Appearances:
12 |
Starts:
4 |
Substitute:
8 |
Unused:
17 |
Goals:
1 |
Games per Goal:
12.00 |
Assists:
0 |
Goal Involvements:
1 |
Player #829
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/
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Winger
2010-11
2010-11
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Robert Pirès
Robert Pirès
Seasons Quick-View
Season
2010-11 |
Age
36 |
Division
PL |
Squad #
#8 |
Appearances
12 |
Starts
4 |
Subs
8 |
Unused
17 |
Goals
1 |
Assists
0 |
Bookings
0 |
Red Cards
0 |
Games / Goals
12.00 |
Goal
Involvements
1 |
FAC: FA Cup; FL: Football League; D1: Division 1; D2: Division 2; D3: Division 3; PL: Premier League; CH: Championship
Goalkeeping Statistics
Season
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
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Robert Emmanuel Pirès
Birth Date
29 October 1973
Birth Place
Reims
Birth Country
France
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Citizenship
France, Portugal
Villa Youth
n/a
Previous Teams
1980-89 ES Reims Ste-Anne
1989-92 Stade Reims Youth
Ligue 1
1992-98 FC Metz, Free
Ligue 1, 🕒 162 | 162 (0) | ⚽ 32 |
1998-2000 Olympique de Marseille, Free
Ligue 1, 🕒 75 | 66 (8) | ⚽ 10 |
2000-06 Arsenal, £8.20m
Premier League, 🕒 284 | 238 (46) | ⚽ 84 |
2006-10 Villarreal CF, Free
La Liga, 🕒 15 | 6 (9) | ⚽ 1 |
2010 Without Club
Transfer in
Aged
37
From
Unattached
For
Free
On
18 November 2010
Under
Gérard Houllier 🇫🇷
Promoted to First Team Squad
In
Transfer In
Under
Transfer In
Loans Out
None
Transfer Out
Aged
37
Unattached
To
For
Released
On
30 June 2011
Under
Gérard Houllier 🇫🇷
Subsequent Clubs
2011-12 Without Club
2012 Manchester Howrah
India Premier League Soccer, 🕒 0 | 0 (0) | ⚽ 0 |
2012-14 Without Club
2014-15 FC Goa, India
Indian Super League, 🕒 8 | 8 (0) | ⚽ 1 |
2015 Retired aged 41
Villa Career
2010-11 Free
Premier League
🕒 12 | 4 (8) | ⚽ 1 | #829 |
Appearances
Unused
12
17
Goals
1
Played Under
Gérard Houllier 🇫🇷 2010-11
Gary McAllister 🏴 2011
Debut
Season
Date
Match
Age
Manager
(First Squad)
Manager
First Goal
2010-11
21 November 2010
Blackburn Rovers (a), Premier League
37
Gérard Houllier 🇫🇷
21 November 2010
Gérard Houllier 🇫🇷
29 January 2011
Appearances
Goals
12
1
Final Appearance
Season
Date
Match
2010-11
30 April 2011
West Bromwich Albion (a), Premier League
Aged
Manager
(Final Squad)
Manager
Gary McAllister 🏴
37
22 May 2011
Gary McAllister 🏴
Honours
Played for the Villa
Height
(6 ft 1 in) 1.87 m
Foot
Right
International Record
National Team
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France
Years | Caps | Starts (Sub) | Goals |
1996-04 🕒 79 | 42 (37) | ⚽ 14 |
Caps with Villa
🕒 0 | 0 (0) | ⚽ 0 |
Robert Pirès
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/
Player #829 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.