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Jean-Claude Darcheville
	Jean-Claude Darcheville
Personal information
Full name	Jean-Claude Ducan Darcheville
Date of birth	July 25, 1975 (age 34)
Place of birth	Sinnamary, French Guiana, France
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	FC Nantes
Number	9
Senior career1
National team
	1 Senior club appearances and goals; counted for the domestic league only and; correct as of 16:09, 25 May 2009 (UTC).; * Appearances (Goals)

Jean-Claude Ducan Darcheville (born July 25, 1975 in Sinnamary, French Guiana) is a French football striker currently playing for Ligue 2 side Nantes and the French Guiana national team.

[edit] Career

[edit] Early career

Darcheville began his professional career in France at Rennes. He played his first game for Rennes in a 3-1 defeat to AS Monaco in 1995. He spent three seasons at Rennes, scoring five goals in 42 matches, before leaving for England. He joined then Premiership side Nottingham Forest on loan for a season but failed to settle, scoring only twice in sixteen matches. He was still coming to terms with the death of his wife and children in a car accident in 1998.^[2]

[edit] Return to France

After a disappointing season in England, Darcheville decided to continue his career in France and joined FC Lorient. He spent three seasons with Lorient, scoring 44 goals in 102 matches. Including the winning goal in the Coupe de France as Lorient beat SC Bastia 1-0. He was also on the losing side in the Coupe de la Ligue final as Lorient lost 3-0 to his future employers Bordeaux.

When Lorient were relegated from Ligue 1, Darcheville joined FC Girondins de Bordeaux. The previous season he had scored nineteen goals in thirty-two matches for the doomed Lorient and his good form continued in Bordeaux where he scored eleven league goals in his first season. Overall he scored 37 goals in 131 league games and netted seven goals in European competition.

[edit] Rangers

Darcheville signed a two year contract with Scottish side Rangers on 9 May 2007, to join the club on July 1. He was signed by Walter Smith, after Rangers' two previous managers - Alex McLeish and Paul Le Guen - were also linked with him.^[2] Darcheville made his Rangers debut against FK Zeta on the 31 July 2007, in a 2-0 victory.^[3] He then went on to score his first and second goals for the club in a match against Falkirk on August 18, 2007.^[4]

On the 12 December 2007 in Rangers final make or break UEFA Champions League match against Olympique Lyonnais, Darcheville was sent off for stamping on Kim Kallstrom.^[5] He later received a three match suspension for this offence and missed the UEFA Cup third round tie against Panathanaikos (Rangers eventually going through to the next round on the away goals rule after drawing 1-1- in Athens) and was also unavailable for the first leg of the last-16 clash with German side Werder Bremen. Darcheville did, however, score away from home in the next round against Sporting Lisbon, and helped Rangers defeat Fiorentina to reach the 2008 UEFA Cup final against Zenit St Petersburg. Rangers lost the final 2-0, but the game represents Darcheville's only full match for the club.^[6] Darcheville scored his first goal of the 2008-09 season and first in six months for Rangers against Aberdeen on November 22, in a 2-0 win at Ibrox. This was to prove to be his last goal for the Ibrox club, but a vital goal at that.

[edit] Valenciennes

Darcheville left Rangers on 1 January 2009 to join Valenciennes of France.^[7]

Most recently on the 25th of July 2009, Darcheville celebrated his 34th birthday with fellow countrymen Jean-Alain Boumsong and Pascal Cygan. Darchville has since been released from his contract with Valenciennes according to the august edition of world soccer.