Gérald Cid (born 17 February 1983) is a French former professional
footballer
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who played primarily as a
centre back
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Centre-backs are usually positioned in pairs, with one full-back on either ...
. He played
Ligue 1 football for
Bordeaux
Bordeaux ( , ; Gascon oc, Bordèu ; eu, Bordele; it, Bordò; es, Burdeos) is a port city on the river Garonne in the Gironde department, Southwestern France. It is the capital of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, as well as the prefect ...
and
Nice
Nice ( , ; Niçard dialect, Niçard: , classical norm, or , nonstandard, ; it, Nizza ; lij, Nissa; grc, Νίκαια; la, Nicaea) is the prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes departments of France, department in France. The Nice urban unit, agg ...
, spent a season
on loan at
Ligue 2 club
Istres
Istres (; Occitan: Istre) is a commune in southern France, some 60 km (38 mi) northwest of Marseille. It is in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, in the Bouches-du-Rhône department, of which it is a subprefecture.
Location
...
, and played briefly for English
Premier League
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club
Bolton Wanderers. He represented both Bordeaux and Bolton in
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.
Career
Cid was born in
Talence
Talence (, ; oc, Talança, ; ca, Talença, ) is a commune in the Gironde department, administrative region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.
It is the third-largest suburb of the city of Bordeaux, and is adjacent to it on the south side. It is ...
, Gironde.
[ He joined ]Premier League
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club Bolton Wanderers from Bordeaux
Bordeaux ( , ; Gascon oc, Bordèu ; eu, Bordele; it, Bordò; es, Burdeos) is a port city on the river Garonne in the Gironde department, Southwestern France. It is the capital of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, as well as the prefect ...
in July 2007, having spent 8 years with the French club. He left the club in mid-January 2008 by mutual consent and returned to France, joining Ligue 1 side Nice
Nice ( , ; Niçard dialect, Niçard: , classical norm, or , nonstandard, ; it, Nizza ; lij, Nissa; grc, Νίκαια; la, Nicaea) is the prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes departments of France, department in France. The Nice urban unit, agg ...
, on a three-and-a-half-year deal.
On 16 July 2010, Cid announced his retirement on the OGC Nice website.
Career statistics
References
External links
Bolton Wanderers Profile
at ''Burnden Aces'' website
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1983 births
Living people
People from Talence
Sportspeople from Gironde
French footballers
Association football defenders
FC Girondins de Bordeaux players
FC Istres players
Bolton Wanderers F.C. players
OGC Nice players
Ligue 1 players
Ligue 2 players
Premier League players
Expatriate footballers in England
French expatriate footballers
French expatriate sportspeople in England
Footballers from Nouvelle-Aquitaine
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