Nicolas Gillet (born 11 August 1976) is a French former professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

who played as a defender. In 2001, he earned a cap for

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during the 2001 Confederations Cup against Australia.

Career

Whilst at

FC Nantes Football Club de Nantes (; Gallo: ''Naunnt''), commonly referred to as FC Nantes or simply Nantes (), is a French professional football club based in Nantes in Pays de la Loire. The club was founded on 21 April 1943, during World War II, as a ...

Gillet contributed 27 appearances as his side won the 2000–01 Division 1. He also played in the victorious

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and

2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from S ...

Coupe de France The Coupe de France, formerly known as the Coupe Charles Simon, is the premier knockout cup competition in French football organized by the French Football Federation (FFF). It was first held in 1917 and is open to all amateur and profession ...

finals, and the 2001 Trophée des Champions.

Career statistics

Honours

Nantes *

: 1998–99, 1999–2000 * Division 1: 2000–01 *

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 ...

: 2001 Lens * UEFA Intertoto Cup: 2005 France * FIFA Confederations Cup: 2001

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gillette, Nicolas 1976 births Living people People from Brétigny-sur-Orge Footballers from Essonne Footballers from Brittany French men's footballers France men's international footballers Men's association football defenders FC Nantes players RC Lens players Le Havre AC players Angers SCO players Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup players FIFA Confederations Cup-winning players