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{{Infobox football biography
| name           = Mikaël Silvestre
| image          = Stade rennais - Le Havre AC 20150708 57.JPG
| caption        = Silvestre in 2015
| fullname       = Mikaël Samy Silvestre<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.uefa.com/multimediafiles/download/disciplinarychart/uefa/uefamedia/82/54/67/825467_download.pdf |title=UEFA Champions League 2008/2009: Booking List before Semi-final 2nd leg|page=1 |publisher=UEFA |access-date=5 June 2019}}</ref>
| birth_date     = {{birth date and age|1977|8|9|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.co.uk/football/player/_/id/8868/mikael-silvestre |title=Mikael Silvestre |publisher=ESPN |access-date=25 December 2020}}</ref>
| birth_place    = [[Chambray-lès-Tours]], France
| height         = 1.83 m<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.11v11.com/players/mikael-silvestre-317/ |title=Mikael Silvestre |website=11v11.com |publisher=AFS Enterprises |access-date=5 June 2019}}</ref>
| position       = [[Defender (association football)|Defender]]
| currentclub    = 
| years1         = 1996–1998 |clubs1 = [[Stade Rennais F.C.|Rennes]]                 |caps1 = 55  |goals1 = 0
| years2         = 1998–1999 |clubs2 = [[Inter Milan]]                               |caps2 = 18  |goals2 = 1
| years3         = 1999–2008 |clubs3 = [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]]  |caps3 = 249 |goals3 = 6
| years4         = 2008–2010 |clubs4 = [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]]                      |caps4 = 26  |goals4 = 3
| years5         = 2010–2012 |clubs5 = [[SV Werder Bremen|Werder Bremen]]            |caps5 = 27  |goals5 = 1
| years6         = 2013–2014 |clubs6 = [[Portland Timbers]]                          |caps6 = 8   |goals6 = 0
| years7         = 2014      |clubs7 = [[Chennaiyin F.C.|Chennaiyin]]                |caps7 = 14  |goals7 = 1<!-- LEAGUE ONLY -->
| totalcaps      = 391 |totalgoals = 12
| nationalyears1 = 1997      |nationalteam1 = [[France national under-20 football team|France U20]] |nationalcaps1 = 5  |nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 2001–2006 |nationalteam2 = [[France national football team|France]]              |nationalcaps2 = 40 |nationalgoals2 = 2
| medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport|Men's [[Association football|football]]}}
{{medal|Country|{{fb|FRA}}}}
{{Medal|Comp|[[FIFA World Cup]]|}}
{{Medal|RU|[[2006 FIFA World Cup|2006]]|}}
{{Medal|Comp|[[FIFA Confederations Cup]]|}}
{{Medal|W|[[2001 FIFA Confederations Cup|2001]]|}}
{{Medal|W|[[2003 FIFA Confederations Cup|2003]]|}}
}}
'''Mikaël Samy Silvestre''' (born 9 August 1977) is a French former professional [[Association football|footballer]] who played as a [[Defender (association football)|defender]]. He is best known for a nine-year spell at [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]], with whom he won numerous [[Premier League]] titles, the [[FA Cup]], the [[EFL Cup|Football League Cup]], two [[FA Community Shield]]s, the [[Intercontinental Cup (football)|Intercontinental Cup]] and the [[UEFA Champions League]]. 

