During the 2002–03 Olympique de Marseille season, this player was the most praised player, helping out with scoring important goals, who was nicknamed what?
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2002–03 Olympique de Marseille season Olympique de Marseille almost won the French League for the first time in 11 years, having a remarkable run to third place, having only scored five goals more than it conceded. The most praised player was central defender Daniel Van Buyten, who was able to tighten up the defence, and also helping out with scoring several important goals. Without Marseille's goalscoring woes, it could have sustained a more serious title assault. Therefore it signed late-blooming starlet Didier Drogba from En Avant Guingamp, a move that was set to be among the best financial deals in the clubs' history.
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Daniel Van Buyten Daniel Van Buyten (] ; born 7 February 1978) is a Belgian former footballer who played as a centre back. Nicknamed "Big Dan", Van Buyten was known for his uncompromising style of play, exploiting both his physical strength and aerial ability.
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Horst Hrubesch Horst Hrubesch (] ; born 17 April 1951) is a retired German football player who is still active as a manager. His nickname was "Das Kopfball-Ungeheuer" (the Header Beast) for his heading skills as a centre-forward.
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Dimitri Payet Dimitri Payet (] ; born 29 March 1987) is a French professional footballer who plays for Ligue 1 club Olympique de Marseille and the France national team. A set-piece specialist, known for his accurate, bending free kicks, he primarily plays as an attacking midfielder, and is described as a player who is "blessed with terrific technique and dribbling skills".
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José Altafini José João Altafini (born 24 July 1938), also known as "Mazzola" in Brazil (as when he started to play it was noted that he resembled the Italian legend Valentino Mazzola), is an Italian-Brazilian former footballer, who played as a forward. Although he began his career with Palmeiras in Brazil, he soon moved to play football in Italy, and is mostly remembered for his highly successful stint with Italian club A.C. Milan, with which he achieved great domestic and international success; he later also played for Napoli and Juventus, before ending his career in Switzerland with spells at Chiasso and Mendrisiostar. A highly prolific goalscorer, Altafini also held the record for the most goals scored in a single European Cup campaign for over 50 years; he is also one of only eight players to have scored five goals in a single European Cup match. He is the joint-fourth highest scorer in Italian Serie A history (along with Giuseppe Meazza) with 216 goals, and also holds the record for being the youngest player in Serie A to score 100 goals. At international level, he represented both Brazil and Italy; he was a member of the Brazilian side that won the 1958 FIFA World Cup, and later also represented Italy at the 1962 FIFA World Cup.
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1975–76 Coupe de France The Coupe de France 1975–1976 was its 59th edition. It was won by Olympique de Marseille which defeated Olympique Lyonnais in the Final.
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Kalidou Koulibaly Kalidou Koulibaly (born 20 June 1991) is a Senegalese footballer who plays as defender for Serie A club Napoli and the Senegal national football team, usually as a centre-back. A large, quick and physically strong yet elegant player, he is recognised for his aerial prowess, anticipation, passing ability and versatility, as he can play both as a central defender, or as a full-back on either the right or left flank, in both a three or four-man defence; he has even been deployed as a defensive midfielder. His playing style has earned him the nicknames "K2" and "The Wall" from his fans.
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Just Fontaine Just "Justo" Fontaine (] ; born 18 August 1933) is a retired French footballer. A prolific forward, he is best known for being the record holder for most goals scored in a single edition of the FIFA World Cup, with 13 in six matches in 1958. In 2004, Pelé named him one of the 125 Greatest Living Footballers at a FIFA Awards Ceremony.
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Jorge Burruchaga Jorge Luis Burruchaga (] ; nicknamed "Burru", born 9 October 1962) is an Argentine association football coach and former professional football player, born in Gualeguay, Entre Ríos. He played both as an attacking midfielder and striker and is famous for scoring the winning goal in the final of the 1986 FIFA World Cup.
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Claudio Borghi Claudio Daniel Borghi Bidos (] ; born 28 September 1964), nicknamed "Bichi", is a Chilean-Argentine football manager and former player who played as an attacking midfielder.
