Franck Histilloles (born 25 January 1973) is a former

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who played as a

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for clubs in France and Greece.

Career

Born in

Forbach Forbach ( , , ; ) is a commune in the French department of Moselle, northeastern French region of Grand Est. It is located on the German border approximately 15 minutes from the center of Saarbrücken, Germany, with which it constitutes a ...

, Histilloles began his career playing for the youth team of

Girondins de Bordeaux Football Club des Girondins de Bordeaux (), commonly referred to as Girondins de Bordeaux () or simply Bordeaux, is a French football club based in the city of Bordeaux in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine. It competes in the Championnat National 2 ...

. In 1994, he made his

Ligue 1 Ligue 1 (; ), officially known as Ligue 1 McDonald's France, McDonald's for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in France and the highest level of the French football league system. Administered by the Ligue de ...

debut with Bordeaux at age 20. After three seasons with the club, he moved to fellow Ligue 1 club

FC Metz Football Club de Metz () is a Football in France, French association football club based in Metz, Lorraine. The club was formed in 1932 and plays in Ligue 1, the highest division in the French football league system, for the 2025–26 Ligue 1, ...

. Two seasons later, he joined

Ligue 2 Ligue 2 (, League 2), also known as Ligue 2 BKT due to sponsorship reasons, is a French professional football league. The league serves as the second division of French football and is one of two divisions making up the Ligue de Football Prof ...

club

US Créteil-Lusitanos Union Sportive Créteil-Lusitanos (commonly referred to as US Créteil, USC, or simply Créteil) is a French football club based in Créteil, a southeastern suburb of Paris. The club was founded in 1936 and currently play in the National 2, the ...

. In December 2001, Créteil ran into financial difficulties and Histilloles left on a free transfer for

Greek Superleague The Super League Greece 1 (), or Stoiximan Super League for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Greece and the highest level of the Greek football league system. The league was formed on 16 July 2006 and repla ...

side

Panachaiki F.C. Panachaiki F.C. (Greek: Παναχαϊκή ΓΕ ΠΑΕ ) is a Greek professional football club based in Patras, Greece, that competes in Super League Greece 2, the second tier of Greek football. Founded in 14 June 1891, they have reached the Greek ...

He spent 1.5 seasons with Panachaiki, appearing in 36 league matches for the club. Histilloles returned to France and finished his career playing in the lower levels of French football.

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* * 1973 births Living people Sportspeople from Forbach Footballers from Moselle (department) French men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players FC Girondins de Bordeaux players FC Metz players US Créteil-Lusitanos players Panachaiki F.C. players FC Martigues players Aviron Bayonnais FC players French expatriate men's footballers French expatriate sportspeople in Greece Expatriate men's footballers in Greece {{France-footy-midfielder-1970s-stub