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.jpg) Darcheville in 2009 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jean-Claude Jacques Ducan Darcheville[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1975-07-25)25 July 1975 (age 50)[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Sinnamary, French Guiana, France | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[3] | ||
| Position | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1994–1995 | Sinnamary | 9 | (1) |
| 1995–1999 | Rennes | 42 | (5) |
| 1998–1999 | →Nottingham Forest (loan) | 16 | (2) |
| 1999–2002 | Lorient | 102 | (44) |
| 2002–2007 | Bordeaux | 131 | (37) |
| 2007–2009 | Rangers | 38 | (13) |
| 2009 | Valenciennes | 10 | (4) |
| 2009–2010 | Nantes | 27 | (6) |
| 2010–2011 | Kavala | 9 | (2) |
| 2011–2013 | Sinnamary | ||
| 2013–2014 | Saint-Georges | (4) | |
| Total | 384+ | (118+) | |
| International career | |||
| 1993 | France U21 | 1 | (0) |
| 2012 | French Guiana | 7 | (3) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Jean-Claude Jacques Ducan Darcheville (French pronunciation:[ʒɑ̃kloddykɑ̃daʁʃ(ə)vil]; born 25 July 1975) is a French former professionalfootballer who played as astriker. He played for various clubs in France, England, Scotland, and Greece. He representedFrench Guiana at the2012 Caribbean Cup.
Darcheville was born inSinnamary, French Guiana.[2] He began his professional career in France atRennes. He played his first game for Rennes in a 3–1 defeat toMonaco in 1995. He spent three seasons at Rennes, scoring five goals in 42 matches.[citation needed]
He then joined EnglishPremier League clubNottingham Forest on loan for a season but failed to settle, scoring only two goals in 16 matches. He was still coming to terms with the death of his wife and children in a car accident in 1998.[4]
After a disappointing season in England, Darcheville decided to continue his career in France and joinedLorient. He spent three seasons with Lorient, scoring 44 goals in 102 matches, including the winning goal in theCoupe de France as Lorient beatBastia 1–0.[5] He was also on the losing side in theCoupe de la Ligue final as Lorient lost 3–0 toBordeaux.[citation needed]
When Lorient were relegated from the top-flightLigue 1, Darcheville joined Bordeaux. During the previous season, he had scored 19 goals in 32 matches for the doomed Lorient and his good form continued for Bordeaux, where he scored 11 league goals in his first season. Overall, he scored 37 goals in 131 league games and netted seven goals in European competition.[citation needed]
Darcheville signed a two-year contract with Scottish sideRangers on 9 May 2007 to join the club on 1 July. He was signed byWalter Smith, after Rangers' two previous managers,Alex McLeish andPaul Le Guen, were also linked with him.[4] Darcheville made his Rangers debut against Montenegrin sideZeta on 31 July 2007, in a 2–0 victory.[6] He then went on to score his first and second goals for the club in a match againstFalkirk on 18 August 2007.[7]
On 12 December 2007, in Rangers' final "make-or-break"2007–08 UEFA Champions League match againstLyon, Darcheville missed an open goal from five yards out and was later sent off for stamping onKim Källström.[8] He later received a three match suspension for this offence and missed theUEFA Cup third round tie againstPanathinaikos (Rangers would eventually go through to the next round on the away goals rule after drawing 1–1 inAthens) and was also unavailable for the first leg of the last-16 clash with German sideWerder Bremen. Darcheville did, however, score away from home in the next round againstSporting CP, and helped Rangers defeatFiorentina to reach thefinal againstZenit Saint Petersburg. Rangers lost the final 2–0; the game was Darcheville's only full match for the club.[9] Darcheville scored his first goal of the 2008–09 season, and his first in six months for Rangers, againstAberdeen on 22 November in a 2–0 win atIbrox. This was to prove to be his last goal for the Ibrox club.[citation needed]
Darcheville left Rangers on 1 January 2009 to joinValenciennes in France.[10]
On 7 August 2009,Nantes signed Darcheville on a free transfer until the end of the2009–10 season.[11]
On 28 August 2010, Darcheville signed a one-year contract forKavala of Greece.[citation needed]
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