Philippe Brunel

Philippe Brunel (born 28 February 1973) is a French former professional football midfielder. He was a midfielder or playmaker with a wide range of passing.

Philippe Brunel
Personal information
Full name Philippe Brunel
Date of birth (1973-02-28) 28 February 1973
Place of birth Boulogne-sur-Mer, France
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Boulogne
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1991–2001 Lens 158 (9)
1995–1996 → Gueugnon (loan) 34 (4)
2001–2002 Marseille 11 (0)
2002–2005 Lille 108 (16)
2005–2007 Sochaux 28 (0)
2007–2011 Angers 90 (10)
2011–2012 Valence 12 (0)
Total 441 (39)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

Lens

Brunel began his career at RC Lens in 1991. From then until 1995, he made 27 appearances for the club, scoring one goal before moving to FC Gueugnon on a year-long loan in 1995. He made 34 appearances and scored 4 goals for Gueugnon; upon the completion of his loan, he returned to Lens.

Upon his return, Brunel featured much more prominently in the Lens squad; over five years from 1996 to 2001, he played 131 times and scored 8 goals in Ligue 1. He contributed 33 appearances as his side won 1997–98 French Division 1.[1] The following season he played as a substitute in the final as they won the 1998-99 Coupe de la Ligue.[2] He also featured in the club's UEFA Cup campaign in the 1999–2000 season, making two appearances - a 1–2 defeat to 1. FC Kaiserslautern on 25 November 1999 in the home leg of the 3rd-round tie, and the 1–4 victory in the away leg.

Marseille

Brunel's performances for Lens earned him a free transfer in 2001 to Olympique de Marseille, however as with his time at Gueugnon his Marseille career did not go to plan; having made only 11 appearances for his new club, he was transferred in January 2002 to Lille for £880,000.

Lille

During the second half of the season, Brunel made a further 11 appearances for Lille, scoring once, in addition to two appearances in the UEFA Cup - both legs of the last-16 tie with Borussia Dortmund on 21 and 28 February 2002.

From then until 2005, he would make a total of 118 appearances for Lille and score 16 goals in the process; in 2005 he was transferred to Sochaux, however he made only 28 appearances in two years with the club before leaving for Angers SCO in 2007. While at Sochaux he played as a substitute as they won the 2007 Coupe de France Final. The game finished 2-2 and went to penalties, and Brunel scored his penalty in the shootout as his side emerged victorious.[3]

Angers

Over four years with Angers, Brunel scored 10 goals in a total of 99 league appearances in Ligue 2; having featured regularly until 2010 but not made a single appearance in the 2010–11 season, he retired from professional football and moved into amateur football with AS Valence in the summer of 2011.

Career statistics
Sources:[4][5]
Club Season League Cup League Cup Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
France League Coupe de France Coupe de la Ligue Total
Lens1991–92Ligue 100000000
1992–9300000000
1993–9490000090
1994–951810000181
1996–972820000282
1997–983310000331
1998–991720000172
1999–20003220000322
2000–012110000211
Total 158900001589
Gueugnon (loan)1995–96Ligue 13440000344
Marseille2001–02Ligue 11100000110
Lille2001–02Ligue 11110000111
2002–033630000363
2003–043430000343
2004–053790000379
Total 10816000010816
Sochaux2005–06Ligue 11900000190
2006–0790000090
Total 2800000280
Angers2007–08Ligue 23140000314
2008–093630010373
2009–103232010353
2010–1100000000
Total 901020209410
Valence2011–12CFA 21203000150
Career total 44139502044839

Honours

Lens

Lille

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References
  1. "L'équipe du R.C. Lens - saison 1997 / 1998". sitercl.com. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  2. "Finale Coupe de la Ligue 1998/99 RC Lens - FC Metz". sitercl.com. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  3. "African quartet win French Cup". BBC. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  4. "La Fiche de Philippe BRUNEL (AS Valence) , Football - L'Equipe.fr". L'Équipe (in French). Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  5. "P. Brunel". Soccerway. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  6. "Leiria 0-2 Lille (Aggregate: 0 - 2)". uefa.com. Archived from the original on 11 October 2004. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
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