Marcel Desailly

**Marcel Desailly** (born **Odenke Abbey**; 7 September 1968) is a French former professional footballer.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|National Cup|colspan="2"|League Cup|colspan="2"|Continental|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="7"|Nantes|1986–87|Division 1|13|0|1|0|–|2|0|–|16|0|||
|1987–88|Division 1|11|0|1|0|–|–|–|12|0||||||
|1988–89|Division 1|36|1|4|0|–|–|–|40|1||||||
|1989–90|Division 1|36|1|3|0|–|–|–|39|1||||||
|1990–91|Division 1|34|1|4|0|–|–|–|38|1||||||
|1991–92|Division 1|32|2|1|0|–|–|–|33|2||||||
|rowspan="3"|Marseille|1992–93|Division 1|31|1|3|0|–|10|1|–|44|2|||
|1993–94|Division 1|16|0|0|0|–|–|–|16|0||||||
|rowspan="6"|AC Milan|1993–94|Serie A|21|1|1|0|0|0|6|2|3|0|31|3|
|1994–95|Serie A|22|1|1|0|0|0|10|0|3|0|36|1|||
|1995–96|Serie A|32|2|1|0|–|7|0|–|40|2|||||
|1996–97|Serie A|29|1|3|0|1|0|5|0|–|38|1||||
|1997–98|Serie A|33|0|8|0|–|–|–|41|0||||||
|rowspan="7"|Chelsea|1998–99|Premier League|31|0|6|0|0|0|7|1|1|0|45|1|
|1999–2000|Premier League|23|1|4|0|0|0|16|0|–|43|1||||
|2000–01|Premier League|34|2|2|0|1|0|1|0|1|0|39|2|||
|2001–02|Premier League|24|1|8|0|3|0|2|0|–|37|1||||
|2002–03|Premier League|31|2|1|0|0|0|1|0|–|33|2||||
|2003–04|Premier League|15|0|1|0|1|0|8|0|–|25|0||||
|Al-Gharafa|2004–05|Stars League|28|6|||||–|–|28|6||||
|Qatar SC|2005–06|Stars League|7|0|||||–|–|7|0||||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="12"|France|1993|4|0|
|1994|7|0|||
|1995|7|1|||
|1996|12|0|||
|1997|7|0|||
|1998|13|1|||
|1999|11|0|||
|2000|16|0|||
|2001|12|1|||
|2002|13|0|||
|2003|9|0|||
|2004|5|0|||

- _Scores and results list France's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Desailly goal._

|scope="col"|No.|scope="col"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|6 September 1995|Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps, Auxerre, France||1–0|10–0|Euro 1996 qualifier||||||||
|2|25 January 1998|Stade Vélodrome, Marseille, France||3–3|3–3|Friendly||||||||
|3|7 June 2001|Suwon World Cup Stadium, Suwon, South Korea||2–1|2–1|2001 FIFA Confederations Cup||||||||

## Honours

**Marseille**
- UEFA Champions League: 1992–93

**AC Milan**
- Serie A: 1993–94, 1995–96
- Supercoppa Italiana: 1994
- UEFA Champions League: 1993–94
- European Super Cup: 1994

**Chelsea**
- FA Cup: 1999–2000
- FA Charity Shield: 2000
- UEFA Super Cup: 1998

**Al-Gharafa**
- Qatar Stars League: 2004–05

**France**
- FIFA World Cup: 1998
- UEFA European Championship: 2000
- FIFA Confederations Cup: 2001, 2003

**Individual**
- Overseas Team of the Decade – Premier League 10 Seasons Awards (1992/93 – 2001/02)
- Overall Team of the Decade – Premier League 10 Seasons Awards (1992/93 – 2001/02)
- UEFA Euro 1996 Team of the Tournament
- FIFA XI: 1996
- 1998 FIFA World Cup All-Star Team
- UEFA Euro 2000 Team of the Tournament
- FIFA 100: 2004
- Trophée d'honneur UNFP: 2005
- AC Milan Hall of Fame
- Golden Foot Legends Award: 2017

**Orders**
- Knight of the Legion of Honour: 1998

## Other websites

- Chelsea legend profile

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Marcel Desailly
- **image**: MarcelDesailly.JPG
- **caption**: Desailly in 2011
- **fullname**: Marcel Desailly
- **birth name**: Odenke Abbey
- **birth place**: Accra, Ghana
- **height**: 1.85 m
- **position**: Centre-back, defensive midfielder
- **years1**: 1986–1992
- **clubs1**: FC Nantes, Nantes
- **caps1**: 162
- **goals1**: 5
- **years2**: 1992–1993
- **clubs2**: Olympique de Marseille, Marseille
- **caps2**: 47
- **goals2**: 1
- **years3**: 1993–1998
- **clubs3**: A.C. Milan, AC Milan
- **caps3**: 137
- **goals3**: 5
- **years4**: 1998–2004
- **clubs4**: Chelsea F.C., Chelsea
- **caps4**: 158
- **goals4**: 6
- **years5**: 2004–2005
- **clubs5**: Al-Gharafa Doha, Al-Gharafa
- **caps5**: 28
- **goals5**: 6
- **years6**: 2005–2006
- **clubs6**: Qatar SC
- **caps6**: 7
- **goals6**: 0
- **totalcaps**: 539
- **totalgoals**: 23
- **nationalyears1**: 1993–2004
- **nationalteam1**: France national football team, France
- **nationalcaps1**: 116
- **nationalgoals1**: 3