Stéphane Gillet (born 20 August 1977) was a

Luxembourg Luxembourg, officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, is a landlocked country in Western Europe. It is bordered by Belgium to the west and north, Germany to the east, and France on the south. Its capital and most populous city, Luxembour ...

ish

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. He played in

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twenty times for

. He has played for clubs in several countries, including

Jeunesse Esch Jeunesse Esch (full name ''Association Sportive la Jeunesse d'Esch/Alzette'') is a professional football club based in Esch-sur-Alzette, in south-western Luxembourg. The side play in the National Division, the highest league in the country, and ...

and

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in Luxembourg, Chester City in England,

SV Elversberg SpVgg 07 Elversberg is a Football in Germany, German association football club, located in Spiesen-Elversberg, Saarland. The club plays in the 2. Bundesliga from the 2023–24 2. Bundesliga, 2023–24 season following promotion from the 3. Liga ...

in Germany, and

FC Wil FC Wil (''Fussball Club Wil 1900'') is a Association football, football club based in Wil, Switzerland. They play in the ''Sportpark Bergholz'', which has a total capacity of 6,048. The club has consistently played in the Swiss Challenge League, ...

in Switzerland.

Club career

Gillet started his career with Belgian side

Standard Liège Royal Standard de Liège, commonly referred to as Standard Liège ( ; ; ) or simply Standard in Belgium, is a Belgian professional football club based in the city of Liège. They are one of the most successful clubs in Belgium, having won t ...

but made his senior debut with Luxembourg outfit Spora Luxembourg in the 1998/1999 season. He was then lured away by German Regionalliga Süd side

where he spent two seasons before moving to French giants

Paris Saint-Germain Paris Saint-Germain Football Club, commonly referred to as Paris Saint-Germain () or simply PSG, is a French professional Association football, football club based in Paris. They compete in Ligue 1, the French football league system, top d ...

as the team's third goalkeeper. Although he played for the return leg of the second round of the 2001/2002 UEFA Cup, he spent most of his time in the reserves. He joined Swiss Superleague team

in 2003 and experienced relegation as well as winning the Swiss Cup with them. After that season he returned to Luxembourg but had a two-month spell with English lower league team Chester City. In 2007, Gillet was contracted to

for three years. He has joined

Rugby Club Luxembourg Rugby Club Luxembourg, abbreviated to RCL, is a rugby union club, based in Cessange, Luxembourg City, in southern Luxembourg. Luxembourg has no domestic league of its own, so RCL plays in neighbouring countries' leagues; they currently play in the ...

, for whose second team he plays as a back row.

International career

Gillet made his debut for

in an October 2000 World Cup qualification match against

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. He went on to earn 20 caps. He played in 8 World Cup qualification matches.Record at FIFA Tournaments
– FIFA He played his final international match in November 2006 against

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Honours

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: 1 :: 2004

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gillet, Stephane 1977 births Living people Footballers from Luxembourg City Luxembourgian men's footballers Luxembourgian expatriate men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Standard Liège players SV Elversberg players Paris Saint-Germain FC players FC Wil players Racing FC Union Luxembourg players Chester City F.C. players Jeunesse Esch players Ligue 1 players Swiss Super League players English Football League players Luxembourgian expatriate sportspeople in France Luxembourgian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Luxembourgian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in France Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland Expatriate men's footballers in England Luxembourg men's international footballers