==Career statistics==
===Club===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=16494 |title= 16. Mikaël Silvestre |work=[[Racing Post|Soccerbase]] |date=2 January 2010 |access-date=2 January 2010}}</ref><ref name="NFT">{{NFT|2439|name=Silvestre, Mickaël|access-date=4 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Soccerway|541|name=Mikaël Silvestre|access-date= 4 August 2018}}</ref>
|-
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="3"|League
!colspan="2"|Cup
!colspan="2"|League Cup
!colspan="2"|Continental
!colspan="2"|Other<ref>Includes other competitive competitions, including the [[FA Community Shield]], [[UEFA Super Cup]], [[Intercontinental Cup (football)|Intercontinental Cup]], [[FIFA Club World Cup]]</ref>
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="4"|[[Stade Rennais F.C.|Rennes]]
|[[1995–96 French Division 1|1995–96]]
|[[French Division 1]]
|1||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||1||0
|-
|[[1996–97 French Division 1|1996–97]]
|French Division 1
|16||0||1||0||1||0||0||0||0||0||18||0
|-
|[[1997–98 French Division 1|1997–98]]
|French Division 1
|32||0||2||0||1||0||0||0||0||0||35||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!49!!0!!3!!0!!2!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!54!!0
|-
|[[Inter Milan]]
|[[1998–99 Inter Milan season|1998–99]]
|[[Serie A]]
|18||1||7||0||colspan="2"|–||6||0||0||0||31||1
|-
|rowspan="10"|[[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]]
|[[1999–2000 Manchester United F.C. season|1999–2000]]
|[[Premier League]]
|31||0||colspan="2"|–||0||0||4||0||3||0||38||0
|-
|[[2000–01 Manchester United F.C. season|2000–01]]
|Premier League
|30||1||2||0||0||0||14||0||1||0||47||1
|-
|[[2001–02 Manchester United F.C. season|2001–02]]
|Premier League
|35||0||2||0||0||0||13||1||1||0||51||1
|-
|[[2002–03 Manchester United F.C. season|2002–03]]
|Premier League
|34||1||2||0||5||0||13||0||0||0||54||1
|-
|[[2003–04 Manchester United F.C. season|2003–04]]
|Premier League
|34||0||5||1||0||0||6||1||1||1||46||3
|-
|[[2004–05 Manchester United F.C. season|2004–05]]
|Premier League
|35||2||4||0||2||0||8||0||1||0||50||2
|-
|[[2005–06 Manchester United F.C. season|2005–06]]
|Premier League
|33||1||4||0||5||0||6||0||0||0||48||1
|-
|[[2006–07 Manchester United F.C. season|2006–07]]
|Premier League
|14||1||2||0||2||0||3||0||0||0||21||1
|-
|[[2007–08 Manchester United F.C. season|2007–08]]
|Premier League
|3||0||0||0||0||0||2||0||1||0||6||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!249!!6!!21!!1!!14!!0!!69!!2!!8!!1!!361!!10
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]]
|[[2008–09 Arsenal F.C. season|2008–09]]
|Premier League
|14||2||2||0||1||0||6||0||0||0||23||2
|-
|[[2009–10 Arsenal F.C. season|2009–10]]
|Premier League
|12||1||2||0||3||0||3||0||0||0||20||1
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!26!!3!!4!!0!!4!!0!!9!!0!!0!!0!!43!!3
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[SV Werder Bremen|Werder Bremen]]
|[[2010–11 SV Werder Bremen season|2010–11]]
|[[Bundesliga]]
|26||1||1||0||colspan="2"|–||3||0||colspan="2"|–||30||1
|-
|[[2011–12 SV Werder Bremen season|2011–12]]
|Bundesliga
|1||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||1||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!27!!1!!1!!0!!colspan="2"|–!!3!!0!!colspan="2"|–!!31!!1
|-
|[[Portland Timbers]]
|[[2013 Portland Timbers season|2013]]
|[[Major League Soccer]]
|8||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||8||0
|-
|[[Chennaiyin FC|Chennaiyin]]
|[[2014 Chennaiyin FC season|2014]]
|[[Indian Super League]]
|14||1||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||14||1
|-
!colspan="3"|Career total
!391!!12!!36!!1!!20!!0!!87!!2!!8!!1!!542!!15
|}

===International===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year<ref name="NFT"/>
|-
!National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="6"|[[France national football team|France]]
|2001||9||1
|-
|2002||7||1
|-
|2003||10||0
|-
|2004||10||0
|-
|2005||0||0
|-
|2006||4||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total||40||2
|}

