Vincent Péricard
Personal information
Full name	Vincent de Paul Péricard
Date of birth	3 October 1982 (1982-10-03) (age 27)
Place of birth	Efko, Cameroon
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Carlisle United
Number	16
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1999–2000 2000–2002 2002–2003 2003–2006 2005 2006 2006–2009 2008 2009 2009–	St Etienne Juventus → Portsmouth (loan) Portsmouth → Sheffield United (loan) → Plymouth Argyle (loan) Stoke City → Southampton (loan) → Millwall (loan) Carlisle United	01 (0) 00 (0) 32 (9) 12 (0) 11 (2) 15 (4) 38 (2) 05 (0) 02 (0) 09 (4)
National team
	France U21
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:34, 13 December 2009 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Vincent de Paul Péricard (born 3 October 1982 in Efko, Cameroon) is a French professional football player, who currently plays for Carlisle United, after signing a short term deal on 13 October 2009.

Contents 1 Career 1.1 Early days 1.2 Portsmouth 1.3 Stoke City 1.4 Carlisle United 2 International career 3 Career statistics 4 Honours 4.1 Promotions 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Career

[edit] Early days

Péricard started his career at St Etienne but soon came to the attention of Juventus, who snapped up the promising youngster. After impressing for Italian club Juventus against Arsenal in the UEFA Champions League, his sole appearance for Juventus in two seasons in Turin, he came to the attention of Portsmouth manager Harry Redknapp.

[edit] Portsmouth

Péricard initially moved to Portsmouth on loan for the 2002–03 season.^[1] Péricard began his Portsmouth career in superb fashion, scoring on his debut in a 2–0 win over Nottingham Forest, although he struggled with injury in the latter half of the season. Despite this, he impressed enough to earn a permanent switch in July 2003, having scored nine times in 32 games as Pompey won the Division One title.

Péricard was a regular in the side at the start of the 2003–-04 season, but broke down with a torn thigh muscle in late September. He returned to the first team in December, but then badly damaged a cruciate ligament in a reserve comeback game. The injury ended his season. He had an operation on the injury in France in the summer of 2004, and spent the whole of the 2004–05 season in rehabilitation following the surgery. In August 2005, following his recovery, he attended a Cameroon national team training camp for a friendly match against French amateur team Villemomble.

In 2005–06 Péricard returned to the first-team squad at Fratton Park. In order to gain match fitness he spent a three month loan spell with Sheffield United,^[2] scoring twice against Millwall^[3] and Luton,^[4] before joining Plymouth Argyle in February 2006 for the remainder of the season.^[5] He scored his first English hat-trick for Plymouth Argyle in a 3–1 win over Coventry City on 18 February 2006.^[6] He was recalled to Portsmouth in May 2006.

[edit] Stoke City

Péricard was released by Portsmouth at the end of the 2005–06 season, signing a three-year contract with Stoke City on a free transfer on 19 June 2006.^[7] Péricard was Tony Pulis' first signing as manager of Stoke City, in Pulis' second spell at the club. At first, Péricard impressed at Stoke, scoring against promotion winners Derby on his home début.^[8] He also scored in the League Cup against Darlington,^[9] and again in the league against Sunderland.^[10] However, his performances later in the season were relatively poor and his place was taken by another former Portsmouth player, Ricardo Fuller.

On 24 August 2007 Pericard was sentenced to four months in prison after being found guilty of perverting the course of justice.^[11] This came after he lied about being the driver of a car caught speeding at 103mph near Plymouth. He was released from prison on 20 September 2007^[12] but, following problems with his electronic tag, he was rearrested on 12 October 2007,^[13] although he was subsequently re-released later that month.^[14] On 14 March 2008, Southampton confirmed the loan signing of Pericard until the end of the season.^[15] Upon his return to Stoke, he scored against Reading in a Carling Cup tie in September 2008.^[16]

Pericard made his first Premier League appearance in 0-0 draw with Fulham on 13 December 2008, he came on as a substitute for Danny Pugh. His first start in the Premier League came against Blackburn Rovers. Pericard, after seeing his first team opportunities disappear at Stoke following their promotion to the Premier League, signed a 93-day loan on 20 February 2009 with Millwall.^[17] Following the 2008-09 season, Péricard was released from his contract at Stoke.^[18]

[edit] Carlisle United

Following his release, he had short trials with Championship sides Bristol City, Cardiff City and Blackpool.^[19] On 13 October 2009 Péricard signed for Carlisle United on deal until January 2010, making his debut on 17 October against Yeovil Town. Pericard scored his first goal for the Cumbrians on his home debut against Southend United.^[20]

[edit] International career

Vincent Péricard has represented the French U21 side at international level.^[17]

[edit] Career statistics

^[21]

Club performance			League		Cup		League Cup		Continental		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
France			League		Coupe de France		Coupe de la Ligue		Europe		Total
1999-00	Saint-Étienne	Division 1	2	0	-		-		-		2	0
Italy			League		Coppa Italia		League Cup		Europe		Total
2000-01	Juventus	Serie A	0	0	-		-		-		0	0
2001-02			0	0	-		-		1	0	1	0
England			League		FA Cup		League Cup		Europe		Total
2002-03	Portsmouth	First Division	32	9	1	0	2	1	-		35	10
2003-04		Premier League	6	0	-		1	0	-		7	0
2004-05			0	0	-		-		-		0	0
2005-06			6	0	-		-		-		6	0
2005-06	Sheffield United	Championship	11	2	-		-		-		11	2
2005-06	Plymouth Argyle	Championship	15	4	-		-		-		15	4
2006-07	Stoke City	Championship	29	2	1	0	1	1	-		31	3
2007-08			5	0	1	0	-		-		6	0
2007-08	Southampton	Championship	5	0	-		-		-		5	0
2008-09	Stoke City	Premier League	4	0	1	0	3	1	-		8	1
2009-10	Carlisle United	League One	2	1	1	1	0	0	-		3	2
Total	France		2	0	-		-		-		2	0
	Italy		0	0	-		-		1	0	1	0
	England		110	17	4	1	4	2	-		118	20
Career Total			112	17	4	1	4	2	1	0	121	20

[edit] Honours

[edit] Promotions

• 2002–03: Division One Champions (promotion to The Premiership) - Portsmouth
• 2007–08: Championship 2nd (promotion to The Premiership) - Stoke City

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Vincent Péricard player profile at stokecityfc.com
• Vincent Péricard player profile at pafc.co.uk
• Vincent Péricard career stats at Soccerbase
• Soccerway profile
• Pericard back after injury and prison

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Persondata
NAME	Péricard, Vincent de Paul
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Péricard, Vincent
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Professional footballer
DATE OF BIRTH	3 October 1982
PLACE OF BIRTH	Efko, Cameroon
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH