Pierre-Alain Frau

Pierre-Alain Frau
	Frau in 2009
Personal information
Date of birth	15 April 1980 (age 44)
Place of birth	Montbéliard, France
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Striker, winger
Senior career*
Years	Team
1997–2004	Sochaux
2004–2006	Lyon
2005–2006	→ Lens (loan)
2006–2008	Paris Saint-Germain
2008–2011	Lille
2011–2012	Caen
2012–2013	Al-Wakrah
2013–2014	Sochaux
Total
International career
2001–2002	France U21
Managerial career
2023	Sochaux
Medal record
Men's football
Representing France
UEFA European Under-21 Championship
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Pierre-Alain Frau (born 15 April 1980) is a French former professional footballer. He played as a striker or winger for Sochaux (two spells), Lyon, Lens, Paris Saint-Germain, Lille, and Caen in France and for Al-Wakrah.

Career

Nicknamed PAF after his initials, Frau was born on 15 April 1980 in Montbéliard, France, where he became a young find of his hometown club FC Sochaux-Montbéliard, and it was there he got his first opportunity to play in the France national league.

After completing what would have been a prospective move to Lyon from Montbéliard, he found his playing time in the 2004–05 season hampered by the presence of other established frontmen like Sylvain Wiltord, Nilmar and later, John Carew. Realising that it was a World Cup year with a slim chance to catch the attention of national coach Raymond Domenech, Frau secured a half-season loan to RC Lens, but failed to make the cut to the final France squad. Frau was called up to the senior France squad by Raymond Domenech in August 2004 but did not make it off the bench.^[1] For the following season, RC Lens wanted to keep him in Lens, but Frau preferred a move to Paris Saint-Germain. The transfer fee was not disclosed, but Olympique Lyonnais priced the striker at £4 million.

On 1 January 2008, Frau signed a three-and-a-half-year deal with Lille and was given the shirt number 17.

Frau is known as one of the more famous players at his hometown club FC Sochaux-Montbéliard.

Honors

Sochaux

Lyon

Lille

Ligue 1: 2010–11
Coupe de France: 2010–11

References

^ "Zidane quits French national team". cnn.com. 12 August 2004. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
^ "France Coupe de la Ligue 2003/04". RSSSF. Retrieved 7 January 2020.

External links

Pierre-Alain Frau at L'Équipe Football (in French)
Pierre-Alain Frau at WorldFootball.net
Profile and pictures of Frau (in French)

[1] "Zidane quits French national team". cnn.com. 12 August 2004. Retrieved 20 October 2016.

[2] "France Coupe de la Ligue 2003/04". RSSSF. Retrieved 7 January 2020.

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