Marius Paul Trésor (; born 15 January 1950) is a French former professional
footballer who played as a
centre-back
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Defenders fall into four main categories: centre-backs, full-backs, sweepers ...
. He is regarded as one of the best defenders of his generation.
Early life and education
Marius Paul Trésor
Access via first download link at foot of summary page: was born on 15 January 1950 in
Sainte-Anne, Guadeloupe.
Career
Trésor's career began with the French club
Ajaccio
Ajaccio (, , ; French language, French: ; or ; , locally: ; ) is the capital and largest city of Corsica, France. It forms a communes of France, French commune, prefecture of the Departments of France, department of Corse-du-Sud, and head o ...
in 1969, and he later played for
Olympique de Marseille
Olympique de Marseille (, ; , ), also known simply as Marseille, or by the abbreviation OM (, ), is a French professional Association football, football club based in Marseille which competes in Ligue 1, the French football league system, top f ...
and
Girondins de Bordeaux. With Marseille, he won the
French Cup in 1976, and won the
Ligue 1
Ligue 1 (; ), officially known as Ligue 1 McDonald's France, McDonald's for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in France and the highest level of the French football league system. Administered by the Ligue de ...
title in 1984 with Bordeaux.
For the
France national team, Trésor played in the
World Cup in
1978
Events January
* January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213.
* January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd ...
and
1982. He obtained 65 international
caps, scoring four goals.
Recognition
Trésor is regarded as one of the best defenders of his generation, and as one of France's greatest ever defenders.
He was named by
Pelé
Edson Arantes do Nascimento (; 23 October 1940 – 29 December 2022), better known by his nickname Pelé (), was a Brazilian professional Association football, footballer who played as a Forward (association football), forward. Widely reg ...
as one of the
top 125 greatest living footballers.
Career statistics
Club
International goals
:''Scores and results list France's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Trésor goal''.
Honours
Marseille
*
Coupe de France
The Coupe de France (), also known in English language, English as the French Cup or less commonly as the France Cup, is the premier Single-elimination tournament, knockout cup competition in French football organised by the French Football Fed ...
:
1975–76
Bordeaux
*
Division 1:
1983–84
Individual
*
French Player of the Year: 1972
*''Sport Ideal European XI'': 1977, 1978
*
Onze Mondial: 1977, 1982
*
World XI: 1982, 1983
*
6th French Player of the Century
*
FIFA 100
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Orders
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Knight of the Legion of Honour: 1984
References
External links
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1950 births
Living people
People from Sainte-Anne, Guadeloupe
French men's footballers
Guadeloupean men's footballers
Men's association football defenders
AC Ajaccio players
Olympique de Marseille players
FC Girondins de Bordeaux players
Ligue 1 players
France men's international footballers
1978 FIFA World Cup players
1982 FIFA World Cup players
FIFA 100
Knights of the Legion of Honour
Association football people awarded knighthoods
Black French sportspeople
French people of Guadeloupean descent
20th-century French sportsmen
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