Sylvain Wiltord

Publié le 17 July 2002 à 00h32 by Bastien

Ten years after, Sylvain Wiltord’s return in his first professional team was one of the “feel good stories” of the 2007 summer. A prodigal son of the Stade Rennais, “Nino” has experienced everything, from his beginnings in Division 2, all the way up to a European Championship title and a World Cup final with France. After long negotiations with Lyon, the 92-caps man came back to his initial red and black colours, to help Rennes become one of the strongest places in the French football landscape. Unfortunately, the beautiful story went sour after Guy Lacombe’s arrival. Often pushed out of the professional squad, Wiltord eventually decided to leave again in winter 2009, and joined Marseille on a 6 month deal. In 2009-2010, he signed a contract for Ligue 2 side Metz, where he still plays at the moment.

Surname : Wiltord

Name : Sylvain

Nickname : Nino

Nationality : French

Date of Birth : 10/05/1974

Place of Birth : Neuilly-sur-Marne (Seine-Saint-Denis)

Height: 1,74 m

Weight : 72 kg

Position : Striker

Number : 6

International : France (92 caps, 26 goals)

Career :

Amateur :
FC Joinville-le-Pont
Stade Rennais FC (June 1991 - 1993)

Professional :
Stade Rennais FC (1993-1997)
Girondins de Bordeaux (1997-2000)
Arsenal FC (England, 2000-2004)
Olympique Lyonnais (2004-2007)
Stade Rennais FC (August 2007 - January 2009)
Olympique de Marseille (January - June 2009)

Honours :
2000 European Nations Championship winner
2001 & 2003 Confederations Cup winner
2006 World Cup finalist
1999 (Bordeaux), 2005, 2006 & 2007 (Lyon) France Champion
2002 & 2004 England Champion with Arsenal
2002 & 2003 FA Cup winner with Arsenal
2002 Community Shield winner with Arsenal
1998-1999 French first division top goal scorer (Bordeaux, 22 goals)
1998 (Bordeaux) & 2007 (Lyon) Coupe de la Ligue Finalist

Statistics :

First game with Rennes : FC Bourges - Stade Rennais (0-0, Division 2), September 19th, 1992 (replacing Émerick Darbelet)
First Division 1 game: Saint-Étienne - Stade Rennais (1-1), July 28th, 1994

1992-1993 Season :

Competition Played Started Goals Yellow Red Minutes
Division 2 2 0 0 - - -
Coupe de France 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 2 2 0 - - -

1993-1994 Season :

Competition Played Started Goals Yellow Red Minutes
Division 2 26 17 9 - - -
Coupe de France 1 1 0 - 0 -
Total 27 18 9 - - -

1994-1995 Season :

Competition Played Started Goals Yellow Red Minutes
Division 1 25 21 5 - - -
Coupe de France 1 1 0 - 0 -
Coupe de la Ligue 2 1 1 0 0 149
Total 28 23 6 - - -

1995-1996 Season :

Competition Played Started Goals Yellow Red Minutes
Division 1 37 29 15 - - -
Coupe de France 1 1 0 - 0 90
Coupe de la Ligue 2 2 3 0 0 170
Total 40 32 18 - - -

1996-1997 Season :

Competition Played Started Goals Yellow Red Minutes
Division 1 35 33 3 0 0 2800
Coupe de France 2 1 0 - - -
Coupe de la Ligue 3 2 0 0 0 211
European Cup 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 28 23 6 - - -

2007-2008 Season:

Competition Played Started Goals Yellow Red Minutes
Ligue 1 25 15 6 0 0 1441
Coupe de France 2 1 1 0 0 133
Coupe de la Ligue 1 0 0 0 0 46
European Cup 4 3 0 0 0 209
Total 32 19 7 0 0 1829
Competition Played Started Goals Minutes
Reserves 1 1 0 61

2008-2009 Season :

Competition Played Started Goals Yellow Red Minutes
Ligue 1 6 0 0 0 0 114
Coupe de France 0 0 0 0 0 0
Coupe de la Ligue 1 1 1 0 0 120
European Cup 2 1 0 0 0 90
Total 9 2 1 0 0 324
Competition Played Started Goals Minutes
Reserves 2 2 0 180

Total :

Competition Played Started Goals Yellow Red Minutes
Ligue 1 128 98 29 - - -
Division 2 28 17 9 - - -
Coupe de France 7 5 1 - - -
Coupe de la Ligue 9 6 5 0 0 696
European Cup 6 4 0 0 0 299
Total 178 130 44 - - -

