Robert Pirès

**Robert Emmanuel Pires** (born 29 October 1973) is a French football coach and former professional player.

### Club

|Club|Season|League|Cup|Continental|Total|||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="7"|Metz|1992–93|Division 1|2|0|1|0|0|0|2|0|
|1993–94|Division 1|24|1|5|0|0|0|28|1|||
|1994–95|Division 1|34|8|2|1|0|0|36|9|||
|1995–96|Division 1|38|11|7|2|0|0|45|13|||
|1996–97|Division 1|32|11|3|1|6|0|41|12|||
|1997–98|Division 1|31|11|6|2|3|0|41|13|||
|rowspan="3"|Marseille|1998–99|Division 1|34|6|2|0|11|3|49|9|
|1999–2000|Division 1|32|2|3|1|11|2|46|5|||
|rowspan="7"|Arsenal|2000–01|Premier League|33|4|6|3|12|3|51|10|
|2001–02|Premier League|28|9|5|2|12|3|47|14|||
|2002–03|Premier League|26|14|7|2|9|0|42|16|||
|2003–04|Premier League|36|14|5|1|10|4|51|19|||
|2004–05|Premier League|33|14|6|2|8|1|48|17|||
|2005–06|Premier League|33|7|3|2|12|2|48|11|||
|rowspan="5"|Villarreal|2006–07|La Liga|11|3|0|0|2|0|13|3|
|2007–08|La Liga|34|3|5|1|2|0|41|4|||
|2008–09|La Liga|32|3|0|0|8|1|40|4|||
|2009–10|La Liga|28|4|2|1|7|2|37|7|||
|Aston Villa|2010–11|Premier League|9|0|3|1|0|0|12|1||
|FC Goa|2014|Indian Super League|8|1|0|0|0|0|8|1||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="12"|France|1997|11|1|
|1998|14|1|||
|1999|9|1|||
|2000|10|2|||
|2001|13|4|||
|2002|1|0|||
|2003|12|4|||
|2004|13|0|||

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

|scope="col"|No.|scope="col"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align="center"|1|9 October 1996|Parc des Princes, Paris, France||align="center"|4–0|align="center"|4–0|Friendly match|||||
|align="center"|2|26 February 1997|Parc des Princes, Paris, France||align="center"|1–1|align="center"|2–1|Friendly match|||||
|align="center"|3|10 October 1998|Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow, Russia||align="center"|0–2|align="center"|2–3|UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying|||||
|align="center"|4|13 November 1999|Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France||align="center"|1–0|align="center"|3–0|Friendly match|||||
|align="center"|5|28 May 2000|Maksimir Stadium, Zagreb, Croatia||align="center"|0–1|align="center"|0–2|Friendly match|||||
|align="center"|6|16 August 2000|Stade Vélodrome, Marseille, France|FIFA XI|align="center"|4–0|align="center"|5–1|Friendly match|||||
|align="center"|7|3 June 2001|Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium, Ulsan, South Korea||align="center"|3–0|align="center"|4–0|2001 FIFA Confederations Cup|||||
|align="center"|8|7 June 2001|Suwon World Cup Stadium, Suwon, South Korea||align="center"|1–0|align="center"|2–1|2001 FIFA Confederations Cup|||||
|align="center"|9|15 August 2001|Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes, France||align="center"|1–0|align="center"|1–0|Friendly match|||||
|align="center"|10|6 October 2001|Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France||align="center"|4–1|align="center"|4–1|Friendly match|||||
|align="center"|11|30 April 2003|Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France||align="center"|3–0|align="center"|5–0|Friendly match|||||
|align="center"|12|20 June 2003|Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne, France||align="center"|1–0|align="center"|2–1|2003 FIFA Confederations Cup|||||
|align="center"|13|22 June 2003|Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France||align="center"|5–0|align="center"|5–0|2003 FIFA Confederations Cup|||||
|align="center"|14|26 June 2003|Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France||align="center"|2–0|align="center"|3–2|2003 FIFA Confederations Cup|||||

## Honours

**Metz**
- Coupe de la Ligue: 1995–96

**Arsenal**
- Premier League: 2001–02, 2003–04
- FA Cup: 2002–03, 2004–05
- UEFA Champions League runner-up: 2005–06

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

**Individual**
- Division 1 Young Player of the Year: 1995–96
- FWA Footballer of the Year: 2001–02
- PFA Team of the Year: 2001–02 Premier League, 2002–03 Premier League, 2003–04 Premier League
- Premier League Player of the Month: February 2003
- Arsenal Player of the Season: 2001−02
- FIFA Confederations Cup Golden Ball: 2001
- FIFA Confederations Cup Golden Shoe: 2001
- FIFA 100
- Équipe type spéciale 20 ans des trophées UNFP: 2011

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

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Robert Pires
- **image**: Robert Pires 2011.jpg
- **caption**: Pires in 2011
- **fullname**: Robert Emmanuel Pires
- **birth place**: Reims, France
- **height**: 1.85 m
- **position**: Winger (association football), Winger, attacking midfielder
- **youthyears1**: 1989–1992
- **youthclubs1**: Stade de Reims, Reims
- **youthyears2**: 1992–1993
- **youthclubs2**: FC Metz, Metz
- **years1**: 1993–1998
- **clubs1**: FC Metz, Metz
- **caps1**: 162
- **goals1**: 43
- **years2**: 1998–2000
- **clubs2**: Olympique de Marseille, Marseille
- **caps2**: 66
- **goals2**: 8
- **years3**: 2000–2006
- **clubs3**: Arsenal F.C., Arsenal
- **caps3**: 189
- **goals3**: 62
- **years4**: 2006–2010
- **clubs4**: Villarreal CF, Villarreal
- **caps4**: 103
- **goals4**: 13
- **years5**: 2010–2011
- **clubs5**: Aston Villa F.C., Aston Villa
- **caps5**: 9
- **goals5**: 0
- **years6**: 2014–2015
- **clubs6**: FC Goa
- **caps6**: 8
- **goals6**: 1
- **totalcaps**: 537
- **totalgoals**: 127
- **nationalyears1**: 1995–1996
- **nationalteam1**: France national under-21 football team, France U21
- **nationalcaps1**: 12
- **nationalgoals1**: 5
- **nationalyears2**: 1996–2004
- **nationalteam2**: France national football team, France
- **nationalcaps2**: 79
- **nationalgoals2**: 14