Stéphane Guivarc'h

Player

Birthday September 6, 1970

Birth Sign Virgo

Birthplace Concarneau, France

Age 53 years old

Nationality France

Height 1.79 m

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1929

In the opening victory over South Africa (3–0) Guivarc'h was substituted for Christophe Dugarry in the 29th minute.

He did not play at all in the following 4–0 victory over Saudi Arabia.

1965

Guivarc'h was booked in the quarter-final against Italy and substituted in the 65th minute with Christian Karembeu for Thierry Henry and David Trezeguet.

France won on penalties when the game finished 0–0 after extra-time.

1968

In the semi-final versus Croatia Guivarc'h was again substituted for Trezeguet in the 68th minute as France won 2–1.

1970

Stéphane Pierre Yves Guivarc'h (born 6 September 1970) is a French former professional footballer who played as striker.

1982

In the third round's second leg against Twente Enschede of the Netherlands, he scored an 82nd-minute penalty in the 2–0 victory at home to send Auxerre through 3–0 on aggregate.

In the quarter-finals against Lazio of Italy, Auxerre lost the first leg 1–0 away.

In the second leg Guivarc'h struck twice in a 2–2 draw which meant that Lazio advanced 3–2 on aggregate.

1989

Guivarc'h's career started at the Breton club Stade Brestois in 1989.

1991

In 1991, he moved to another club in the region, En Avant Guingamp, where his goalscoring rate was better than one every two games (68 in 110 league games), prompting a move to AJ Auxerre in 1995.

1995

He played for the club as they won a double of Ligue 1 and Coupe de France in 1995–96, under manager Guy Roux, but only scored 3 goals in 23 league appearances.

After a season at Auxerre, he returned to a third Breton club, Stade Rennais for a single season, where he won the Ligue 1 Golden Boot for 22 goals in 36 appearances.

Guivarc'h's Golden Boot-winning season prompted a return to Auxerre only one year after leaving them.

He retained the Division 1 Golden Boot, rewarded for 21 goals in 32 league appearances.

1996

His early career was spent in France with the Breton clubs Stade Brestois and En Avant Guingamp before moving to AJ Auxerre, where he won Division 1 in 1996.

He returned to Brittany with Stade Rennais with whom he won Ligue 1's Golden Boot.

1997

At a second spell at Auxerre he retained the Golden Boot in Division 1 and also won the Golden Boot for the 1997–98 UEFA Cup.

That summer he started in the World Cup Final.

Guivarc'h left France for Newcastle United of the Premier League after the World Cup but left after three months having failed to make an impact at St James' Park.

He finished the season at Rangers FC of the Scottish Premier League with medals in the league and Scottish League Cup, of which he scored in the final.

Guivarc'h scored nine times as he helped Auxerre win the 1997 UEFA Intertoto Cup to earn a spot in the 1997-98 UEFA Cup where he netted seven times to earn its Golden Boot.

The first goal came in the First Round's First leg against Deportivo La Coruña of Spain in a 2–1 win.

The second leg was goalless.

In the second round against OFI Crete of Greece, he scored twice in the home leg in a 3–1 victory (Antoine Sibierski got the other goal) and once in the second in a 3–2 defeat (5–4 on aggregate).

1998

He featured in the France squad that won the 1998 FIFA World Cup on home soil.

Guivarc'h was signed for Newcastle United by their manager Kenny Dalglish in the 1998 close season.

He played four league games, scoring on his debut against Liverpool, then was sold to Rangers for £3.5m on 6 November 1998 by new manager Ruud Gullit.

At Rangers he won the treble under Dick Advocaat: the Scottish Premier League, Scottish Cup and Scottish League Cup.

Two days after signing, he scored two goals away at St Johnstone after coming on as a substitute in a 7–0 win.

He also scored two away at Heart of Midlothian in a 3–2 win.

He scored Rangers' first in the League Cup final versus St Johnstone, which they won 2–1.

After only one season at Rangers he joined Auxerre for a third spell, then for his final season as a professional returned to Guingamp once more.

During his two spells at the Breton club he scored 69 goals, a club record.

As a result of his domestic goalscoring record Guivarc'h was selected as the lone striker in the World Cup winning France team of 1998.

He was given the number 9 shirt by manager Aimé Jacquet.

2001

He then returned to Auxerre before retiring after the 2001–02 season with En Avant Guingamp.

Guivarc'h was born in Concarneau, Finistère.

2016

In the Last 16 against Paraguay he came on in the 76th minute for his Auxerre teammate Bernard Diomede.

France won 1–0 after extra-time with a golden-goal from Laurent Blanc.