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William Eric Gallas is a French former association football player and coach. Born on August 17, 1977, in Asnières-sur-Seine, he played as a defender, specifically a centre-back, during a career that spanned from 1995 to 2014. He competed in the Premier League and represented France in the 2006 and 2010 FIFA World Cups, as well as UEFA Euro 2004 and UEFA Euro 2008.
During his playing career, Gallas was a member of Chelsea F.C., Tottenham Hotspur F.C., Stade Malherbe Caen, and Olympique de Marseille. He is a relative of Mathieu Bastareaud. Beyond football, Gallas has authored the work *La parole est a la defense*.
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Sports profile
- Sport
- Soccer
- Position
- Centre-Back
- Nationality
- France
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Eric
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Asnières-sur-Seine
- Occupation
- association football coach
- Languages spoken
- French
- Native language
- French
- Participant in
- UEFA Euro 2008
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- France national under-21 association football team
- Position played
- defender
- League
- Premier League
- Country for sport
- France
- Mass
- 72
- Official website
- www.williamgallas.net/en
- Image
- William Gallas 2018 (2).jpg
- Height
- 181
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- Commons category
- William Gallas
- date of birth
- 1977-08-17
- name in native language
- William Gallas
- birth name
- William Eric Gallas
- start of work period
- 1995-00-00
- end of work period
- 2014-00-00
- relative
- Mathieu Bastareaud
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Encyclopedic overview
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William Eric Gallas ( French pronunciation: [wiljam ɡalas]; born 17 August 1977) is a French football coach and former professional footballer who played as a defender. He played most of his footballing career in France and England before finishing his career in Australia with A-League club Perth Glory. Gallas is currently a youth team coach at Hungarian club Zalaegerszegi TE.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “William Gallas” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.