Éric Di Meco

Éric Di Meco

Éric Di Meco
Personal information
Full name	Éric Yves Di Meco[1]
Date of birth	(1963-09-07) 7 September 1963 (age 58)
Place of birth	Avignon, France
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Left back
Youth career
1971–1977	Robion
1977–1980	MJC Avignon
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1980–1994	Marseille	216	(10)
1986–1987	→ Nancy (loan)	30	(1)
1987–1988	→ Martigues (loan)	31	(2)
1994–1998	Monaco	65	(1)
Total		342	(14)
National team
1989–1996	France	23	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Éric Yves Di Meco (born 7 September 1963) is a French former professional footballer who played as a left back.

Club career[]

Di Meco was born in Avignon, Vaucluse. During his career, he played mostly for Olympique de Marseille. After starting as a midfielder and serving loans at AS Nancy and FC Martigues, he returned definitely in 1988, going on to amass a further 153 Ligue 1 games in an eventual four-in-a-row run of domestic leagues.^{[citation needed]}

After Marseille's relegation at the end of the 1993–94 season, due to irregularities, Di Meco joined AS Monaco FC, still appearing regularly until his 1998 retirement at almost 35 years of age, with another league title conquered.^{[citation needed]}

International career[]

For France, Di Meco won the Kirin Cup in 1994 and was in roster for UEFA Euro 1996. After the latter competition, where he acted as backup to the younger Bixente Lizarazu, he retired from international football.^{[citation needed]}

Post-retirement[]

After retiring from the pitches, Di Meco pursued a career as a politician, acting as municipal council for UMP in Marseille.^[2]

Honours[]

Marseille

• Division 1: 1988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1991–92^{[citation needed]}
• Coupe de France: 1988–89^{[citation needed]}
• UEFA Champions League/European Cup: 1992–93; runner-up: 1990–91^{[citation needed]}

Monaco

• Division 1: 1996–97^{[citation needed]}

France

• Kirin Cup: 1994^{[citation needed]}

Orders

• Knight of the National Order of Merit: 1996^[1]

References[]

External links[]

• Éric Di Meco at L'Équipe Football (in French)
• L'OM profile (in French)
• Éric Di Meco at the French Football Federation (in French)
• Éric Di Meco at the French Football Federation (archived) (in French)
• Éric Di Meco at National-Football-Teams.com