List of Olympique de Marseille players

This is a list of notable footballers who have played for Olympique de Marseille. Generally, this means players that have appeared in 100 or more first-class (league, French Cup, League Cup and European) matches for the club. However, some players who have played fewer matches are also included; players who fell short of the total of 100 appearances but made significant contributions to the history of the club ^[1] or are involved in 1990–91 European Cup, 1992–93 UEFA Champions League, 1998–99 UEFA Cup, 2003–04 UEFA Cup and 2017–18 UEFA Europa League campaigns. For a full list of all Marseille players with Wikipedia articles—major or otherwise—see Category:Olympique de Marseille players.

Players are listed according to the date of their first professional contract signed with the club. Appearances and goals are for competitive first-team matches only. Substitute appearances included.

List of players

As of 30 June 2016

  Players who represented their country while at the club.

Jean-Pierre Papin

Fabien Barthez

Josip Skoblar

Didier Drogba

Steve Mandanda

Chris Waddle

Rudi Völler

Franck Ribéry

Marcel Desailly

Jairzinho

Robert Pires

Andreas Köpke

Carlos Mozer

Didier Deschamps

Abedi Pele

Roger Magnusson

Enzo Francescoli

Samir Nasri

Basile Boli

Daniel Van Buyten

Laurent Blanc

Name	Nationality	Position	Marseille career	Appearances	Goals	Notes
Kassim Abdallah	Comoros	DF	2012–2014	20	0
Rafidine Abdullah	France	MF	2012–2013	23	0
Fabrice Abriel	France	MF	2009–2011	76	2
Joseph Alcazar	France	FW	1927–1936 1940–1942	115	92
Morgan Amalfitano	France	MF	2011–2013	85	3
Manuel Amoros	France	DF	1989–1993 1995–1996	168	2
Gunnar Andersson	Sweden   France	FW	1950–1958	247	194	[2]
Jocelyn Angloma	France	DF	1991–1994	106	4
José Anigo	France	DF	1975–1984	205	4
André Ayew	Ghana	MF	2007–2008 2010–2015	207	60
Jordan Ayew	Ghana	FW	2009–2014	147	22
Emmanuel Aznar	France	FW	1936–1952	169	118
César Azpilicueta	Spain	DF	2011–2013	68	2
Gérard Bacconnier	France	DF	1976–1981	137	6
Jean-Pierre Bade	France	DF	1984–1987	122	1
Ibrahima Bakayoko	Ivory Coast	FW	1999–2003	136	34
Fabien Barthez	France	GK	1992–1995 2003–2006	228	0
Joey Barton	England	MF	2012–2012	33	1
Jean Bastien	France	MF	1935–1938 1939–1940 1941–1949	337	14
Michel Baulier	France	DF	1975–1979	136	1
Joseph-Antoine Bell	Cameroon	GK	1985–1988	137	0
Hatem Ben Arfa	France	MF	2008–2010	91	15
Abdelsalem Ben Miloud Salem	Morocco	DF	1946–1956	282	3
Marc Berdoll	France	FW	1977–1980	107	53
Habib Beye	Senegal	DF	2003–2007	174	2
Laurent Blanc	France	DF	1997–1999	81	16
Patrick Blondeau	France	DF	1998–2001	78	0
Alen Bokšić	Yugoslavia   Croatia	FW	1990–1994	58	25
Basile Boli	France	DF	1990–1994	163	26
Laurent Bonnart	France	DF	2007–2010	138	0
Joseph Bonnel	France	MF	1967–1973	235	67
Bernard Bosquier	France	DF	1971–1974	112	12
Saar Boubacar	Senegal	FW	1975–1976 1977–1980 1983–1984	162	67
François Bracci	France	DF	1969–1979 1983–1985	341	15
Brandão	Brazil	FW	2009–2011 2011	116	31
Frédéric Brando	France	MF	1997–2001	135	6
Daniel Bravo	France	FW	1998–1999	29	1
Ferdinand Bruhin	Switzerland	MF	1933–1942	113	4
Régis Bruneton	France	MF	1957–1963	126	5
Robert Buigues	France	MF	1972–1977 1978–1981	227	38
Titi Camara	Guinea	MF	1997–1999	77	10
Christian Caminiti	France	DF	1977–1984	115	3
