Christophe Pignol (born 15 October 1969) is a retired

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Personal life

Born in France, Pignol is of Spanish descent. Pignol's younger brother,

Stéphane Pignol Stéphane Jean François Pignol (born 3 January 1977) is a French retired professional footballer who played as a right back. He appeared in 311 games in Segunda División over 11 seasons, scoring one goal. In La Liga, he represented Compostela ...

was also a professional footballer and a defender.

Honours

Trophée des Champions The Trophée des Champions (, ) is a French association football trophy contested in an annual match between the champions of Ligue 1 and the winners of the Coupe de France. It is equivalent to the super cups found in many other countries. His ...

1997 File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic'', the highest-grossing movie in history at the time; ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of t ...

Ligue 1 Ligue 1, officially known as Ligue 1 Uber Eats for sponsorship reasons, is a French professional league for men's association football clubs. At the top of the French football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. A ...

: 1999–2000

References

1969 births Living people French men's footballers French people of Spanish descent Sportspeople of Spanish descent AS Saint-Étienne players FC Istres players FC Nantes players AS Monaco FC players Lille OSC players Men's association football defenders Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players {{France-footy-defender-1960s-stub