Stéphane Gillet

Stéphane Gillet
Personal information
Full name	Stéphane Gillet
Date of birth	20 August 1977 (age 47)
Place of birth	Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
	FC Marisa Mersch
Senior career*
Years	Team
1995–1998	Standard Liège
1998–1999	Spora Luxembourg
1999–2001	SV Elversberg
2001	Paris Saint-Germain
2002–2003	Paris Saint-Germain II
2003–2004	FC Wil
2004–2005	Union Luxembourg
2005–2006	Racing FC Luxembourg
2006	Chester City
2006–2007	Racing FC Luxembourg
2007–2008	Jeunesse Esch
2009–2010	SC Steinfort
International career‡
2000–2006	Luxembourg
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 July 2008; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 February 2009

Stéphane Gillet (born 20 August 1977) was 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

Swiss Cup: 1

2004

References

^ 2001/2002 UEFA Cup 2nd Round – Ligue de Football Professionnel
^ Chester pay off released keeper Gillet's contract – Liverpool Echo
^ "Rugby's unstoppable rise in Luxembourg". Luxemburger Wort. 29 June 2011. Archived from the original on 19 February 2013. Retrieved 30 June 2011.
^ Record at FIFA Tournaments – FIFA

External links

Player profile – Jeunesse d'Esch at the Wayback Machine (archived 2007-09-28)
Stéphane Gillet at National-Football-Teams.com

[1] 2001/2002 UEFA Cup 2nd Round – Ligue de Football Professionnel

[2] Chester pay off released keeper Gillet's contract – Liverpool Echo

[Rugby's_unstoppable_rise-3] "Rugby's unstoppable rise in Luxembourg". Luxemburger Wort. 29 June 2011. Archived from the original on 19 February 2013. Retrieved 30 June 2011.

[4] Record at FIFA Tournaments – FIFA

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