001/matches/round=1552/match=68521/index.html 2001/2002 UEFA Cup 2nd Round
  2. http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/chester-city/2006/03/09/chester-pay-off-released-keeper-gillet-s-contract-100252-16791117/ Chester pay off released keeper Gillet's contract
  3. News: Rugby's unstoppable rise in Luxembourg . https://archive.today/20130219001937/http://www.wort.lu/wort/web/en/sport/articles/2011/06/154285/index.php . dead . 19 February 2013 . . 29 June 2011 . 30 June 2011 .
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/20121102180627/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=179654/index.html Record at FIFA Tournaments