nationalcaps birth_date currentclub years youthyears caps goals image_size nationalyears image name caption fullname birth_place nationalteam height clubnumber nationalgoals youthclubs clubs position article_title
11 66 15 may 1981 juventus 1992 2002 -- 2006 2006 -- 2014 2014 -- -- 1993 1993 -- 1997 1997 -- 1998 1992 -- 1993 1993 -- 1997 1997 -- 1998 24 3 40 120 273 20 3 0 1 2 7 1 265px 2002 -- 2003 2004 -- patrice evra euro 2012.jpg patrice evra evra with france at the uefa euro 2012 patrice latyr evra dakar , senegal france u21 france 1.75 m ftin on 33 0 0 co les ulis csf brétigny paris saint-germain co manchester united juventus les ulis csf brétigny paris saint-germain as monaco left-back patrice evra

patrice evra

patrice latyr evra -lrb- ; born 15 may 1981 -rrb- is a french international footballer who plays for italian club juventus .
originally an attacker , he primarily plays as a left-back .
evra , whom sir alex ferguson praised for his leadership , also describing him as one of the best left-backs in europe , has served as captain for both manchester united and france .
the son of a diplomat , evra was born in senegal and arrived in europe when he was a year old .
he was raised in france and began his football career playing for various clubs in the Île-de-france region such as hometown club co les ulis and csf brétigny .
in 1997 , he had a stint at professional club paris saint-germain .
a year later , evra seized his first footballing opportunity in neighbouring italy when he signed his first professional contract with marsala in sicily .
he made his professional debut with the club and , in the ensuing season , joined monza .
after a year playing with monza , evra returned to france to play for nice .
originally a midfielder , while playing at nice , he was converted into a full-back .
in 2002 , evra moved to as monaco and contributed to the team that won the coupe de la ligue in 2003 .
he also featured in european competition for the first time in his career and , in the 2003 -- 04 season , was the starting left-back on the monaco team that reached the 2004 uefa champions league final .
in that same season domestically , evra was named the national union of professional footballers -lrb- unfp -rrb- ligue 1 young player of the year .
he was also named to the organisation 's ligue 1 team of the year .
evra 's performances with monaco culminated into a move to english club manchester united in january 2006 .
while playing for manchester united , evra won a slew of trophies , which included winning the football league cup in his debut season at the club .
in his second season , he eclipsed compatriot mikaël silvestre and gabriel heinze as first-choice left-back and has since won five premier league titles , one uefa champions league title , one fifa club world cup , three league cups , and four community shield titles .
evra has been named to the professional footballers ' association -lrb- pfa -rrb- team of the year on three occasions .
for his performances during the 2008 -- 09 season , he was named to both the fifpro world xi and the uefa team of the year .
evra is also a france international .
prior to playing at senior level , he played at under-21 level .
he made his senior international debut in august 2004 in a friendly match against bosnia and herzegovina .
evra has participated in four major international tournaments for france ; the 2008 and 2012 editions of the uefa european football championship and both the 2010 fifa world cup and 2014 fifa world cup .
in the first competition , he appeared in two group stage matches .
ahead of the 2010 world cup , evra was named captain of the national team by domenech and bore the armband for the first time in the team 's friendly match against costa rica in may 2010 .
at the tournament , france endured a disastrous campaign which saw the players go on strike .
the incident resulted in evra , for his role as captain , being suspended from national team duty for five matches .
however , he returned to the squad and enjoyed a successful 2014 world cup in brazil under didier deschamps , as france reached the quarter-finals .
