# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/marcel-desailly
# Generated: 2026-09-07T18:45:23.496Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/marcel-desailly"
name: "Marcel Desailly"
slug: "marcel-desailly"
description: "Marcel David Desailly is a former professional footballer, who played as a centre-back or defensive midfielder. During a successful career at club level, lasting from 1986 to 2006, Desailly won several titles, including UEFA Champions League medals with both Marseille and AC Milan, and also played for Nantes and Chelsea, among other teams. At international level, he collected 116 caps between 1993 and 2004, scoring three goals, and was a member of the France international squads that won the 1998 World Cup and Euro 2000."
tagline: "French footballer (born 1968)"
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gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "FR"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1968-09-07"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump