Marinette Pichon (born 26 November 1975) is a French former football player.

Biography

Pichon had a dysfunctional childhood with an alcoholic father.

Career

She started her career at

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, then signed on to the

Women's United Soccer Association The Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA) was the world's first women's soccer league in which all the players were paid as professionals. Founded in February 2000, the league began its first season in April 2001 with eight teams in the Un ...

(WUSA), the American professional league. She played for the Philadelphia Charge during their 2002 and 2003 seasons, in 2002 ranking second in the league in goals scored and winning the Most Valuable Player and Offensive Player of the Year awards. In 2003, she tied for the lead in goals scored and led the league in goals per game. After the WUSA disbanded in 2003, she returned to France, where she played for Juvisy FCF. She was the leading domestic scorer in the 2000/01, 2001/02, 2004/05, and 2005/06 seasons. She also played for the

New Jersey Wildcats The New Jersey Wildcats is an American women’s soccer team, founded by Vincent Baldino in 1996. The team was a member of the United Soccer Leagues W-League, the second tier of women’s soccer in the United States and Canada. The team played ...

in the American W-League during their 2004 season, leading the league that year in both goals scored and total points despite playing in only ten matches.

International career

She appeared for

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from 1994 until 2006, announcing her retirement at the age of 31 following France's elimination from World Cup qualifying. During her career, she scored 81 goals in 112 international matches. She played for France at the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup.

Personal life

In November 2012, a change in law gave Pichon the distinction of being the second woman in France to be granted "

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" leave. Her

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gave birth to their son following

in vitro fertilisation In vitro fertilisation (IVF) is a process of fertilisation where an egg is combined with sperm in vitro ("in glass"). The process involves monitoring and stimulating an individual's ovulatory process, removing an ovum or ova (egg or eggs) ...

(IVF). Pichon received a

Legion of Honour The National Order of the Legion of Honour (french: Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur), formerly the Royal Order of the Legion of Honour ('), is the highest French order of merit, both military and civil. Established in 1802 by Napoleon ...

Popular culture

Garance Marillier Garance Marillier (born 11 February 1998) is a French actress. She is known for her lead role in '' Raw'' released in 2016. Early life Prior to becoming an actress she learned the trombone and classical percussion at the Conservatoire of the 11 ...

is expected to portray Marinette Pichon in a movie adaptation of her life.https://www.premiere.fr/Cinema/News-Cinema/Garance-Marillier-sera-la-premiere-footballeuse-francaise-Marinette-Pichon

References

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