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2009–10 Paris Saint-Germain FC Season
The 2009–10 season was French football club Paris Saint-Germain's 37th professional season, their 37th season in Ligue 1 and their 36th consecutive season in French top-flight. PSG was managed by Antoine Kombouaré. The club was chaired by Robin Leproux. Paris Saint-Germain was present in the Ligue 1, the Coupe de France and the Coupe de la Ligue. Paris Saint-Germain's average home gate was 33,266, the fourth highest in Ligue 1. A few weeks before the end of his short term as president of Paris Saint-Germain, Sébastien Bazin, chair of the club's supervisory board and head of Colony Capital in Europe, outlined clear objectives for the club, particularly for Robin Leproux, the future president, and Antoine Kombouaré, the incoming manager. Bazin expressed his expectations for Antoine Kombouaré's upcoming managerial tenure, as well as his reasons for not appointing Alain Roche director of football. He also indicated that Colony Capital, PSG's majority shareholder, remained com ...
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Paris Saint-Germain F
Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, fourth-most populous city in the European Union and the List of cities proper by population density, 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2022. Since the 17th century, Paris has been one of the world's major centres of finance, diplomacy, commerce, culture, Fashion capital, fashion, and gastronomy. Because of its leading role in the French art, arts and Science and technology in France, sciences and its early adoption of extensive street lighting, Paris became known as the City of Light in the 19th century. The City of Paris is the centre of the Île-de-France region, or Paris Region, with an official estimated population of 12,271,794 inhabitants in January 2023, or ...
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Association Football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular field called a Football pitch, pitch. The objective of the game is to Scoring in association football, score more goals than the opposing team by moving the ball beyond the goal line into a rectangular-framed Goal (sport), goal defended by the opposing team. Traditionally, the game has been played over two 45-minute halves, for a total match time of 90 minutes. With an estimated 250 million players active in over 200 countries and territories, it is the world's most popular sport. Association football is played in accordance with the Laws of the Game (association football), Laws of the Game, a set of rules that has been in effect since 1863 and maintained by the International Football Association Board, IFAB since 1886. The game is pla ...
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Claude Makélélé
Claude Makélélé Sinda (born 18 February 1973) is a French Manager (association football), football manager and former Football player, professional player who played as a defensive midfielder. He last managed Super League Greece club Asteras Tripolis F.C., Asteras Tripolis. Regarded as one of the greatest defensive midfielders of all time, Makélélé has been credited with redefining the defensive midfield role in English football, especially during the 2004–05 FA Premier League season, where he played a key role in helping Chelsea win the title with 95 points. In homage, the defensive midfield position is sometimes colloquially known as the "Makélélé Role". In his playing career, which ended at Paris Saint-Germain F.C., Paris Saint-Germain, Makélélé also played for FC Nantes, Nantes, Olympique de Marseille, Marseille, RC Celta de Vigo, Celta Vigo, Real Madrid CF, Real Madrid and Chelsea. He won league titles in France, Spain and England, as well as the 2001–02 UE ...
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Morgan Stanley
Morgan Stanley is an American multinational investment bank and financial services company headquartered at 1585 Broadway in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. With offices in 42 countries and more than 80,000 employees, the firm's clients include corporations, governments, institutions, and individuals. Morgan Stanley ranked No. 61 in the 2023 Fortune 500 list of the largest United States corporations by total revenue and in the same year ranked #30 in Forbes Global 2000. The original Morgan Stanley, formed by J.P. Morgan & Co. partners Henry Sturgis Morgan (a grandson of J.P. Morgan), Harold Stanley, and others, came into existence on September 16, 1935, in response to the Glass–Steagall Act, which required the splitting of American commercial and investment banking businesses. In its first year, the company operated with a 24% market share (US$1.1 billion) in public offerings and private placements. The current Morgan Stanley is the result of the merger of the origi ...
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Guillaume Hoarau
Guillaume Hoarau (born 5 March 1984) is a French former professional footballer who played as a forward. Club career Early career Hoarau started his football career at JS Saint-Pierroise in his native Réunion. In 1995, Le Havre AC scouts considered him too "thin" and signed his then-teammate Florent Sinama Pongolle. After gaining the attention of then-Le Havre manager Jean-François Domergue, Hoarau signed his first professional contract at the age of 20 for Le Havre in January 2004. He made his league debut on 12 May 2004 against Châteauroux in a 2–1 loss, coming on as a substitute. Despite being signed, Hoarau spent the majority of his career under Domergue playing in the reserves, often earning brief call-ups to the senior squad, then quickly being sent down. He registered his first career goal in just the second match of the 2004–05 season in a 2–1 victory over Amiens. Despite this, his play was heavily limited following the firing of Domergue and the appointm ...
