Maxence Flachez

Maxence Flachez

Personal information
Full name	Maxence Flachez
Date of birth	August 5, 1972 (1972-08-05) (age 39)
Place of birth	Grenoble, France
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Centre back
Youth career
	ES Manival
–	Lyon
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1992–1995	Lyon	55	(2)
1995–1996	Martigues	31	(3)
1996–2004	Sochaux	280	(12)
2004–2005	Guingamp	30	(0)
2005–2007	Valenciennes	67	(2)
2007–2009	Grenoble	47	(0)
National team
1992–1995	France U21
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Maxence Flachez (born 5 August 1972 in Grenoble) is a retired French footballer who played as a central defender.

Football career

Flachez made his professional - and top division - debut for Olympique Lyonnais on August 29, 1992 (aged 20), in a 2–2 home draw against Olympique de Marseille. Ironically, has he gained more experience, he appeared less for the first team, eventually leaving in the 1995 summer.

After one year in FC Martigues, Flachez joined FC Sochaux-Montbéliard, where he would remain for eight straight seasons, always as an undisputed starter (four years apiece in the first and second levels), amassing more than 300 official appearances. In the 2002–03 season, he helped the club finish fifth and reach the final of the domestic league cup: as the latter competition winners AS Monaco FC finished second in the league and qualified for the UEFA Champions League, Sochaux qualified for the UEFA Cup, where the player appeared in his first matches (six).

Flachez played one more year in division two with En Avant Guingamp, then switched to another side in the category, Valenciennes FC, which he helped promote immediately, as champions. A final topflight promotion was achieved in 2007–08, with hometown's Grenoble Foot 38; after the club's subsequent relegation, he retired from football, at nearly 37, returning to first professional club Lyon as a TV pundit for the official channel.

Honours

• Second Division: 2000–01, 2005–06
• League Cup: 2003–04; Runner-up 2002–03

External links

• L'Équipe stats (French)
• Maxence Flachez French league stats at LFP.fr (French)

Persondata
Name	Flachez, Maxence
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Date of birth	August 5, 1972
Place of birth	Grenoble, France
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