Goals for the Stade Rennais :

- 1 - 11/09/93, Bastia - Rennes (2-1), Division 2, GW10
- 2 - 26/10/93, Nancy - Rennes (1-1), Division 2, GW18
- 3 - 30/10/93, Rennes - Bourges (1-1), Division 2, GW19
- 4 - 15/01/94, Rennes - Niort (6-1), Division 2, GW26
- 5 - 15/01/94, Rennes - Niort (6-1), Division 2, GW26
- 6 - 29/01/94, Valence - Rennes (1-1), Division 2, GW27
- 7 - 26/02/94, Rennes - Bastia (1-2), Division 2, GW30
- 8 - 09/04/94, Beauvais - Rennes (0-2), Division 2, GW35
- 9 - 30/04/94, Rennes - Nancy (2-0), Division 2, GW38
- 10 - 11/10/94, Rennes - Auxerre (2-2), Division 1, GW12
- 11 - 03/01/95, Rennes - Sedan (1-0), Coupe de la Ligue, R32 (80’)
- 12 - 28/01/95, Strasbourg - Rennes (2-2), Division 1, GW23
- 13 - 04/02/95, Rennes - Sochaux (2-1), Division 1, GW24
- 14 - 15/04/95, Rennes - Caen (5-0), Division 1, GW33
- 15 - 31/05/95, Rennes - Saint-Étienne (2-2), Division 1, GW38
- 16 - 05/08/95, Montpellier - Rennes (3-1), Division 1, GW3 (21’, 0-1)
- 17 - 19/08/95, Strasbourg - Rennes (3-1), Division 1, GW5 (69’, 3-1)
- 18 - 30/09/95, Rennes - Bastia (2-0), Division 1, GW11
- 19 - 14/10/95, Rennes - Lille (3-1), Division 1, GW13
- 20 - 14/10/95, Rennes - Lille (3-1), Division 1, GW13
- 21 - 09/12/95, Rennes - Montpellier (1-1), Division 1, GW21
- 22 - 13/12/95, Rennes - Louhans-Cuiseaux (2-0), Coupe de la Ligue, R32 (54’, 1-0)
- 23 - 13/12/95, Rennes - Louhans-Cuiseaux (2-0), Coupe de la Ligue, R32 (80’, 2-0)
- 24 - 06/01/96, Rennes – Le Havre (2-4), Coupe de la Ligue, R16 (90’, 2-4)
- 25 - 10/02/96, Martigues - Rennes (1-2), Division 1, GW26
- 26 - 10/02/96, Martigues - Rennes (1-2), Division 1, GW26
- 27 - 17/02/96, Rennes - Auxerre (2-1), Division 1, GW27
- 28 - 23/03/96, Rennes - Bordeaux (4-3), Division 1, GW31
- 29 - 09/04/96, Rennes - Saint-Étienne (3-0), Division 1, GW34
- 30 - 09/04/96, Rennes - Saint-Étienne (3-0), Division 1, GW34
- 31 - 27/04/96, Rennes - Nantes (2-2), Division 1, GW36
- 32 - 18/05/96, Rennes - Monaco (2-3), Division 1, GW38
- 33 - 18/05/96, Rennes - Monaco (2-3), Division 1, GW38
- 34 - 16/08/96, Rennes - Nice (3-1), Division 1, GW2 (37’, pen., 1-0)
- 35 - 20/09/96, Rennes - Nancy (1-0), Division 1, GW8 (64’)
- 36 - 06/11/96, Rennes - Havre (1-1), Division 1, GW16 (16’, 1-1)
- 37 - 06/10/07, Paris SG - Rennes (1-3), Division 1, GW10 (84’, 1-3)
- 38 - 20/10/07, Rennes - Le Mans (3-0), Division 1, GW11 (53’, 2-0)
- 39 - 28/10/07, Lens - Rennes (1-2), Ligue 1, GW12 (57’, 1-1)
- 40 - 06/01/08, Martigues - Rennes (0-3), Coupe de France, R64 (30’, 0-1)
- 41 - 13/01/08, Rennes - Marseille (3-1), Ligue 1, GW20 (82’, 2-1)
- 42 - 13/01/08, Rennes - Marseille (3-1), Ligue 1, GW20 (88’, 3-1)
- 43 - 19/04/08, Rennes - Valenciennes (1-0), Ligue 1, GW34 (77’)
- 44 - 24/09/08, Rennes – Le Mans (2-2 a.e.t., 4-3 pen.), Coupe de la Ligue, R32 (106’, 2-1)