Éric Carrière (born 24 May 1973 in Foix, Ariège) is a French football player. He is a skilful playmaker who is adept at taking free-kicks, penalties, and corners for his team, as well as scoring from the run of play although he is primarily known for defence splitting passes.

[edit] Career

He has also played and started for previous clubs FC Nantes, Olympique Lyonnais, with whom he won 4 Ligue 1 titles with, and RC Lens. After Lens suffered relegation, he now plays for Dijon FCO after signing a two-year contract on June 26, 2008.^[1]

[edit] International career

He has been capped 10 times and scored five goals for the France national team.

[edit] International Goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	June 3, 2001	Munsu Cup Stadium, Ulsan, South Korea	Mexico	2 – 0	4 – 0	2001 FIFA Confederations Cup
2.	June 3, 2001	Munsu Cup Stadium, Ulsan, South Korea	Mexico	4 – 0	4 – 0	2001 FIFA Confederations Cup
3.	October 16, 2002	Ta' Qali Stadium, Ta' Qali, Malta	Malta	0 – 4	0 – 4	UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying
4.	November 20, 2002	Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France	Yugoslavia	1 – 0	3 – 0	Friendly match
5.	November 20, 2002	Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France	Yugoslavia	2 – 0	3 – 0	Friendly match

[edit] Personal

He is married to Rachel and has one child, Lola (born March 4, 2004).

[edit] Honours

• French championship (2001, 2002, 2003, 2004)
• French national cup (1999, 2000)
• Trophée des Champions (2003)
• Confederations Cup (2001)

[edit] References

v • d • e France squad – 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup Winners (1st Title) 1 Ramé • 2 Sagnol • 3 Lizarazu • 4 Vieira • 5 Gillet • 6 Djorkaeff • 7 Pirès • 8 Desailly • 9 Anelka • 10 Carrière • 11 Wiltord • 12 Coupet • 13 Silvestre • 14 Née • 15 Bréchet • 16 Dacourt • 17 Marlet • 18 Leboeuf • 19 Karembeu • 20 Camara • 21 Dugarry • 22 Robert • 23 Landreau • Coach: Lemerre

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