:Marc Libbra
{{short description|French footballer (born 1972)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2017}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Marc Libbra
| image =
| fullname = Marc Libbra{{Hugman|11691|accessdate=22 April 2017}}
| height = {{height|m=1.89}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1972|8|5|df=y}}
| birth_place = Toulon, France
| position = Forward
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 =
| years1 = 1990–1997
| years2 = 1992–1993
| years3 = 1997–1998
| years4 = 1998–1999
| years5 = 1999–2001
| years6 = 2001
| years7 = 2001–2002
| years8 = 2002–2003
| years9 = 2003–2004
| years10 = 2004–2005
| clubs1 = Marseille
| clubs2 = → Istres (loan)
| clubs3 = Guingamp
| clubs4 = Cannes
| clubs5 = Toulouse
| clubs6 = → Hibernian (loan)
| clubs7 = Norwich City
| clubs8 = Créteil
| clubs9 = Gazélec Ajaccio
| clubs10 = Livingston
| caps1 = 130
| caps2 = 10
| caps3 = 13
| caps4 = 29
| caps5 = 49
| caps6 = 10
| caps7 = 34
| caps8 = 30
| caps9 = 25
| caps10 = 11
| goals1 = 31
| goals2 = 1
| goals3 = 1
| goals4 = 8
| goals5 = 12
| goals6 = 5
| goals7 = 7
| goals8 = 5
| goals9 = 10
| goals10 = 0
}}
Marc Libbra (born 5 August 1972) is a French former professional footballer who played as a forward. His previous clubs include Marseille, Norwich City, Toulouse and Hibernian.
Libbra scored a memorable goal on his debut for Norwich City, coming off the bench to score against Manchester City in August 2001.{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/1494393.stm |title=Norwich 2–0 Man City |publisher=BBC |work=BBC Sport |date=18 August 2001 |accessdate=30 August 2012}} Seven days later he scored a late winner away at Wimbledon.{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/1494081.stm |title=Wimbledon 0–1 Norwich |publisher=BBC |work=BBC Sport |date=25 August 2001 |accessdate=30 August 2012}} However, he was unable to maintain such form and was released by the club shortly after the start of the 2002–03 season.
Since retiring as a player, Libbra has worked as a football pundit for French television.{{cite web |url=http://www.wsc.co.uk/wsc-daily/1172-january-2014/11093-losing-ballon-d-or-will-hurt-franck-ribery-more-than-most |title="Losing" Ballon d'Or hurts Ribéry more than most |quote=Before Ribéry's fate was sealed, ex-Norwich City striker Marc Libbra, now a TV pundit, criticised Zinedine Zidane for supporting Ronaldo over Ribéry. |first=James |last=Eastham |work=When Saturday Comes |publisher=When Saturday Comes Limited |date= |accessdate=16 January 2014}}
References
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External links
- {{Soccerbase}}
- {{Lequipe|3117}}
- {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070311134940/http://uk.sports.yahoo.com/fo/profiles/3117.html |date=11 March 2007 |title=Profile on Yahoo! Sport}}
- [http://www.ex-canaries.co.uk/players/libbra.htm Career information at ex-canaries.co.uk]
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Category:En Avant Guingamp players
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in England
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Scotland
Category:Men's association football forwards
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Category:Hibernian F.C. players
Category:Livingston F.C. players
Category:Norwich City F.C. players
Category:Olympique de Marseille players
Category:Footballers from Toulon
Category:Scottish Premier League players
Category:English Football League players
Category:US Créteil-Lusitanos players
Category:French men's footballers
Category:French beach soccer players
Category:20th-century French sportsmen
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