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Yves Bertucci
Yves Bertucci (born 24 October 1962) is a French football manager and former player. He is the assistant head coach of Ligue 1 club Nantes. He was assistant coach at Paris Saint-Germain, having in February 2009 being replaced by Daniel Jeandupeux Daniel Jeandupeux (born 7 February 1949) is a Swiss football manager and retired football forward. Career Born in Saint-Imier, Jeandupeux began playing football for FC La Chaux-de-Fonds. In 1972, he joined FC Zürich, where he would win two Sw ... as the manager of Le Mans Union Club. References External links * Yves Bertucci, un homme de club, Le Mans UC72 official site Living people 1962 births French men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Ligue 2 players AS Cannes players FC Montceau Bourgogne players Tours FC players USL Dunkerque players French football managers Ligue 1 managers Le Mans FC managers Paris Saint-Germain FC non-playing staff 20th-century French sportsmen {{France-footy- ...
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Loris Arnaud
Loris Arnaud (born 16 April 1987) is a French professional footballer who currently plays as a forward for Championnat National 3 club Chatou. Early career Born in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Arnaud was raised in Chatou, western Paris. He started playing football aged five after his father introduced him to football and joined local football club Chatou. Soon, aged 12, Arnaud was spotted by Paris Saint-Germain scouts and joined the club after being persuaded by the club's academies. Club career Paris Saint-Germain Having joined the Paris Saint-Germain's academy aged 12, Arnaud spent seven years in the academy. In the 2007–08 season, Arnaud was soon placed in the first team by manager Paul Le Guen. He made his debut, coming on as a substitute for Pierre-Alain Frau, in a 0–0 draw against Lens on 12 August 2007. A week later, after his debut, Arnaud then signed his first professional contract. Having appeared six times for the club in the first team, Arnaud finally scored his firs ...
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Zoumana Camara
Zoumana Camara (born 3 April 1979) is a French professional football manager and former player who works as the manager of club Montpellier. After starting out at Saint-Étienne as a centre-back, he went on to amass Ligue 1 totals of 344 matches and six goals over 15 seasons, representing mainly in the competition Paris Saint-Germain and winning eight major titles with that club. He also had a brief spell in England with Leeds United. Camara appeared for France at the 2001 Confederations Cup. Club career Camara was born in Colombes, Hauts-de-Seine, to Malian parents. He made his professional debut at only 17, appearing in two Ligue 2 seasons with Saint-Étienne. In the summer of 1998 he was purchased by Inter Milan in Italy, but only managed to appear in two Coppa Italia matches with the ''Nerazzurri'', also being loaned twice during his two-year spell: after a five-month stint with Empoli ( suffering relegation from Serie A), he spent one season back in his country with Bast ...
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Valenciennes FC
Valenciennes Football Club (; commonly known as Valenciennes, VA or VAFC) is a French professional football club based in Valenciennes. The club was founded in 1914 and currently play in Championnat National, the third tier of French football. Valenciennes plays its home matches at the recently built Stade du Hainaut located within the city. Valenciennes was founded under the name Union Sportive de Valenciennes Anzin (USVA). The club spent over 80 years playing under the name before switching to its current name. Valenciennes has spent an almost equal amount of time playing in Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 having played 40 seasons in the first division and 36 seasons in the second division. The club has never won the first division, but has won Ligue 2 on two occasions. Valenciennes has also won the Championnat National and the Championnat de France amateur in 2005 and 1998, respectively. In 1951, the club made its first and only appearance in a Coupe de France final. From 2004 t ...
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UEFA Champions League
The UEFA Champions League (UCL) is an annual club association football competition organised by the UEFA, Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) that is contested by List of top-division football clubs in UEFA countries, top-division European clubs. The competition begins with a Round-robin tournament, round robin league phase to qualify for the double-legged knockout rounds, and a single-leg final. It is the most-watched club competition in the world and the third most-watched football competition overall, behind only the FIFA World Cup and the UEFA European Championship. It is one of the most prestigious football tournaments in the world and the most prestigious club competition in European football, played by the national league champions (and, for some nations, one or more runners-up) of their national associations. Introduced 1955–56 European Cup, in 1955 as the European Champion Clubs' Cup (), and commonly known as the European Cup, it was initially a straigh ...
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Colony Capital
DigitalBridge Group, Inc. is a global digital infrastructure investment firm. The company owns, invests in and operates businesses such as cell towers, data centers, fiber, small cells, and edge infrastructure. Headquartered in Boca Raton, DigitalBridge has offices in Los Angeles, New York, London, and Singapore. In 2010, DigitalBridge, then still Colony Capital, was reported to manage about $30 billion in investments.
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Early investments

Colony purchased Raffles International on July 18, 2005. This included the 41