A vivid reflection of the successful career of any football player is his biography. Patrice Evra was no exception. Over the years of his performances, he managed to play not only in the championships of three different countries, but also as part of the national team of his country. Throughout his career, the athlete has experienced both great triumph and bitter defeats.
Childhood and first steps in football
French footballer Patrice Evra, whose biography is presented in this article, was born in the Senegalese city of Dakar on May 15, 1981. His father was a diplomat at the time. When the boy was three years old, the whole family moved to France. Here he lived with his parents in the suburbs of Paris.
As a teenager, Patrice played in the youth team of the PSG football club. It should be noted that he initially played on the spot of the striker. At that time, the young Frenchman was spotted by the scout of the small Marsala team from Italy, which subsequently signed a contract with him. In the first season, in 27 bouts for his new club, the footballer scored six goals. The following year, the footballer moved to the Monza team, which played in the second most important Italian division - Serie B. He failed to gain a foothold here, and during the season he played only three official matches.
France
Since the player’s career in Italy did not develop properly, he decided to return to France. Here he signed a contract with the Nice club playing in the second league of the national championship. Initially, he, as before, went on the field in place of the striker. However, due to a series of injuries of other team players, the head coach transferred him to the defense. Since that time, the position in which Evra Patrice is a defender. He showed himself excellently here, an additional confirmation of which was his recognition as the best player of the defensive plan in League 2.
The game of the young Frenchman was impressed by the mentor of “Monaco” Didier Deschamps. As a result, in 2002 the club signed a contract with him. Almost immediately, the beginner managed to win a place at its core. In 2004, Monaco made it to the Champions League final, in which he lost 3-0 to the Portuguese Porto. The following season, Patrice Evra was appointed team captain. Be that as it may, the year turned out to be a failure for the club: in the national championship, he took a place at the bottom of the final standings. As for the Champions League, here the team took off at the stage of the group stage.
"Manchester United"
In 2006, the footballer was acquired for 5.5 million pounds by an English grand - the Manchester United team. The signing of the contract with the player is connected with the desire of her coach Alex Ferguson to strengthen the defensive line. Patrice Evra made her debut in the new team on January 14, 2006 in a away match against Manchester City, in which she lost 3-1. The first match in the home arena of Manchester United, the football player spent January 22 against Liverpool. Then the home team won 1-0. The player gradually adapted to the new style of the game and, starting from the 2007/2008 season, became a key performer in the team. In his last season with the Red Devils, he often performed with a captain's armband in his hand. On May 23, 2014, the footballer extended the contract with Manchester for another year.
Juventus
Two months after the extension of the labor agreement with the British, Patrice Evra moved to Juventus. Turintsy paid for the player an amount of 1.2 million pounds. The footballer signed a two-year contract with the Italian champion. He held his debut match in the Turin club on September 13, 2014 as part of the second round of the Italian championship against the Udinese team. He did not have any problems with adaptation, because he speaks excellent French, English, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese.
National team
Speaking for “Monaco”, the footballer was first invited to the youth team of France. The first match in its composition Patrice Evra held October 11, 2002. It was a game against the Slovenian national team. Two years later, the player took part in the game for the main team of his country. Then the friendly match against Bosnia and Herzegovina ended in a draw 1: 1. In March 2005, Patrice was injured, which subsequently lost his place in the French for a year and a half. The 2008 European Championship for the French team was a failure. In the first match of the group stage, Evra did not participate. He appeared only in fights against the Dutch and Italians, who lost the team respectively with a score of 4: 1 and 2: 0. As a result, the French left the tournament. Now the player is called to the national team of the country regularly.