Stéphane Collet (born 13 June 1972) is a Malagasy former professional

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who played as a

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Personal life

Collet was born in

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, Madagascar. He holds Malagasy and French nationalities.

Career

Collet debuted professionally for

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, and spent his career in

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and

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. He has represented the Madagascar national team. While at Strasbourg he won the

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in 1997, playing in the

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* * 1972 births Living people Malagasy men's footballers French men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Madagascar men's international footballers Ligue 1 players La Liga players OGC Nice players RC Strasbourg Alsace players RC Lens players Real Sociedad footballers Rapid de Menton players Malagasy expatriate men's footballers Malagasy expatriate sportspeople in France Malagasy expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in France Expatriate men's footballers in Spain {{Madagascar-footy-bio-stub