Mikaël Silvestre

**Mikaël Samy Silvestre** (born 9 August 1977) is a French former professional footballer who played as a defender. He is best known for a nine-year spell at Manchester United, with whom he won numerous Premier League titles, the FA Cup, the Football League Cup, two FA Community Shields, the Intercontinental Cup and the UEFA Champions League.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|Cup|colspan="2"|League Cup|colspan="2"|Continental|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="4"|Rennes|1995–96|French Division 1|1|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|1|0|
|1996–97|French Division 1|16|0|1|0|1|0|0|0|0|0|18|0|||
|1997–98|French Division 1|32|0|2|0|1|0|0|0|0|0|35|0|||
|Inter Milan|1998–99|Serie A|18|1|7|0|–|6|0|0|0|31|1|||
|rowspan="10"|Manchester United|1999–2000|Premier League|31|0|–|0|0|4|0|3|0|38|0||
|2000–01|Premier League|30|1|2|0|0|0|14|0|1|0|47|1|||
|2001–02|Premier League|35|0|2|0|0|0|13|1|1|0|51|1|||
|2002–03|Premier League|34|1|2|0|5|0|13|0|0|0|54|1|||
|2003–04|Premier League|34|0|5|1|0|0|6|1|1|1|46|3|||
|2004–05|Premier League|35|2|4|0|2|0|8|0|1|0|50|2|||
|2005–06|Premier League|33|1|4|0|5|0|6|0|0|0|48|1|||
|2006–07|Premier League|14|1|2|0|2|0|3|0|0|0|21|1|||
|2007–08|Premier League|3|0|0|0|0|0|2|0|1|0|6|0|||
|rowspan="3"|Arsenal|2008–09|Premier League|14|2|2|0|1|0|6|0|0|0|23|2|
|2009–10|Premier League|12|1|2|0|3|0|3|0|0|0|20|1|||
|rowspan="3"|Werder Bremen|2010–11|Bundesliga|26|1|1|0|–|3|0|–|30|1|||
|2011–12|Bundesliga|1|0|0|0|–|–|–|1|0||||||
|Portland Timbers|2013|Major League Soccer|8|0|–|–|–|–|8|0||||||
|Chennaiyin|2014|Indian Super League|14|1|–|–|–|–|14|1||||||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="6"|France|2001|9|1|
|2002|7|1|||
|2003|10|0|||
|2004|10|0|||
|2005|0|0|||
|2006|4|0|||

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

|scope="col"|No.|scope="col"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|25 April 2001|Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France||2–0|4–0|Friendly||||||||
|2|21 August 2002|Stade du 7 Novembre, Gafsa, Tunisia||1–0|1–1|||||||||

## Honours

**Manchester United**
- Premier League: 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2006–07
- FA Cup: 2003–04
- Football League Cup: 2005–06
- FA Community Shield: 2003, 2007
- UEFA Champions League: 2007–08
- Intercontinental Cup: 1999

**France**
- FIFA Confederations Cup: 2001, 2003
- FIFA World Cup runner-up: 2006

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Mikaël Silvestre
- **image**: Stade rennais - Le Havre AC 20150708 57.JPG
- **caption**: Silvestre in 2015
- **fullname**: Mikaël Samy Silvestre
- **birth place**: Chambray-lès-Tours, France
- **height**: 1.83 m
- **position**: Defender (association football), Defender
- **years1**: 1996–1998
- **clubs1**: Stade Rennais F.C., Rennes
- **caps1**: 55
- **goals1**: 0
- **years2**: 1998–1999
- **clubs2**: Inter Milan
- **caps2**: 18
- **goals2**: 1
- **years3**: 1999–2008
- **clubs3**: Manchester United F.C., Manchester United
- **caps3**: 249
- **goals3**: 6
- **years4**: 2008–2010
- **clubs4**: Arsenal F.C., Arsenal
- **caps4**: 26
- **goals4**: 3
- **years5**: 2010–2012
- **clubs5**: SV Werder Bremen, Werder Bremen
- **caps5**: 27
- **goals5**: 1
- **years6**: 2013–2014
- **clubs6**: Portland Timbers
- **caps6**: 8
- **goals6**: 0
- **years7**: 2014
- **clubs7**: Chennaiyin F.C., Chennaiyin
- **caps7**: 14
- **goals7**: 1
- **totalcaps**: 391
- **totalgoals**: 12
- **nationalyears1**: 1997
- **nationalteam1**: France national under-20 football team, France U20
- **nationalcaps1**: 5
- **nationalgoals1**: 0
- **nationalyears2**: 2001–2006
- **nationalteam2**: France national football team, France
- **nationalcaps2**: 40
- **nationalgoals2**: 2