Biography of Laurent Blanc -

Laurent Blanc (born November 19, 1965 in AlÃ¨s) is
a France|French football (soccer)|football
defender (football)|defender, who scored the first
golden goal in Football World Cup|World Cup
history in the Football World Cup 1998|1998 World
Cup.

In his club career from 1983 to 2003, Blanc played
for Montpellier, SSC Napoli|Napoli, Nimes
Olympique|Nimes, AS Saint-Ã‰tienne|Saint Etienne,
AJ Auxerre|Auxerre, FC Barcelona|Barcelona,
Olympique de Marseille|Olympique Marseille,
Internazionale|Inter Milan, and Manchester United
F.C.|Manchester United.

For France national football team|France, Blanc
won the 1998 World Cup and 2000 European Football
Championship|Euro 2000. He was also well-known for
kissing good friend and goalkeeper Fabien
Barthez's head before the start of every match,
supposedly for good luck. Overall, he recorded 97
caps and scored 16 goals for his country, a very
large number for a defender. The most important of
those must be the first ever World Cup golden
goal, in the second round against Paraguay
national football team|Paraguay on June 28, 1998.
Blanc also played in 1992 European Football
Championship|Euro 92 and 1996 European Football
Championship|Euro 96.

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Biography of Laurent Blanc -