Mikael Sylvester: football career and personal achievements

Mikael Sylvester is a football player who played in the best clubs in Europe, but he was never considered the top player. Born athlete August 9, 1977 in France, where he began his career. The defender played for 8 clubs and passed all the youth teams of France on the way to the national team.

Carier start

Sylvester began playing at the youth level in 1984, when he turned 7 years old. The first club of Michael was the "Saint Pierre De Cor". In 1991, he moved to the "Tour", where he played for two seasons. In 1994, Sylvester became a player of FC "Rennes", where a year later and began his professional career.

For the main team of "Renna" Mikael Silvester played until 1998 and spent 49 matches. Another 32 duel defender played for the second team. For the time spent in France, he could not score a single goal. In 1998 Sylvester was signed by the Milan club "Internationale".

To gain a foothold in "Inter" Sylvester failed. In the "inseparable" Frenchman spent one season, during which he played only 18 matches and scored 1 scored ball. After this came the best period in Mikael's career.

"Manchester United"

Season 1999/2000 Sylvester held in one of the best clubs in England and the world - Manchester United. Injury Ronnie Johnsen allowed the Frenchman to play in the center of defense in a pair with the Dutchman Yap Stam. Debuted Sylvester as part of the "red devils" in 1999 in a game against Liverpool. In his first season, the Frenchman took part in 38 matches.

In the second season for Manchester United Mikael Sylvester played 47 games, of which 14 matches fell on European cups. In the English Premier League defender participated in 30 matches and scored 1 goal.

Until 2006, Sylvester was the main defender of the Manchester club. For five seasons Mikael played almost 250 matches and scored 8 goals. The defender took part in games on all fronts: in the championship of England, in the Champions League, and in the national cup tournaments.

After that, the career of the football player went to a decline. In the 2006/07 season Sylvester played 14 games in the English Premier League and 7 more fights in the national cups and in the Champions League. Season 2007/08 was the last for Sylvester in the "Manchester United".

End of career

From Manchester Michael Sylvester went to London, where he signed a two-year agreement with the local "Arsenal". For two seasons in the "Gunners" Frenchman played 43 games. At this, his performance in the strongest league of the world came to an end.

In 2010, Mikael signed a two-year contract with the Bremen Bremen, which included 31 games. The next destination for the player was the United States of America. In the US, Sylvester signed a contract with Portland, held eight fights and decided to break the agreement. The last club of the Frenchman was "Chenin". In India, he played 14 matches, after which he decided to retire.

Achievements

Mikael Sylvester is the five-time champion of England. In 2004, he became the owner of the FA Cup, and in 2006 - the English League Cup. Twice Sylvester celebrated the victory in the games for the Super Bowl of England - in 2003 and 2007. All Frenchman's titles were won by Manchester United under the leadership of Sir Alex Ferguson. In 2008, in Moscow in a series of post-match penalty scores, "MU" managed to win the Champions League cup. Another international club trophy won by Sylvester is the 1999 Intercontinental Cup.

From 2001 to 2007, Sylvester played for the national team of France. During this period, the French managed to win two Cups of Confederations. The first trophy "Gallic roosters" was produced in 2001 in Japan and Korea, and the second - at a home tournament in 2003. In 2006, at the World Championships in Germany, the French with Sylvester in the lineup reached the final of the tournament, but lost in the series of post-match penalty shootouts of the Italian team. For six years of appearances in the national team of his country, Mikael Silvester had 40 fights and scored two goals.