Sébastien Roger Sansoni (born 30 January 1978) is a French former professional

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 ...

Career

Sansoni is a defender who was born in

Marseille Marseille ( , , ; also spelled in English as Marseilles; oc, Marselha ) is the prefecture of the French department of Bouches-du-Rhône and capital of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Situated in the camargue region of southern Fran ...

and made his debut in professional football, being part of the

Neuchâtel Xamax , neighboring_municipalities= Auvernier, Boudry, Chabrey (VD), Colombier, Cressier, Cudrefin (VD), Delley-Portalban (FR), Enges, Fenin-Vilars-Saules, Hauterive, Saint-Blaise, Savagnier , twintowns = Aarau (Switzerland), Besançon (Fra ...

squad in the 1999–2000 season. He also played for

FC Martigues Football Club de Martigues, known as FC Martigues or just Martigues, is a French professional football club which plays in the Championnat National, the third level of football in France. The club plays at the Stade Francis Turcan, which ha ...

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

and

Ethnikos Asteras Ethnikos Asteras F.C. ( el, Γ.Α.Ο. Εθνικός Aστέρας, the ''National Star'') is a professional football club based in Kaisariani, Athens, Greece. History The club, originally named ''Ethnikos Astir,'' was founded in 1927 from the ...

before joining

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. In the 2006–07 season Sansoni held the Dutch headlines for biting in Roy Beerens' nose during an

Eredivisie The Eredivisie (; ''"Honour Division"'' or ''"Premier Division"'') is the highest level of professional football in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956, two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is ...

match between Vitesse and

N.E.C. NEC Nijmegen (''Nijmegen Eendracht Combinatie''), commonly known as NEC (), is a professional Dutch association football club based in Nijmegen. The club currently competes in the Eredivisie, the top tier of Dutch football, following promotion f ...

, a

Gelderland Gelderland (), also known as Guelders () in English, is a province of the Netherlands, occupying the centre-east of the country. With a total area of of which is water, it is the largest province of the Netherlands by land area, and second by ...

derby. He signed for

Russian Premier League The Russian Premier League (RPL; russian: Российская премьер-лига; РПЛ), also written as Russian Premier Liga, is the top division professional association football league in Russia. It was established at the end of 200 ...

side

FC Khimki FC Khimki (russian: ФК Химки) is a Russian professional football club based in Khimki. The club returned to the Russian Premier League in the 2020–21 season. History The team was formed in 1996 by merging two amateur clubs from Khimki ...

on 20 August 2009 until the end of the season. When the 2009 season ended he moved to Israel and signed for Maccabi Petah Tikva on 5 January 2010. On 22 July 2012, after two years with Maccabi Petah Tikva he joined French CFA 2 club Étoile Sportive Pennoise, and continued his career on amateur level.Rumeurs de vestiaires - GADI à l'USBCO Boulogne...
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International career

Alongside

Eric Cantona Eric Daniel Pierre Cantona (; ; born 24 May 1966) is a French actor, director, producer, and former professional footballer. Often regarded as one of the greatest players of his generation, Cantona is credited as having made Manchester United a d ...

he became World Champion at the

2005 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup The 2005 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup was the first edition of the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, an international beach soccer competition contest by men's national teams and organized by FIFA. Overall, it was the 11th edition of a world cup in bea ...

References

External links

Profile
at footballdatabase.eu
Sébastien Sansoni profile at Voetbal International
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sansoni, Sebastien 1978 births Living people Sportspeople from Hyères Association football central defenders French footballers Neuchâtel Xamax FCS players FC Martigues players LB Châteauroux players SBV Vitesse players Ethnikos Asteras F.C. players Maccabi Petah Tikva F.C. players Expatriate footballers in Israel Eredivisie players French expatriate footballers French expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Expatriate footballers in Switzerland French expatriate sportspeople in Greece Expatriate footballers in Greece French expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands Expatriate footballers in Russia French expatriate sportspeople in Israel French expatriate sportspeople in Russia FC Khimki players Israeli Premier League players Russian Premier League players US Marseille Endoume players French beach soccer players Footballers from Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur