Nelly Guilbert (born 12 September 1979, in

Carpentras Carpentras (, formerly ; Provençal Occitan: ''Carpentràs'' in classical norm or ''Carpentras'' in Mistralian norm; la, Carpentoracte) is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France. ...

) is a retired French

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who spent the majority of her career at

Juvisy Juvisy-sur-Orge (, literally ''Juvisy on Orge'') is a commune in the Essonne department in Île-de-France in northern France. It is located 18 km south-east of Paris, a few kilometres south of Orly Airport. The site of the town has been o ...

of the

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. She played as a defender winning three titles (league twice and cup once) and was also a French international having attained nine caps from 1998 to 2005.

Club career

;Early career Born in

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in the

Vaucluse Vaucluse (; oc, Vauclusa, label= Provençal or ) is a department in the southeastern French region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. It had a population of 561,469 as of 2019.department), she began playing for nearby ''Football Club Féminin Monteux Vaucluse'' in the juniors and lower divisions from 1992 until making to the first team in 1997 and leaving the club in the following year. ;Juvisy Guilbert moved to

FCF Juvisy Paris FC is a French women's football club based in Viry-Châtillon, a suburb of Paris. The club is the female section of Ligue 2 men's club Paris FC. The club was founded in 1971 and currently play in the Division 1 Féminine, the first divis ...

ahead of the ''National 1A'' 1998–99 season. After the creation of the

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for clubs in 2001–02, France re-branded the National 1A to

(D1). Guilbert helped Juvisy win D1 inaugural season in 2002–03. In the next season she played three matches of the

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, scoring against Polish side

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. Juvisy finished as D1 runners up in 2004–05 and won the

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, beating Olympique Lyonnais in the final. After a 1–1 draw, the match was decided on

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, with Guilbert converting Juvisy's sixth shot, on their 5–4 win. She won the D1 for a second time in 2005–06 and played two matches in the

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. She reached the quarter-finals of the

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and the semi-finals of the

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. After eighteen seasons playing for Juvisy, including over 300 matches played in all competitions, Guilbert and Amélie Coquet retired from football at the end of the 2015–16 season. She is one of the longest-serving players at the club alongside Sandrine Soubeyrand.

International career

;Youth On 4 October 1997, while still a FCF Monteux Vaucluse player, she was called up to international level for the first time by coach Bruno Bini to play with the under-18 team against Switzerland and became part of the 1998 UEFA Women's Under-18 Championship French runners up team. She played four matches in this tournament and six matches overall. Despite having already played at senior level, on 10 April 2001, under coach Gérard Prêcheur she played one match for the under-21 team against Sweden. ;Senior Guilbert made her senior international debut on 15 February 1998 in a

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against

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. She earned a total of nine

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from 1998 to 2005, all in friendly matches.

Career statistics

Club

''Statistics accurate as of 21 September 2016.''

International

:''(Correct as of 21 September 2016)''

Honours

Club

;Juvisy *

(2): 2002–03, 2005–06 *

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(1): 2005

References

External links

* * *
FFF profile

Player stats
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