Lorik Cana	Albania	MF	2005–2009	175	8
Georges Carnus	France	GK	1971–1974	135	0
Tony Cascarino	Ireland	FW	1994–1997	105	70
Bernard Casoni	France	DF	1990–1996	221	3
Fabio Celestini	Switzerland	MF	2002–2005	77	1
Boštjan Cesar	Slovenia	DF	2005–2007	39	1
Benoît Cheyrou	France	MF	2007–2014	305	28
Djibril Cissé	France	FW	2006–2009	58	24
Édouard Cissé	France	MF	2009–2011	77	1
Renato Civelli	Argentina	DF	2006–2007 2008–2009	63	6
Max Conchy	France	DF	1932–1935 1938–1942 1944–1945	125	9
Émile Dahan	France	DF	1942–1950	199	4
Georges Dard	France	MF	1936–1937 1938–1948 1949–1954	325	105
Jean-Charles De Bono	France	MF	1980–1985	120	10
Frédéric Déhu	France	DF	2004–2006	74	3
Didier Deschamps	France	MF	1989–1990 1991–1994	157	9
Marcel Desailly	France	DF	1992–1993	60	2
Jean-Pierre Destrumelle	France	MF	1966–1970	133	2
Abdoulaye Diallo	Senegal	FW	1983–1990	181	22
Alou Diarra	France	MF	2011–2012	50	2
Souleymane Diawara	Senegal	DF	2009–2014	164	11
Laurent Di Lorto	France	GK	1931–1936	100	0
Éric Di Meco	France	DF	1980–1986 1988–1994	277	13
Jean Djorkaeff	France	DF	1966–1970	159	12
Cyril Domoraud	Ivory Coast	DF	1997–1999	71	1
Manuel dos Santos	France	DF	2000–2004	121	1
Didier Drogba	Ivory Coast	FW	2003–2004	55	32	[3]
Jean-Philippe Durand	France	MF	1991–1997	202	12
Olivier Echouafni	France	MF	1994–1998	102	8
Edson	Brazil	DF	1998–1999	14	1
Albert Emon	France	FW	1971–1978	152	41
Elamine Erbate	Morocco	DF	2008	6	0
Jean-Paul Escale	France	GK	1960–1971	329	0
Jean-Jacques Eydelie	France	DF	1992–1993	40	0
Rod Fanni	France	DF	2010–2015	166	6
Jean Fernandez	France	MF	1975–1980	165	1
Bernard Ferrer	France	MF	1994–1997	103	26
Demetrius Ferreira	Brazil	DF	2003–2006	85	2
Mathieu Flamini	France	MF	2003–2004	24	0
Hervé Florès	France	FW	1975–1981	156	37
Karl-Heinz Förster	Germany	DF	1986–1990	135	8
Laurent Fournier	France	MF	1990–1991	27	4
Enzo Francescoli	Uruguay	FW	1989–1990	40	11
William Gallas	France	DF	1997–2001	108	3
Christophe Galtier	France	DF	1985–1987 1995–1997	139	0
Jérémy Gavanon	France	GK	2002–2006	13	0
Bruno Germain	France	MF	1988–1991 1994–1995	159	13
André-Pierre Gignac	France	FW	2010–2015	186	77
Alain Giresse	France	MF	1986–1988	83	8	[4]
Gaël Givet	France	DF	2008–2009	41	0
Joseph Gonzales	France	DF	1936–1946	173	5
Lucho González	Argentina	MF	2009–2012	124	21
Jocelyn Gourvennec	France	MF	1998–1999	29	5
Elliot Grandin	France	FW	2008–2009	22	3
Maurice Gransart	France	DF	1948–1949 1951–1961	288	5
Gilbert Gress	France	MF	1971–1973	119	11
Gabriel Heinze	Argentina	DF	2009–2011	77	10
Brahim Hemdani	Algeria	MF	2000–2005	121	2
Hilton	Brazil	DF	2008–2011	81	3
Jean-Louis Hodoul	Algeria	DF	1964–1972	215	3
Giannelli Imbula	France	MF	2013–2015	76	3
Pierre Issa	South Africa	DF	1995–2001	59	1
Hamada Jambay	Madagascar	DF	1993–1999	140	5
Gunnar Johansson	Sweden	DF	1950–1958	255	5
Joseph Yegba Maya	Cameroon	FW	1962–1970	237	112
Charles Kaboré	Burkina Faso	MF	2007–2013	194	3
Foued Kadir	Algeria	MF	2013–2015	15	0
Saber Khalifa	Tunisia	FW	2013–2016	28	1
Willy Kohut	Hungary	FW	1933–1939	183	92
Bakari Koné	Ivory Coast	FW	2008–2010	80	16
Andreas Köpke	Germany	GK	1996–1998	77	0	[5]
Édouard Kula	France	DF	1970–1973	123	2
Marc Lévy	France	GK	1980–1986	164	0
Marc Libbra	France	FW	1990–1992 1993 1998	149	41
Armand Libérati	France	GK	1980–1986	149	0
