Mickaël Madar (born 8 May 1968) is a French former professional

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who played as a striker. Madar played for the

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. Madar works as a football pundit on French TV channel

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Playing career

Mader was born in

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, France, and is Jewish. He began his professional career with

Sochaux Sochaux () is a commune in the Doubs department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France. Geography Sochaux lies east of Montbéliard, and southeast of Paris. Population Inhabitants are known as ''Sochaliens''. Economy S ...

. Madar then spent one season with Laval before returning to Sochaux. In 1992, Madar moved to

Cannes Cannes ( , , ; oc, Canas) is a city located on the French Riviera. It is a commune located in the Alpes-Maritimes department, and host city of the annual Cannes Film Festival, Midem, and Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. T ...

before moving to

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in 1994. In 1996, he moved to Spain and signed for

Deportivo de La Coruña Real Club Deportivo de La Coruña (), commonly known as Deportivo La Coruña (), Deportivo or simply Dépor, is a professional football club based in the city of A Coruña, Galicia, Spain. They currently play in the Primera División RFEF – ...

, He was out for a year with a broken leg. After a season he had a confrontation with the new coach Carlos Alberto Silva (who came in summer 1997 to replace

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), and Deportivo decided to let him go. After recovering from his injury, Madar left Spain for

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where he was signed by then- Everton manager

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in January 1998. Over the next 12 months, and two partial seasons, he played 19 league games for the club, scoring six goals, including one on his debut against

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. In December 1998 Madar moved to

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. Then in 2001 he transferred to

Créteil Créteil () is a commune in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, Île-de-France. It is located from the centre of Paris. Créteil is the ''préfecture'' (capital) of the Val-de-Marne department as well as the seat of the Arrondissement of Cr� ...

. Madar retired at the end of the season in 2002. Madar was picked three times for

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Post-football career

After playing football, Madar has worked as a football pundit on French TV channel

. He also owns a women's clothes shop.

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Playing career

Post-football career

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