Marlet, Grand Corps Malade accept EURO posts
Wednesday, April 22, 2015
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Former France forward Steve Marlet and Grand Corps Malade, a singer and poet, have been named ambassadors for UEFA EURO 2016 venue Saint-Denis.
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Former France forward Steve Marlet and musician Grand Corps Malade have been named UEFA EURO 2016 ambassadors for Saint-Denis.
Marlet was capped 23 times by Les Bleus, with three of his six international goals coming at Saint-Denis' Stade de France. He was in the squad at UEFA EURO 2004, where France reached the quarter-finals, and lifted the FIFA Confederations Cup in 2001 and 2003.
A Ligue 1 title winner with Olympique Lyonnais in 2000/01, Marlet also had spells at Olympique de Marseille, AJ Auxerre, VfL Wolfsburg, FC Lorient and Jean Tigana's Fulham FC. Now 41, he is coach of Saint-Denis outfit Red Star FC in the French third tier.
Fabien Marsaud, aka Grand Corps Malade, is an award-winning French singer who has had four top-five albums in his home country. He was brought up a few kilometres from the Stade de France.
UEFA EURO 2016 ambassadors
Bordeaux: Alain Giresse, Emmanuelle Grizot
Lille: Vahid Halilhodžić, Mat Bastard
Lyon: Wendie Renard, Thierry Frémaux
Nice: Daniel Bravo
Saint-Denis: Steve Marlet, Grand Corps Malade
Saint-Etienne: Jérémie Janot
Toulouse: Fabien Barthez