Jacques Lopez	France	DF	1979–1985	143	6
Jean-Pierre Lopez	France	DF	1967–1975	231	2
Roger Magnusson	Sweden	FW	1970–1974	204	33
Steve Mandanda	France	GK	2007–2016 2017–2022	613	0	[6]
Jean-Jacques Marcel	France	MF	1954–1959	175	27
Louis de Maréville	France	FW	1942–1947	116	73
Steve Marlet	France	FW	2003–2005	69	17
Florian Maurice	France	FW	1998–2001	83	30
Modeste M'Bami	Cameroon	MF	2006–2009	100	1
Stéphane Mbia	Cameroon	MF	2009–2012	112	5
Tyrone Mears	Jamaica	DF	2008–2009	7	1
Abdoulaye Meïté	Ivory Coast	DF	2000–2006	155	4
Lucas Mendes	Qatar	DF	2012–2014	33	1
Benjamin Mendy	France	DF	2013–2016	94	3
François Mercurio	France	MF	1949–1958	134	24
Camel Meriem	France	MF	2003–2004	49	4
Barthélemy Mesas	France	MF	1951–1958	167	7
Gérard Migeon	France	GK	1974–1981	216	0
François Milazzo	France	MF	1960–1964	123	32
Jean Molla	France	DF	1954–1961	213	5
Jérémy Morel	France	DF	2011–2015	153	3
Fernando Morientes	Spain	FW	2009–2011	19	1
Carlos Mozer	Brazil	DF	1989–1992	118	6
Samir Nasri	France	MF	2004–2008	166	12	[7]
Leyti N'Diaye	Senegal	DF	2004–2005 2007–2009 2010–2011 2012–2013	16	0
Sylvain N'Diaye	Senegal	MF	2003–2006	63	1
Nicolas Nkoulou	Cameroon	DF	2011–2016	201	5
Mamadou Niang	Senegal	FW	2005–2010	227	100
Jacques Novi	France	MF	1967–1973	241	14
Franciszek Olejniczak	Poland   France	MF	1936–1946	192	10
Pascal Olmeta	France	GK	1990–1993	112	0
Jean Paluch	France	MF	1954–1958	131	8
Jean-Pierre Papin	France	FW	1986–1992	275	182	[8] [9] [10]
Marc Pascal	France	FW	1978–1985	171	72
Dimitri Payet	France	MF	2013–2015	83	15
Abedi Pele	Ghana	FW	1987–1989 1990–1993	149	30	[11]
Robert Pires	France	FW	1998–2000	93	14
Félix Pironti	France	MF	1939–1949	211	89
Stéphane Porato	France	GK	1998–2000	80	0
Florian Raspentino	France	MF	2012	15	0
Fabrizio Ravanelli	Italy	FW	1997–1999	84	31
Loïc Rémy	France	FW	2010–2013	111	42
Franck Ribéry	France	MF	2005–2007	89	18	[12] [13]
Jean Robin	France	FW	1939–1953	226	74
Julien Rodriguez	France	DF	2007–2012	57	4
Sauveur Rodriguez	France	FW	1946–1951	164	6
Alaixys Romao	Togo	MF	2013–2016	16	0
Eric Roy	France	MF	1996–1999	104	12
Vedran Runje	Croatia	GK	2001–2004	103	0
Dominique Rustichelli	France	MF	1952–1958	149	37
Mamadou Samassa	Mali	FW	2008–2009 2010	33	3
Étienne Sansonetti	France	FW	1958–1964	120	40	[14]
Franck Sauzée	France	MF	1988–1990 1991–1993	164	39
Albert Sejnera	France	DF	1963–1966	101	0
Roger Scotti	France	MF	1942–1958	451	65
Josip Skoblar	Yugoslavia	FW	1966–1967 1969–1975	210	175	[15]
Modou Sougou	Senegal	MF	2013	16	1
Dragan Stojković	Yugoslavia	MF	1990–1991 1992–1994	37	5
Taye Taiwo	Nigeria	DF	2004–2011	271	25	[16]
André Tassone	France	DF	1959–1969	234	2
Jean-Christophe Thomas	France	MF	1992–1994	45	1
Jean Tigana	France	MF	1989–1991	76	1
Djimi Traoré	Mali	DF	2011–2012	20	0
Marius Trésor	France	DF	1972–1980	298	12
Mathieu Valbuena	France	MF	2006–2014	330	38
Philippe Vercruysse	France	MF	1988–1991	131	36
Rudi Völler	Germany	FW	1992–1994	73	28
Chris Waddle	England	FW	1989–1992	140	27
Sylvain Wiltord	France	FW	2009	14	1
Mario Zatelli	France	FW	1935–1938 1943–1944 1945–1948	149	99
Boudewijn Zenden	Netherlands	MF	2007–2009	76	6
Émile Zermani	France	FW	1933–1939	166	52	[17]
Karim Ziani	Algeria	MF	2007–2009	68	3
Ronald Zubar	France	DF	2006–2009	100	3
Jules Zvunka	France	DF	1966–1973	298	0
Victor Zvunka	France	DF	1973–1981	295	6

