Sylvain Marchal (born 10 February 1980) is a French former professional

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who played as a defender.

Career

Marchal began his career at

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, ...

, making his

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debut on 10 March 1999 in the 0–0 draw at

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. It was in the latter half of the 2001–02 season that he established himself as a regular in the Metz lineup, but fell out of favour by August 2004, when he was loaned out to

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

LB Châteauroux La Berrichonne de Châteauroux (), commonly referred to as La Berrichonne or simply Châteauroux, is a Football in France, French association football club based in Châteauroux. The football team is a part of a sports club that consists of seve ...

. A year later he returned to Metz to start in the first two matches of the 2005–06 season, but then transferred to

FC Lorient Football Club Lorient Bretagne Sud (;), commonly referred to as FC Lorient (), is a French professional association football club based in Lorient, Brittany. The club was founded in 1926 and currently competes in Ligue 2, having been relegated f ...

in Ligue 2. Lorient won promotion with him in the team, and he was a regular for them in the opening months of 2006–07 in Ligue 1. On 17 June 2010, Marchal joined

Saint-Étienne Saint-Étienne (; Franco-Provençal: ''Sant-Etiève''), also written St. Etienne, is a city and the prefecture of the Loire département, in eastern-central France, in the Massif Central, southwest of Lyon, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes regi ...

until 30 June 2013. On 27 July 2012, he signed a two-year contract with the

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n club

Bastia Bastia ( , , , ; ) is a communes of France, commune in the Departments of France, department of Haute-Corse, Corsica, France. It is located in the northeast of the island of Corsica at the base of Cap Corse. It also has the second-highest popu ...

. Only a season later, he left the

side by mutual consent to join his first club Metz, recently promoted in the Ligue 2. In February 2016, Metz announced the end of Marchal's career.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Marchal, Sylvain 1980 births Living people People from Langres Footballers from Haute-Marne French men's footballers Men's association football defenders FC Metz players LB Châteauroux players FC Lorient players AS Saint-Étienne players SC Bastia players Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players FC Metz non-playing staff 21st-century French sportsmen