Franck Jurietti (born 30 March 1975) is a French former professional

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who played as a full-back. He spent most of his career with

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Club career

Jurietti's professional career started at

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, having already been part of their youth team. However, he did not get to play a single game and was transferred to

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at the end of the season. There he achieved promotion to

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for his first year at the club, and on 19 July 1995, he played his first Ligue 1 match against

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. At the end of the season, Gueugnon were again relegated, and, after one more year in Ligue 2 where they were unable to achieve back promotion, Jurietti left the club to

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, where he stayed for three years. In 2000, he was transferred to

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where he was never quite able to settle and after 6 months, he was loaned for the rest of the season to rivals

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. He returned to Monaco for one more season and had a trial spell with

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side Everton in 2003 but did not secure a contract. He then joined

, the club in which he has been the most successful so far, winning the championship once (after finishing twice runner-up) and the

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twice. He was the captain during the

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against

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that Bordeaux won 4–0. His contract expired in 2010, and he was notified by manager

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that it would not be renewed, effectively putting an end to his playing career.

International career

In 2005, after an excellent start of season with Bordeaux, Jurietti was called up by

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for the

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for the final two

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matches. After remaining an unused substitute against

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, Jurietti made his international debut on 12 October 2005 during the 4–0 victory against

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, but only came on for the last five seconds in what was to remain his sole international appearance. This makes him the French player with the shortest international career ever, ahead of Bernard Boissier, who had played two minutes for France in 1975.

Style of play

Jurietti could play on both sides of the defence, and was also known to fill in as a midfielder when called upon. He developed a reputation for being one of the most "dangerous" players in the French league.

Honours

Lyon *

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: 1993–94 Monaco *

: 2002–03 Bordeaux *

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: 2008–09 *Coupe de la Ligue: 2006–07, 2008–09 *

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jurietti, Franck 1975 births Living people Footballers from Valence, Drôme French men's footballers Men's association football defenders Olympique Lyonnais players FC Gueugnon players SC Bastia players AS Monaco FC players Olympique de Marseille players FC Girondins de Bordeaux players Ligue 1 players France men's under-21 international footballers France men's international footballers Sportspeople from Corsica French people of Corsican descent