Key to positions

GK	Goalkeeper	DF	Defender	FW	Forward	MF	Midfielder

Notes

1. "Les grands joueurs". om.net (in French). 2007-02-21. Archived from the original on 2012-09-07.
2. Olympique de Marseille's all-time record goalscorer, with 194 goals between 1950 and 1958.
3. Won UNFP Player of the Year in 2004.
4. Won France Football French player of the year in 1987.
5. Won Best European Goalkeeper award and IFFHS World's Best Goalkeeper award in 1996.
6. Won UNFP Goalkeeper of the Year award in 2008.
7. Won UNFP Young Player of the Year award in 2007.
8. Was voted Marseille's "Greatest player of the XXth century".
9. Won Ballon d'Or in 1991.
10. Won France Football French player of the year award in 1989 and 1991.
11. Won France Football African Player of the Year award in 1991, 1992 and 1993.
12. Won UNFP Young Player of the Year award in 2006.
13. Won France Football French player of the year award in 2007.
14. Sansonetti scored Marseille's first goal in European football, against R. Union Saint-Gilloise in 1962.
15. Holds the record for the most league goals scored in one season for Marseille, with 44 in the 1970–1971 season. He won the European Golden Shoe this season.
16. Won CAF Young Player of the Year award in 2006.
17. Scored the first goal in the Stade Vélodrome, against Torino FC in 1933.

External links

• (in French) om1899.com player history