:''Scores and results list France's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Silvestre goal''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fff.fr/equipes-de-france/1/france-a/matchs/1144/2001-04-25/france-portugal |title= Match - France - Portugal |publisher=[[French Football Federation|FFF]] |access-date=4 August 2018 |language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fff.fr/equipes-de-france/1/france-a/matchs/1162/2002-08-21/tunisie-france |title= Match - Tunisie - France |publisher=[[French Football Federation|FFF]] |access-date=4 August 2018 |language=fr}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of international goals scored by Mikaël Silvestre
|-
!scope="col"|No.
!scope="col"|Date
!scope="col"|Venue
!scope="col"|Opponent
!scope="col"|Score
!scope="col"|Result
!scope="col"|Competition
|-
| align="center"|1 || 25 April 2001 || [[Stade de France]], [[Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis|Saint-Denis]], France || {{fb|POR}} || align="center"|2–0 || align="center"|4–0 || rowspan="2"|[[Exhibition game|Friendly]]
|-
| align="center"|2 || 21 August 2002 || [[Stade du 7 Novembre de Gafsa|Stade du 7 Novembre]], [[Gafsa]], Tunisia || {{fb|TUN}} || align="center"|1–0 || align="center"|1–1
|}

==Honours==
'''Manchester United'''
*[[Premier League]]: [[1999–2000 FA Premier League|1999–2000]], [[2000–01 FA Premier League|2000–01]], [[2002–03 FA Premier League|2002–03]], [[2006–07 FA Premier League|2006–07]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/1719/Mikaël-Silvestre/overview |title=Mikaël Silvestre: Overview |publisher=Premier League |access-date=18 April 2018}}</ref>
*[[FA Cup]]: [[2003–04 FA Cup|2003–04]]<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/fa_cup/3725063.stm |title=Man Utd win FA Cup |publisher=BBC Sport |date=22 May 2004 |access-date=5 June 2019}}</ref>
*[[Football League Cup]]: [[2005–06 Football League Cup|2005–06]]<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/league_cup/4727118.stm |title=Man Utd ease to Carling Cup glory |publisher=BBC Sport |date=26 February 2006 |access-date=5 June 2019}}</ref>
*[[FA Community Shield]]: [[2003 FA Community Shield|2003]],<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/3125653.stm |title=Man Utd win Community Shield |publisher=BBC Sport |date=10 August 2003 |access-date=5 June 2019}}</ref> [[2007 FA Community Shield|2007]]<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/6929113.stm |title=Chelsea 1–1 Man Utd |first=Caroline |last=Cheese |publisher=BBC Sport |date=5 August 2007 |access-date=5 June 2019}}</ref>
*[[UEFA Champions League]]: [[2008 UEFA Champions League Final|2007–08]]<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/7406252.stm |title=Man Utd earn dramatic Euro glory |first=Phil |last=McNulty |publisher=BBC Sport |date=22 May 2008 |access-date=18 April 2018}}</ref>
*[[Intercontinental Cup (football)|Intercontinental Cup]]: [[1999 Intercontinental Cup|1999]]<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sport/football/543368.stm |title=Man Utd crowned world champions |publisher=BBC News |date=30 November 1999 |access-date=5 June 2019}}</ref>

'''France'''
*[[FIFA Confederations Cup]]: [[2001 FIFA Confederations Cup|2001]], [[2003 FIFA Confederations Cup|2003]]{{citation needed|date=June 2019}}
*[[FIFA World Cup]] runner-up: [[2006 FIFA World Cup|2006]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{France Squad 2002 World Cup}}
{{France Squad 2006 World Cup}}


{{sports-bio-stub}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Silvestre, Mikael}}
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[[Category:Footballers from Centre-Val de Loire]]
[[Category:People from Indre-et-Loire]]