Vincent Candela

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Biography

French footballer

  • Primary profession
  • Actor
  • Country
  • France
  • Nationality
  • French
  • Gender
  • Male
  • Birth date
  • 24 October 1973
  • Place of birth
  • Bédarieux
  • Member of
  • France national football team·Ascoli Calcio 1898 F.C.·Robur Siena·France national under-21 football team·A.C.R. Messina·Udinese Calcio·En Avant de Guingamp·Bolton Wanderers F.C.·Toulouse FC·A.S. Roma

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Trivia

Won World Champion and Europe Champion honours with the French soccer team in July 1998 and July 2000. He also played for France in the 2002 World Cup.

Introduced the song I Will Survive by Gloria Gaynor to the French soccer team and it became his hymn.

He played for French clubs Toulouse FC 1992-1995 and En Avant Guingamp 1995-1997 and Italian club AS Roma 1997-2005. He joined English Premier League team Bolton Wanderers on a free transfer in January 2005 playing alongside the likes of Fernando Hierro , Ivan Campo and Jay-Jay Okocha in the Bolton team. He transferred the same year to Italian club Udinese.

Daughter Angelica was born in April 2005.

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