- Wikipedia

{"parse":{"title":"Patrick Vieira","pageid":229730,"text":{"*":"

This article is about the French football manager and former player. For other people, see Patrick Vieira (disambiguation).

Patrick Vieira

Vieira as New York City FC head coach in 2016

Personal information

Full name

\nPatrick Paul Vieira

Date of birth

\n23 June 1976 (age 48)

Place of birth

\nDakar, Senegal

Height

\n1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)^[1]

Position(s)

\nMidfielder

Team information

Current team

\nGenoa (head coach)

Youth career

1984\u20131986

\nTrappes

1986\u20131991

\nDrouais

1991\u20131993

\nTours

Senior career\"

Years

\nTeam

\nApps

\n(Gls)

1993\u20131995

\nCannes

\n49

\n(2)

1995\u20131996

\nAC Milan

\n2

\n(0)

1996\u20132005

\nArsenal

\n279

\n(29)

2005\u20132006

\nJuventus

\n31

\n(5)

2006\u20132010

\nInter Milan

\n67

\n(6)

2010\u20132011

\nManchester City

\n28

\n(3)

Total

\n456

\n(45)

International career

1995\u20131996

\nFrance U21

\n7

\n(0)

1997\u20132009

\nFrance

\n107

\n(6)

Managerial career

2016\u20132018

\nNew York City FC

2018\u20132020

\nNice

2021\u20132023

\nCrystal Palace

2023\u20132024

\nStrasbourg

2024\u2013

\nGenoa

Medal record

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Men's football\n
\n
Representing $\"\"$ France\n
FIFA World Cup\n
Winner	1998	\n
Runner-up	2006	\n
UEFA European Championship\n
Winner	2000	\n
FIFA Confederations Cup\n
Winner	2001	\n

\n\"Club domestic league appearances and goals

Patrick Paul Vieira (French: [pat\u0281ik vj\u025b\u0281a];^[2]^[3] born 23 June 1976) is a French professional football manager and former player who is the head coach of Serie A club Genoa. He was named in the FIFA 100 of greatest living footballers in 2004.^[4] He is regarded as one of the best players of his generation and one of the greatest midfielders in the history of the sport.^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8] He is the current head coach of Serie A club Genoa.^[9]\n

Vieira began his playing career at Cannes, where several standout performances garnered him a move to Serie A club AC Milan. In 1996, he relocated to England to join fellow countryman Ars\u00e8ne Wenger at Arsenal for a fee of \u00a33.5 million. During his nine-year stint in the Premier League, Vieira established himself as a dominating box-to-box midfielder, noted for his aggressive and highly competitive style of play, an attitude that also helped him excel as captain of the club from 2002 until his departure in 2005. He helped Arsenal achieve a sustained period of success during his time at the club, where he lifted four FA Cups and three league titles, including one unbeaten. He was named in the Premier League PFA Team of the Year for six consecutive years from 1999 to 2004. He returned to Italy, playing for Juventus, but quickly departed after the club was relegated as punishment for its part in the Calciopoli scandal. He then signed for Inter Milan, where he consecutively won four league titles, before featuring for Manchester City, where he won another FA Cup, before retiring in 2011.\n

Vieira featured at senior level for much of his international career, representing France over a period of twelve years, where he also spent some time as captain. He played in the final in his nation's victorious campaign at the 1998 FIFA World Cup, and featured heavily as the team also won UEFA Euro 2000. He also appeared for France at the 2002 World Cup, Euro 2004, in the side that finished runners-up in the 2006 World Cup, and at Euro 2008, before retiring from international competition in 2010, having made 107 appearances for the side.\n

Following retirement, Vieira transitioned into coaching and took charge of the academy at Manchester City in 2013. He departed two years later to become manager of Major League Soccer club New York City FC. He subsequently managed Ligue 1 club Nice between 2018 and 2020, Premier League side Crystal Palace between 2021 and 2023, and Ligue 1 club Strasbourg between 2023 and 2024.\n

