PLAYER FILE #P000081996 Best XI · Seat 6 · CBPosition: CBRetired · File sealed

1996 World Best XI · career ledger

Marcel Desailly

Name: Marcel Desailly · Player File #P00008 — Full Career, Year by Year
Creator: BallFact
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Back-to-back Champions League with two clubs — Marseille 1993, Milan 1994 — then the 1998 World Cup and Euro 2000 with France. The rock that also ran.

Ledger span: 1986/87 — 2004/05 · 19 seasons Scale 1–99 · attributes L3 (arc-derived) · hard data L1/L2 Signed: Bong Weng · The Registrar

Index card

The file at a glance

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UCL with two clubs

1998

World Cup winner

116

France caps

Peak seasons ★

The ledger

Year-by-Year Attribute Matrix · 19 seasons

★ = peak season · ⇄ = transfer season · ▽ = valley. The matrix is rendered season by season from the local database: hard data (appearances/goals/honours) is audited public record; attribute values are arc-derived (L3), anchored to verified seasons. Method in the 1996 attribute master table.

Career attribute snapshots · Scale 1–99FILE #P00008⬇ Download this dossier as CSV

Season	Age	Pos	MOBILITY				TECHNIQUE												PHYSICAL				DEFENDING							MENTAL							WILL				GOALKEEPER					OVR
			ACC	SPT	AGI	OFF	FIN	LSH	PAS	THR	CRO	SET	SHD	FTO	DRI	HEA	LFT	RFT	STA	STR	DUR	AIR	D1V	MAR	POS	AGR	ZON	INT	PRS	VIS	CMP	CON	LEA	STB	WOR	SHW	HGRL	WTW	DFZ	BIG	SAV	AER	CMD	DIS	ONE	OVR
1986/87	19		70	71	65	41	41	43	63	48	45	38	69	63	59	75	34	46	71	75	73	71	83	81	79	79	80	80	72	78	78	76	68	77	80	41	50	78	76	79	25	25	25	30	25	78
1987/88	20		72	73	66	42	42	44	64	49	46	39	71	64	60	76	35	47	73	77	75	73	84	82	80	81	81	81	73	79	79	77	69	78	81	42	51	79	77	80	25	25	25	30	25	79
1988/89	21		73	74	67	42	42	44	64	49	46	39	71	64	60	76	35	47	74	78	76	74	84	82	80	81	81	81	73	79	79	77	69	78	81	42	51	79	77	80	25	25	25	30	25	80
1989/90	22		75	76	68	43	43	45	65	50	47	40	73	65	61	77	36	48	76	80	78	76	85	83	81	83	82	82	74	80	80	78	70	79	82	43	52	80	78	81	25	25	25	30	25	81
1990/91	23		76	77	69	44	44	46	66	51	48	41	74	66	62	78	37	49	77	81	79	77	86	84	82	84	83	83	74	80	80	78	70	79	82	43	53	80	78	81	25	25	25	30	25	81
1991/92	24		77	78	70	45	45	47	67	52	49	42	75	67	63	79	38	50	78	82	80	78	87	85	83	85	84	84	74	80	80	78	70	79	82	43	54	80	78	81	25	25	25	30	25	82
1992/93	25		79	80	72	46	46	48	68	53	50	43	76	68	64	80	39	51	80	84	82	80	88	86	84	86	85	85	75	81	81	79	71	80	83	44	55	81	79	82	25	25	25	30	25	83
1993/94	26		80	81	72	46	46	48	68	53	50	43	77	68	64	80	39	51	81	85	83	81	88	86	84	87	85	85	75	81	81	79	71	80	83	44	55	81	79	82	25	25	25	30	25	83
1994/95	27		82	83	74	47	47	49	69	54	51	44	78	69	65	81	40	52	83	87	85	83	89	87	85	88	86	86	76	82	82	80	72	81	84	45	56	82	80	83	25	25	25	30	25	85
1995/96		CB	83	84	75	48	48	50	70	55	52	45	79	70	66	82	41	53	84	88	86	84	90	88	86	89	87	87	76	82	82	80	72	81	84	45	57	82	80	84	25	25	25	30	25	85
1996/97	29		82	83	74	47	47	49	69	54	51	44	78	69	65	81	40	52	83	87	85	83	89	87	85	88	86	86	76	82	82	80	72	81	84	45	56	82	80	83	25	25	25	30	25	85
1997/98	30		80	81	72	46	46	48	68	53	50	43	77	68	64	80	39	51	81	85	83	81	88	86	84	87	85	85	75	81	81	79	71	80	83	44	55	81	79	82	25	25	25	30	25	83
1998/99	31		79	80	72	46	46	48	68	53	50	43	76	68	64	80	39	51	80	84	82	80	88	86	84	86	85	85	75	81	81	79	71	80	83	44	55	81	79	82	25	25	25	30	25	83
1999/00	32		77	78	70	45	45	47	67	52	49	42	75	67	63	79	38	50	78	82	80	78	87	85	83	85	84	84	74	80	80	78	70	79	82	43	54	80	78	81	25	25	25	30	25	82
2000/01	33		76	77	69	44	44	46	66	51	48	41	74	66	62	78	37	49	77	81	79	77	86	84	82	84	83	83	74	80	80	78	70	79	82	43	53	80	78	81	25	25	25	30	25	81
2001/02	34		75	76	68	43	43	45	65	50	47	40	73	65	61	77	36	48	76	80	78	76	85	83	81	83	82	82	74	80	80	78	70	79	82	43	52	80	78	81	25	25	25	30	25	81
2002/03	35		73	74	67	42	42	44	64	49	46	39	71	64	60	76	35	47	74	78	76	74	84	82	80	81	81	81	73	79	79	77	69	78	81	42	51	79	77	80	25	25	25	30	25	80
2003/04	36		72	73	66	42	42	44	64	49	46	39	71	64	60	76	35	47	73	77	75	73	84	82	80	81	81	81	73	79	79	77	69	78	81	42	51	79	77	80	25	25	25	30	25	79
2004/05	37		70	71	65	41	41	43	63	48	45	38	69	63	59	75	34	46	71	75	73	71	83	81	79	79	80	80	72	78	78	76	68	77	80	41	50	78	76	79	25	25	25	30	25	78

How to read

Reading the ledger

Follow two lines: the OVR column — every summit and valley of the curve lives there — and DUR (durability), the only column written by injuries rather than effort. Peaks are starred, valleys marked: the curve keeps every line. That is what a ledger is.

Method

Data Standard & Confidence

L1 · HighMulti-source agreed: career years, club path, major international honours (World Cup / continental / Ballon d'Or).
L2 · MediumSingle authoritative source: the fact card above (appearances, honours timeline) — editorial selection, not cross-checked line by line.
L3 · EditorialThe attribute matrix on this page: arc-derived (linear interpolation anchored to verified seasons + slope extrapolation); algorithm in scripts/db-careers.mjs.

Sources

S1 · Local database db/ballfact.sqlite · players/player_seasons/player_attributes (full-career hard data)

S2 · BallFact 1996 attribute master table (ballfact.com/players/1996/) · 1995/96 anchor season

S3 · Transfermarkt / RSSSF · appearance and transfer records (L2 cross-check)

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