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Jean-Daniel Padovani At the end of the 2007–08 season, he received the "Etoile d'Or du meilleur gardien de Ligue 2" (Gold star for the best Ligue 2 goalkeeper) from the French football magazine France Football.
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Choc des Olympiques The Choc des Olympiques ("Clash of the Olympics") is the name of the football local derby between two major teams in French football with "Olympique" in its names – Olympique Lyonnais and Olympique de Marseille. The French major football broadcaster Canal+ calls this game "Olympico" referring also to El Clásico. It specifically refers to individual matches between the teams. Unlike Le Classique, the rivalry has no bad blood within it and, instead, stems from the competitiveness of the each club's players, managers, supporters, and presidential hierarchy. The rivalry is often cited as being particularly important as both clubs are of high standard in French football and the championship is regularly decided between the two. Marseille and Lyon (along with Saint-Étienne and Paris Saint-Germain F.C.) are the only French clubs to have won the French first division four straight times with Marseille doing it on two occasions.
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Gianfranco Zigoni Gianfranco Zigoni (born 25 November 1944 in Oderzo) is an Italian former footballer who played as a forward or as a midfielder. Nicknamed "Zigogol" by his fans, he was a prolific goalscorer, and played with several major Serie A throughout his career in the 1960s and the 1970s, including Juventus and A.S. Roma. He was capable of playing both as a striker and as a left winger, and was known in particular for his talent and skilful playing style, as well as his 'colourful' personality and 'rebellious' character.
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1971–72 French Division 1 Olympique de Marseille won Division 1 season 1971/1972 of the French Association Football League with 56 points.
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Telmo Zarra Pedro Telmo Zarraonandía Montoya (20 January 1921 – 23 February 2006), known as Telmo Zarra or simply Zarra (] , ] ), was a Spanish football forward. He spent the majority of his career at Athletic Bilbao, from 1940 to 1955, for whom he remains the top scorer in competitive matches with 335 goals.
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2005–06 Olympique de Marseille season Olympique de Marseille just missed out on Champions League qualification, but recorded 60 league points, an improvement on previous seasons. New signing Franck Ribéry got an international breakthrough, being linked to transfers to several European top clubs and being instrumental in France reaching the final of the World Cup. In spite of all rumours, Ribéry would stay at the club for a further season. That did not apply to manager Jean Fernandez, who left for Auxerre at the end of the season.
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Maniche Nuno Ricardo de Oliveira Ribeiro, (born 11 November 1977), known as Maniche (] , or less commonly [maˈnik(ɨ)] ), is a retired Portuguese professional footballer who played as a central midfielder.
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Roberto Cherro Roberto Eugenio Cerro, named "Cherro" (23 February 1907 – 11 October 1965) was an Argentine football striker. He was born in Barracas in the city of Buenos Aires in Argentina. He played the majority of his career with Boca Juniors, he scored 221 goals in 305 games for the club (in all official competitions), making him Boca Juniors' highest scoring player until his record was surpassed by Martín Palermo in 2010.
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Marc Degryse Marc Gabriel Degryse (born 4 September 1965), nicknamed "Le Lutin d'Ardooie" ("The Imp of Ardooie") and "The Little One", is a Belgian retired footballer who played as a forward.
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List of international goals scored by Neymar Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior (] ; born 5 February 1992), commonly known as Neymar or Neymar Jr., is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays for French club Paris Saint-Germain. He is the fourth all-time top scorer for the Brazil national football team with 52 goals in 78 appearances. Below is a list of international goals he has scored for Brazil:
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2001–02 Olympique de Marseille season Olympique de Marseille at least managed to become a midfield team in the 2001-02 French league season. Despite the mid-table mediocrity, "l'OM" still attracted more than 50.000 spectators on average, helping the clubs' mired economy getting out of the crisis.
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Luciano Re Cecconi Luciano Re Cecconi (1 December 1948 – 18 January 1977) was an Italian footballer, who played as a midfielder; a fast, strong, athletic, and hardworking player, known for his speed, tenacity, and stamina, he functioned as a box-to-box midfielder or as a defensive or central midfielder for his teams. He was also known for his sense of humour throughout his career, and he was nicknamed "l'Angelo Biondo" — 'The Blond Angel' — for the colour of his hair.