Christophe Jérôme Dugarry (; born 24 March 1972) is a French former professional

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who played as a

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. He was a member of the France team that won the

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and

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. His clubs included

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and

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Club career

Dugarry came through the youth ranks at

alongside future France teammates

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and

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. He spent eight years at Bordeaux, scoring 34 goals in 187 appearances. His two goals against

in the

1995–96 UEFA Cup The 1995–96 UEFA Cup was the 25th season of Europe's then-tertiary club football tournament organised by UEFA. It was won by German club Bayern Munich on aggregate over Bordeaux of France. Girondins de Bordeaux went to the final all the way ...

quarter-finals helped to seal a move to that club for the 1996–97 season. Dugarry managed just 5 goals in 27 appearances for Milan, before joining

the following season. After only seven appearances in his sole season there, he returned to France, first with

. He then returned to Bordeaux, where he played another 65 games, scoring 9 goals. In 2003, he joined

on loan as the second World Cup-winner to join the team, the first being Argentinian

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in 1978. His prominence earned him rough treatment from opposition defenders. After a run of 5 goals in 4 matches cemented the club's

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status, moving them from the relegation zone to 13th, Dugarry joined the club on a permanent two-year deal in May 2003. He saw out less than the first season, scoring once in 15 appearances before leaving the club by mutual consent, citing family reasons. He then signed a one-year contract with

, where he made no appearances. Following this, he retired from football in 2005. He has since been inducted into Birmingham City's Hall of Fame.

International career

Dugarry made his international debut in a 1–0 win against

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on 26 May 1994. He was capped 55 times for the France national team and scored eight goals. With France, Dugarry won the

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and the

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. He also played at

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and the

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Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list France's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Dugarry goal.''

Honours

Bordeaux *

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: 2001–02 * Division 2: 1991–92 *

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1995 1995 was designated as: * United Nations Year for Tolerance * World Year of Peoples' Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War This was the first year that the Internet was entirely privatized, with the United States government ...

France *

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1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...

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2000 2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year. Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a tende ...

FIFA Confederations Cup The FIFA Confederations Cup was an international association football tournament for men's national teams, held every four years by FIFA. It was contested by the holders of each of the six continental championships ( AFC, CAF, CONCACAF, CONMEBO ...

2001 The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan ...

Orders *

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: 1998

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