Pascal Chimbonda

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Pascal Chimbonda (born 21 February 1979) is a French football coach and professional player who most recently was the player-manager of English non-league club Skelmersdale United. Chimbonda, a right-back, began his professional career in 1998 with Le Havre, where he featured over 100 times combined for the club's first team and B team before moving to Bastia in 2003. In 2005, he moved to Premier League club Wigan Athletic for their debut season in the top flight. He earned a place in that season's Premier League Team of the Year, but on the last day of the 2005–06 season, he handed in a transfer request. He was subsequently signed by Tottenham Hotspur that summer. After two seasons with Spurs he later moved on to fellow Premier League club Sunderland before briefly returning to Spurs in 2009. In the summer of 2009, he signed for Blackburn Rovers, where he remained until 2011, when he joined Football Championship club Queens Park Rangers. During the 2011–12 season, he was one of a number of former Premier League players who played for Doncaster Rovers, but he went on to be released at the end of the season. Having remained without a club for the following year, Chimbonda dropped down six leagues to sign non-contract terms with Market Drayton Town, remaining with them only briefly before joining Carlisle. He retired following a short stint with AC Arles-Avignon. In 2017, he came out of retirement and spent two spells with English non-League sides Washington and Ashton Town. Despite initially playing his international football for Guadeloupe, Chimbonda went on to be selected for the France squad for the 2006 World Cup. He was an unused substitute in each of France's matches, including the final, in which they lost on a penalty shoot-out to Italy. His only France cap came in a World Cup warm-up match against Denmark. Chimbonda agreed to manage Skelmersdale United in October 2023. In January 2024, Chimbonda was registered as a player for Skelmersdale United, following a three-match touchline ban by the FA. He was relieved of his duties on 4 May 2024, after Skelmersdale United was relegated.

Career

1. 1979
   Born
2. 1999
   Joined Le Havre AC
3. 2003
   Joined SC Bastia
4. 2003
   Joined Guadeloupe national football team
5. 2005
   Joined Wigan Athletic F.C.
6. 2006
   Joined Tottenham Hotspur F.C.
7. 2006
   Joined France men's national association football team
8. 2008
   Joined Sunderland A.F.C.
9. 2009
   Joined Blackburn Rovers F.C.
10. 2009
    Joined Tottenham Hotspur F.C.
11. 2011
    Joined Queens Park Rangers F.C.
12. 2011
    Joined Doncaster Rovers F.C.
13. 2013
    Joined Carlisle United F.C.
14. 2013
    Joined Market Drayton Town F.C.
15. 2014
    Joined AC Arles
16. 2017
    Joined Washington F.C.
17. 2019
    Joined Ashton Town A.F.C.
18. 2020
    Joined Durham City A.F.C.
19. 2024
    Joined Skelmersdale United F.C.

Trivia

• •Place of birth: Les Abymes
• •Citizenship: France
• •Known as: association football player, association football coach
• •Sport: association football