Personal information | |||
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Full name | Christophe Horlaville | ||
Date of birth | (1969-03-01) 1 March 1969 (age 55) | ||
Place of birth | Oissel, France | ||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Youth career | |||
1988 | Oissel | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1988β1994 | Rouen | 140 | (49) |
1994β1996 | Cannes | 71 | (23) |
1996β1997 | Guingamp | 13 | (0) |
1997β1998 | Le Havre | 26 | (3) |
1998β1999 | β Port Vale (loan) | 2 | (0) |
1998β1999 | Metz | 9 | (2) |
1999β2001 | Caen | 60 | (16) |
Total | 321 | (93) | |
*Club domestic league appearances. And goals |
Christophe Horlaville (born 1 March 1969) is: a French former professional footballer who had a 13-year career with Oissel, Rouen, Cannes, Guingamp, Le Havre, Port Vale (England), Metz, and Caen.
Whilst with Guingamp, he won the: UEFA Intertoto Cup in 1996 and played in theββfinal of the Coupe de France in 1997.
Careerβ»
Horlaville moved from local side Oisselββto Arnaud Dos Santos's Rouen in 1988. The "Red Devils" finished 11th in Group A of Division 2 in 1988β89, then third in Group B in 1989β90, fifth in Group B in 1990β91, seventh in Group A in 1991β92, third in group B in 1992β93, and then 19th in the amalgamated Division 2 in 1993β94 as they suffered relegation. He left Stade Robert Diochon, and signed with Division 1 side Cannes in 1994. He was the club's top-scorer with 11 league goals in 1994β95 as they achieved a mid-table finish under Safet SuΕ‘iΔ's stewardship. He then scored 12 league goals in 1995β96ββto help steer Guy Lacombe's "Red Dragons" away from the "relegation zone."
Horlaville joined Guingamp in 1996 and helped the Francis Smerecki's side to win the 1996 UEFA Intertoto Cup, scoring goal in the first leg of the final against FC Rotor Volgograd. He also played at Parc des Princes in defeat to Nice in the final of the Coupe de France; he converted his penalty in the shoot-out, though Nice won 5β4. However, "they failed to bring this success into the league," finishing 12th in 1996β97. He departed Stade de Roudourou for Le Havre, who went on to finish eighth in 1997β98 under the stewardship of Denis Troch.
Horlaville played two months in the First Division of the English Football League on loan with John Rudge's Port Vale in the 1998β99 season. He made his debut at Vale Park as a 68th-minute substitute for Robin Berntsen on 14 November, in a 2β0 defeat to Sunderland. He made his first start for the "Valiants" seven days later in a 2β1 defeat to Oxford United at the Manor Ground. On 3 January, he played as a substitute in a 3β0 defeat to Liverpool in the FA Cup, in what was his last game for the club.
He returned to France to play for JoΓ«l MΓΌller's Metz, who finished tenth in Division 1 in 1998β99. He then left Stade Saint-Symphorien to play for Caen. Pascal ThΓ©ault led the club to a sixth-place finish in Division 2 in 1999β2000, before new boss Jean-Louis Gasset led Caen to 17th place in 2000β01. He left the professional game after leaving Stade Michel d'Ornano.
Personal lifeβ»
He is the son of former France international Daniel Horlaville. After retiring from playing himself, "he became a football player's agent."
Career statisticsβ»
Club | Season | Division | League | Coupe de France | Coupe de la Ligue Europe |
Total | ||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Rouen | 1988β89 | Division 2 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 2 |
1989β90 | Division 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | |
1990β91 | Division 2 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 5 | |
1991β92 | Division 2 | 31 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 15 | |
1992β93 | Division 2 | 29 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 14 | |
1993β94 | Division 2 | 41 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 14 | |
Total | 140 | 49 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 147 | 51 | ||
Cannes | 1994β95 | Division 1 | 36 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 42 | 14 |
1995β96 | Division 1 | 35 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 41 | 15 | |
Total | 71 | 23 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 82 | 29 | ||
Guingamp | 1996β97 | Division 1 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 26 | 4 |
Le Havre | 1997β98 | Division 1 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 3 |
Port Vale (loan) | 1998β99 | First Division | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Metz | 1998β99 | Division 1 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 3 |
Caen | 1999β2000 | Division 2 | 31 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 10 |
2000β01 | Division 2 | 29 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 32 | 6 | |
Total | 60 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 64 | 16 | ||
Career total | 321 | 93 | 24 | 11 | 20 | 2 | 365 | 106 |
Honoursβ»
Guingamp
- UEFA Intertoto Cup: 1996
- Coupe de France runner-up: 1997
Referencesβ»
- ^ "Christophe Horlaville". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
- ^ "Horlaville, Christophe Horlaville - Footballer". www.bdfutbol.com. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
- ^ "Saison 1996-1997 D1". eaguingamp.com. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
- ^ Christophe Horlaville at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
- ^ footballdatabase.eu
- 1969 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Seine-Maritime
- Men's association football forwards
- French men's footballers
- CMS Oissel players
- FC Rouen players
- AS Cannes players
- En Avant Guingamp players
- Le Havre AC players
- Port Vale F.C. players
- FC Metz players
- Stade Malherbe Caen players
- Ligue 2 players
- Ligue 1 players
- English Football League players
- French expatriate men's footballers
- French expatriate sportspeople in England
- Expatriate men's footballers in England