\n\n

Club\n	Season\n	League\n	National Cup\n	League Cup\n	Continental\n	Total\n
Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals\n
Cannes\n	1993\u201394\n	Division 1\n	5	0	1	0	\u2013	\u2013	6	0\n
1994\u201395\n	Division 1\n	31	2	2	1	1	0	4	1	38	4\n
1995\u201396\n	Division 1\n	13	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	17	0\n
Total\n	49	2	3	1	1	0	8	1	61	4\n
AC Milan\n	1995\u201396\n	Serie A\n	2	0	1	0	\u2013	2	0	5	0\n
Arsenal\n	1996\u201397\n	Premier League\n	31	2	3	0	3	0	1	0	38	2\n
1997\u201398\n	Premier League\n	33	2	9	0	2	0	2	0	46	2\n
1998\u201399\n	Premier League\n	34	3	4	1	1	0	3	0	42	4\n
1999\u20132000\n	Premier League\n	30	2	2	0	1	0	14	0	47	2\n
2000\u201301\n	Premier League\n	30	6	6	1	0	0	12	0	48	7\n
2001\u201302\n	Premier League\n	36	2	7	0	0	0	11	1	54	3\n
2002\u201303\n	Premier League\n	24	3	5	0	1	0	12	1	42	4\n
2003\u201304\n	Premier League\n	29	3	5	0	3	0	7	0	44	3\n
2004\u201305\n	Premier League\n	32	6	6	1	0	0	6	0	44	7\n
Total\n	279	29	48	3	11	0	68	2	405	34\n
Juventus\n	2005\u201306\n	Serie A\n	31	5	3	0	1	0	7	0	42	5\n
Inter Milan\n	2006\u201307\n	Serie A\n	20	1	3	0	1	2	4	1	28	4\n
2007\u201308\n	Serie A\n	16	3	3	0	1	0	3	0	23	3\n
2008\u201309\n	Serie A\n	19	1	2	0	\u2013	3	0	24	1\n
2009\u201310\n	Serie A\n	12	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	16	1\n
Total\n	67	6	9	0	3	2	12	1	91	9\n
Manchester City\n	2009\u201310\n	Premier League\n	13	1	1	0	0	0	\u2013	14	1\n
2010\u201311\n	Premier League\n	15	2	8	3	1	0	8	0	32	5\n
Total\n	28	3	9	3	1	0	8	0	46	6\n
Career total\n	456	45	73	7	17	2	105	4	650	58\n

National team	Year	Apps	Goals\n
France\n	1997	5	0\n
1998	5	0\n
1999	8	0\n
2000	17	0\n
2001	13	2\n
2002	12	2\n
2003	5	0\n
2004	11	0\n
2005	7	0\n
2006	17	2\n
2007	4	0\n
2008	2	0\n
2009	1	0\n
Total	107	6\n

No.\n	Date\n	Venue\n	Opponent\n	Score\n	Result\n	Competition\n
1	30 May 2001	Daegu World Cup Stadium, Daegu, South Korea	$\"\"$ South Korea	2\u20130	5\u20130	2001 FIFA Confederations Cup\n
2	10 June 2001	Yokohama International Stadium, Yokohama, Japan	$\"\"$ Japan	1\u20130	1\u20130	2001 FIFA Confederations Cup\n
3	13 February 2002	Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France	$\"\"$ Romania	1\u20130	2\u20131	Friendly\n
4	12 October 2002	Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France	$\"\"$ Slovenia	1\u20130	5\u20130	UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying\n
5	23 June 2006	RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne, Germany	$\"\"$ Togo	1\u20130	2\u20130	2006 FIFA World Cup\n
6	27 June 2006	AWD-Arena, Hanover, Germany	$\"\"$ Spain	2\u20131	3\u20131	2006 FIFA World Cup\n

Team\n	Nat\n	From\n	To\n	Record\n	Ref\n
G\n	W\n	D\n	L\n	GF\n	GA\n	GD\n	Win %\n
New York City FC\n	$\"United$ \n	1 January 2016\n	11 June 2018\n	90\n	40\n	22\n	28\n	151\n	137\n	+14\n	044.44\n	^[137]^[175]^[176]^[177]^[178]^[179]^[180]\n
Nice\n	$\"France\"$ \n	11 June 2018\n	4 December 2020\n	89\n	35\n	22\n	32\n	106\n	115\n	\u22129\n	039.33\n	^[181]^[182]^[183]\n
Crystal Palace\n	$\"England\"$ \n	4 July 2021\n	17 March 2023\n	74\n	22\n	25\n	27\n	84\n	87\n	\u22123\n	029.73\n	\n
Strasbourg\n	$\"France\"$ \n	2 July 2023\n	18 July 2024\n	39\n	14\n	10\n	15\n	48\n	52\n	\u22124\n	035.90\n	\n
Genoa\n	$\"Italy\"$ \n	20 November 2024\n	present\n	13\n	5\n	5\n	3\n	15\n	11\n	+4\n	038.46\n	^[9]\n
Total\n	305\n	116\n	84\n	105\n	404\n	402\n	+2\n	038.03\n	\n

Authority control databases $\"Edit$
International	ISNI VIAF FAST WorldCat
National	Germany United States France BnF data

Early life

Club career

Early career

Arsenal

First season (1996\u201397)

Two \"doubles\" (1997\u20132002)

Captaincy and \"Invincibles\" (2002\u201304)

Final season (2004\u201305)

Juventus

Inter Milan

Manchester City

International career

Style of play

Managerial career

New York City FC

Nice

Crystal Palace

Strasbourg

Genoa

Style of management

Personal life

Media

Career statistics

Club

International

Managerial

Honours

Player

Manager

Orders

See also

References

External links

Patrick Vieira

Talks

Patrick Vieira's Talks