Wolverhampton Wanderers
Which team did the player Ronald Zubar belong to from 2009 to 2013?
Ronald Zubar Ronald Raymond Zubar ( born 20 September 1985 ) is a Guadeloupean former professional footballer who played as a defender . Zubars efforts at French club Stade Malherbe Caen earned him a move to Olympique de Marseille in 2006 . His time at Marseille ended sourly though , after some individual errors saw fans turn against him and him relegated to the sidelines . He found an exit in English Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers , for whom he signed in 2009 and remained until 2013 . Club career . Caen . Born in Les Abymes , Guadeloupe , one of Frances overseas regions , Zubar began his professional football career at Ligue 2 side Stade Malherbe Caen and was part of their youth team , which were runners-up in the 2001 Gambardella Cup . He made his first team debut for Caen against fellow Ligue 2 side Lorient on 8 March 2003 , which ended in a goalless draw . Zubar sustained a run of games in the first team and helped his team win promotion to Ligue 1 in the 2003–04 season . He was part of the team that reached the French League Cup Final in 2005 . However Caen was relegated at the end of the season , finishing in 18th place in Ligue 1 . Zubar remained with the club for another season as he tried to help them back into Ligue 1 , but this was unsuccessful . Despite Caens failure to get promotion , he was named as the best defensive midfielder in Ligue 2s Team of the Year . He made a total of 96 appearances for Caen , scoring two goals . Marseille . After speculation over his future at Caen , being linked with English Premier League team Arsenal and fellow Ligue 1 rivals Lyon and Bordeaux , Zubar finally joined Olympique de Marseille on 15 June 2006 , signing a four-year contract for an undisclosed fee . His first season with the team saw him narrowly miss out on two honours as Marseille finished runners-up in Ligue 1 to Lyon , and lost the French Cup Final ; Zubar himself missed the decisive penalty in the shootout in the final against Sochaux , after a 2–2 draw . At the start of the 2007–08 season , he was converted to defence , playing various games at centre back and right back , instead of his previous defensive midfield role . This campaign was hard for Zubar as he found himself under pressure from fans after several costly mistakes in defence , in a season that only brought the club third place in Ligue 1 . He made a total of 98 appearances for the club , scoring three goals , before leaving the club in the summer of 2009 . Wolverhampton Wanderers . On 4 July 2009 , Zubar signed for newly promoted English Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers on a four-year deal for an undisclosed fee , believed to be in the region of £2.5 million . After a long period of adjustment due to the language barrier and a newborn child in France , he finally made his Premier League debut on 17 October 2009 in a 1–1 draw at Everton , almost two months after he had made his club debut during a League Cup tie against Swindon on 25 August 2009 . He scored his first Wolves goal in a 3–1 win at relegation rivals West Ham on 23 March 2010 , as the team progressed toward retaining their top flight survival . Zubar made a further 18 appearances for Wolves during the 2010–11 campaign , but his season was ended two months early after he underwent back surgery . This injury kept him out of first team contention until November 2011 , but soon after his return he suffered a further injury setback when he damaged his knee and so missed several more months . He played in the final months of the season – receiving a red card in a defeat to Manchester United – which ended with the club suffering relegation to the Championship . During the close season Zubar said that he wanted to remain at Wolves despite their relegation and was keen to extend his contract that had one year left to run . However , new manager Ståle Solbakken rarely used the defender , and revealed that he was content for him to leave in the January transfer window . Although Solbakken was soon sacked and his replacement Dean Saunders immediately recalled Zubar to the starting XI , he still exited the club during January 2013 after making 69 appearances ( scoring four goals ) in total for the club . Return to France . On 30 January 2013 , Ligue 1 club Ajaccio announced that Zubar had joined them in an eighteen-month deal after Wolves agreed to release him from his contract . He made a total of 38 league appearances for Ajaccio , scoring two goals . New York Red Bulls . On 27 January 2015 , the New York Red Bulls of Major League Soccer announced that they had signed Zubar . Zubar made his debut for New York on 8 March 2015 appearing as a starter in a 1–1 draw at Sporting Kansas City . After being out for a couple of months due to injury , Zubar returned to the starting lineup on 17 June 2015 scoring New Yorks second goal in a 3–0 US Open Cup victory over Atlanta Silverbacks . After another month away due to injury Zubar made his return to the field on 12 August 2015 , this time starting for New York Red Bulls II in a 1–1 draw against Charlotte Independence . On 24 July 2016 , during the third Hudson River Derby match of the season ; Zubar scored his clubs second goal of the match en route to a 4–1 victory over New York City FC . Zubar was released by the Red Bulls at the end of the 2016 season . International career . Zubar has represented France at under-16 , under-17 , under-18 and under-21 level . He was part of the French under-17 side which reached the final of the 2002 European Under-17 Championships . He has represented Guadeloupe , which is the French overseas department he is originally from , at full international level though . As they are not a FIFA member and part of France , he is still eligible to play for France at senior level too . Personal life . His younger brother , Stéphane and his cousin Claude Dielna are also professional footballers . Honours . New York Red Bulls - MLS Supporters Shield : 2015 External links . - MLS Player profile