Claude Makélélé

French association football player and manager

Claude Makélélé Sinda (born 18 February 1973) is a football manager and former professional player who played as a defensive midfielder.

Claude Makélélé
Makélélé in 2012
Personal information
Full name Claude Makélélé Sinda[1]
Date of birth (1973-02-18) 18 February 1973 (age 51)[2]
Place of birth Kinshasa, Zaire
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[3]
Position(s) Defensive midfielder[4]
Youth career
1989–1990 Melun-Dammarie
1990–1991 Brest
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1991–1997 Nantes 169 (9)
1997–1998 Marseille 32 (2)
1998–2000 Celta Vigo 70 (3)
2000–2003 Real Madrid 94 (1)
2003–2008 Chelsea 144 (2)
2008–2011 Paris Saint-Germain 98 (1)
Total 607 (18)
National team
1993–1994 France U21 7 (1)
1995–2008 France 71 (0)
Teams managed
2011–2013 Paris Saint-Germain (assistant)
2014 Bastia
2016 Monaco (technical director)
2017 Swansea City (assistant)
2017–2019 Eupen
2019–2023 Chelsea (technical mentor)
Honours
Men's football
Representing  France
FIFA World Cup
Runner-up 2006
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career statistics change

Club change

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Nantes 1992–93 Division 1 34 1 6 0 40 1
1993–94 Division 1 30 0 4 1 2 0 36 1
1994–95 Division 1 36 3 2 0 1 1 8 1 47 5
1995–96 Division 1 33 0 1 0 1 0 9 0 1[a] 0 45 0
1996–97 Division 1 36 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 37 5
Total 169 9 13 1 3 1 19 1 1 0 205 12
Marseille 1997–98 Division 1 32 2 2 0 2 1 36 3
Celta Vigo 1998–99 La Liga 36 2 0 0 7 0 44 2
1999–2000 La Liga 34 1 0 0 9 3 43 4
Total 70 3 0 0 0 0 16 3 0 0 86 6
Real Madrid 2000–01 La Liga 33 0 0 0 14 1 2[b] 0 49 1
2001–02 La Liga 32 1 1 0 13 0 2[c] 0 48 1
2002–03 La Liga 29 0 0 0 11 0 2[b] 0 42 0
2003–04 La Liga 1[c] 0 1 0
Total 94 1 1 0 0 0 38 1 7 0 140 2
Chelsea 2003–04 Premier League 30 0 3 0 2 0 11 0 46 0
2004–05 Premier League 36 1 0 0 4 0 10 0 50 1
2005–06 Premier League 31 0 3 0 0 0 6 0 1[d] 0 41 0
2006–07 Premier League 29 1 2 0 6 0 9 0 46 1
2007–08 Premier League 18 0 1 0 2 0 13 0 34 0
Total 144 2 9 0 14 0 49 0 1 0 217 2
Paris Saint-Germain 2008–09 Ligue 1 34 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 40 0
2009–10 Ligue 1 31 1 5 0 0 0 36 1
2010–11 Ligue 1 33 0 3 0 2 0 3 0 1[a] 0 42 0
Total 98 1 9 0 2 0 8 0 1 0 118 1
Career total 607 17 34 1 21 2 130 5 10 0 802 25
  1. 1.0 1.1 Appearance in Trophée des Champions
  2. 2.0 2.1 One appearance in UEFA Super Cup, one appearance in Intercontinental Cup
  3. 3.0 3.1 Appearance(s) in Supercopa de España
  4. Appearance in FA Community Shield

International change

Source:[5]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
France 1995 1 0
1997 1 0
1998 1 0
2000 3 0
2001 6 0
2002 9 0
2003 6 0
2004 8 0
2005 5 0
2006 14 0
2007 11 0
2008 6 0
Total 71 0

Managerial statistics change

As of 30 June 2019
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record Ref.
P W D L Win %
Bastia 24 May 2014[6] 3 November 2014[source?] 13 3 4 6 023.1 [source?]
Eupen 6 November 2017[source?] 30 June 2019[source?] 70 21 11 38 030.0 [source?]
Total 83 24 15 44 028.9

Honours change

Player change

Nantes

Real Madrid[8]

Chelsea[7]

Paris Saint-Germain

France

Individual

References change

  1. "UCL Booking list 2006/2007" (PDF). UEFA. 26 April 2007. p. 1. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
  2. "Claude Makelele: Overview". ESPN. Retrieved 25 December 2020.
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Claude Makelele: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 25 December 2020.
  4. "Claude Makelele". Barry Hugman's Footballers.
  5. Makélélé, Claude at National-Football-Teams.com
  6. "Claude Makelele leaves Paris St-Germain post to coach Bastia". BBC Sport. 24 May 2014. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 "Claude Makelele plans to retire at end of season". The Guardian. 25 February 2010. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  8. "Claude Makelele". Real Madrid. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  9. "Monaco 0-1 Paris Saint-Germain" (in French). FFF. Archived from the original on 6 July 2010. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  10. "Remembering Zinedine Zidane's Headbutt and the 2006 World Cup Final". Bleacher Report. 8 July 2015. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  11. "FIFPRO WORLD XI 2004/2005". Archived from the original on 1 July 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  12. "CHELSEA PLAYERS' PLAYER OF THE YEAR". Chelsea. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  13. Brewin, John (25 December 2009). "World Team of the Decade". ESPN FC. Archived from the original on 1 August 2017. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  14. "Palmarès Trophées UNFP - Oscars du football - Trophée d'honneur UNFP". Archived from the original on 2019-08-02. Retrieved 2023-11-22.