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133 Seasons, 33 Managers, 980 Players, 5,653 Matches, Only One Aston Villa
Player #834
Appearances:
12
Starts:
4
Goals:
1
Seasons:
1
Source: AVFC.co.uk/news/2014/11/18/on-this-day-pires-signs-and-brilliant-brace-for-ormondroyd/
Source: AVFC.co.uk/news/2014/11/18/on-this-day-pires-signs-and-brilliant-brace-for-ormondroyd/
Robert Pirès
Position
Winger
From
2010-11
To
2010-11
IMAGE CREDIT
Robert Emmanuel Pirès
Birth Date
Monday, 29 October 1973
Birth Place
Reims
Birth Country
France
Villa Youth
n/a
From
Transfer in
Unattached
From
For
Free
On
Thursday, 18 November 2010
Previous Clubs
Stade Reims |
1992-98 FC Metz, Free |
1998-2000 Olympique de Marseille, Free |
2000-06 Arsenal, £8.2m |
2006-10 Villarreal CF, Free |
Loans Out
None
Transfer Out
To
Unattached
For
Released
On
Thursday, 30 June 2011
Subsequent Clubs
2012 Manchester Howrah, India |
2014-15 FC Goa, India |
Source: AVFC.co.uk/news/2014/11/18/on-this-day-pires-signs-and-brilliant-brace-for-ormondroyd/
Source: AVFC.co.uk/news/2014/11/18/on-this-day-pires-signs-and-brilliant-brace-for-ormondroyd/
Villa Career
Seasons Active, Fee, Starts (Sub) | Goals |
2010-11 Aston Villa, Free, 4 (8) | 1 |
STARTS
SUBS
GOALS
Played Under
Gérard Houllier |
First Squad Appearance
Sunday, 21 November 2010
Debut Appearance
Sunday, 21 November 2010
Blackburn Rovers (a), Premier League
DEBUT
First Goal
Saturday, 29 January 2011
Final Appearance
Saturday, 30 April 2011
West Bromwich Albion (a), Premier League
FINAL
Final Squad Appearance
Sunday, 22 May 2011
Honours
Played for the Villa
Height
(6 ft 2 in) 1.87 m
Foot
Right
International Team
France
Robert Pirès
Player #834 for Aston Villa, Robert Emmanuel Pirès played as a winger for the club during the 2010-11 season making 12 appearances and scoring once.
Pirès was born in Reims, France on 29 October 1973 and was signed by Villa boss Gérard Houllier as a free agent at the age of 37 on 18 November 2010.
Pirès would made his debut appearance for Villa shortly thereafter on Sunday, 21 November 2010.
Houllier and his successor caretaker Gary McAllister would name Pirès in every one of Villa’s squads from his arrival to the end of the season in a move that raised eyebrows within and without.
For Graham Taylor it was Öyvind Leonhardsen, for Chairman Ellis it was David Ginola, for Martin O’Neill it was Didier Agathe and for Gérard Houllier it was Pirès.
A succession of predictable failures of such prominence that It’s difficult to know which was the more embarrassing.
Quite what led Houllier to think Pirès was the answer is as perplexing as trying to work out what was the question in the first place.
Houllier wasn’t a good manager for Villa, his fit was terrible, he hardly needed to sign Pirès to prove that or to bring another square piece for a round hole. Yet he chose to do exactly that.
Across his scarcely believable 29 squad appearances, Pirès would make 4 starts and 8 substitute appearances, scoring once - in the FA Cup 4th Round against Blackburn Rovers - before returning to retirement ahead of a cameo in Indian football.
Pirès had made his final appearance for Villa on Saturday, 30 April 2011 before being released in July 2011 aged 37.