:Willy Guéret
{{Short description|French footballer (born 1973)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2017}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Willy Guéret
| image = Willy Guéret.png
| caption = Guéret after playing for Milton Keynes Dons in the 2008 Football League Trophy Final
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1973|8|3|df=y}}{{cite web |url=http://barryhugmansfootballers.com/player/7911 |title=Willy Gueret |website=Barry Hugman's Footballers |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240810035528/http://barryhugmansfootballers.com/player/7911 |archive-date=10 August 2024}}
| birth_place = Saint-Claude, Guadeloupe, France
| position = Goalkeeper
| currentclub =
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 =
| years1 = 1991–1995
| years2 = 1996–2000
| years3 = 2000–2004
| years4 = 2004–2007
| years5 = 2007–2011
| years6 = 2011
| clubs1 = Red Star 93
| clubs2 = Le Mans
| clubs3 = Millwall
| clubs4 = Swansea City
| clubs5 = Milton Keynes Dons
| clubs6 = Kettering Town
| caps1 = 6
| goals1 = 0
| caps2 = 17
| goals2 = 0
| caps3 = 15
| goals3 = 0
| caps4 = 132
| goals4 = 0
| caps5 = 135
| goals5 = 0
| caps6 = 14
| goals6 = 0
| totalcaps = 319
| totalgoals = 0
}}
Willy Julie Guéret (born 3 August 1973) is a French former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
Career
Guéret was born in Saint-Claude, Guadeloupe. He joined Le Mans in 1996, playing alongside a young Didier Drogba, but moved to England on 28 July 2000 when he signed for Millwall. First-team opportunities were limited, however, and Guéret made only 18 starts for Millwall (with a further two as substitute) in all competitions. He was on the bench as Millwall lost the 2004 FA Cup final to Manchester United,{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/fa_cup/3725063.stm |title=Man Utd win FA Cup |website=BBC Sport |date=22 May 2004 |access-date=27 March 2021}} and contributed to two games earlier in the cup run against Telford United{{cite web
|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/fa_cup/3447231.stm
|title=Telford 0–2 Millwall
|website=BBC Sport
|date=11 February 2004|accessdate=6 August 2013}} and Burnley.{{cite web
|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/fa_cup/3468369.stm
|title=Millwall 1–0 Burnley
|website=BBC Sport
|date=14 February 2004|accessdate=6 August 2013}}
On 1 July 2004, Guéret signed for Swansea City. The club achieved promotion from League Two in his first season at Bury but Guéret's celebrations turned sour when the Swansea players entered the directors box against the orders of the game safety officer after the final whistle. Guéret and the other players were ordered by police to leave the directors box but Gueret was arrested for repeatedly telling a police officer to fuck off.{{citation needed|date=June 2014}} Guéret was placed in a police van and taken to Bury police station where he was later released after being issued an £80 fixed penalty notice for disorder for an offence under s5 Public Order Act and was able to travel back from Greater Manchester to Swansea with his teammates.{{Cite web |last=WalesOnline |date=2005-05-09 |title=Manager tells Gueret to forget Bury incident |url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-news/manager-tells-gueret-forget-bury-2395824 |access-date=2022-03-27 |website=WalesOnline |language=en}} He expressed his wish to stay at the club until the end of his career.{{Cite news
| title=No complaint over keeper's arrest
| website=BBC
| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/4529261.stm
| accessdate=1 July 2006
| date=9 May 2005
}} He would later go on to help Swansea win the 2006 Football League Trophy final.{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/4865270.stm |title=Carlisle 1–2 Swansea |website=BBC Sport |date=2 April 2006 |access-date=27 March 2021}}
However, having fallen out of favour at Swansea, Guéret signed for MK Dons on the opening day of the 2007–08 season. He was hailed by Ray Mathias as the best goalkeeper in League Two and would go on to win the Golden Glove that season, keeping 23 clean sheets in 52 games.{{Cite news |date=2007-11-18 |title=Mathias hails Gueret as the best |language=en-GB |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/w/wimbledon/7100590.stm |access-date=2022-03-27}}{{Cite web |date=2013-04-20 |title=The Football League {{!}} News {{!}} Latest News {{!}} Latest News {{!}} LEAGUE HONOU… |url=http://www.football-league.co.uk/latestnews/20080514/league-honour-golden-six_2293301_1311964 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130420204314/http://www.football-league.co.uk/latestnews/20080514/league-honour-golden-six_2293301_1311964 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-04-20 |access-date=2022-03-27 |website=archive.ph}}
Guéret saved a penalty in the 2008 Football League Trophy final, in which MK Dons beat Grimsby Town 2–0 at Wembley Stadium.{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/7309420.stm |title=Grimsby 0–2 MK Dons |first=Mark |last=Mitchener |website=BBC Sport |date=30 March 2008 |access-date=27 March 2021}}
On 1 February 2011, Guéret signed for Kettering Town after leaving the Dons by mutual consent.{{Cite news | title=DEPARTING WILLY SET FOR POPPIES | publisher=Milton Keynes Dons F.C. | url=http://www.mkdons.com/page/NewsDetail/0,,10420~2281852,00.html | date=1 February 2011 | access-date=8 May 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110205065104/http://www.mkdons.com/page/NewsDetail/0,,10420~2281852,00.html | archive-date=5 February 2011 | url-status=dead | df=dmy-all }}
After six months at Kettering, Guéret announced his retirement from football. He was offered a coaching role with the MK Dons Academy but chose to return to France to set up a cognac production company with his brother at Gimeux in southern France.{{Cite web |last=Doel |first=Jon |date=2015-02-19 |title=What became of Swansea City's cult heroes |url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-news/gallery/swansea-citys-cult-heroes-8675930 |access-date=2022-03-27 |website=WalesOnline |language=en}}
Honours
Millwall
- Football League Second Division: 2000–01{{Cite web |title=Millwall Club History - Millwall FC |url=https://www.millwallfc.co.uk/club/club-history/ |access-date=2022-03-27 |website=www.millwallfc.co.uk}}
- FA Cup runner-up: 2003–04
Swansea City
- Football League Two third-place promotion: 2004–05{{cite book |editor1-first=Glenda |editor1-last=Rollin |editor2-first=Jack |editor2-last=Rollin |title=Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2005–2006 |year=2005 |publisher=Headline Publishing Group |location=London |isbn=978-0-7553-1384-6 |pages=49, 376–377}}
- Football League Trophy: 2005–06
Milton Keynes Dons
- Football League Two: 2007–08{{cite book |editor1-first=Glenda |editor1-last=Rollin |editor2-first=Jack |editor2-last=Rollin |title=Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2008–2009 |year=2008 |publisher=Headline Publishing Group |location=London |isbn=978-0-7553-1820-9 |pages=45, 272–273}}
- Football League Trophy: 2007–08
Individual
References
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External links
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- {{Soccerbase}}
- [http://www.lfp.fr/joueur/index.asp?no_joueur=2761 LFP profile]{{Dead link|date=September 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
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Category:People from Saint-Claude, Guadeloupe
Category:French men's footballers
Category:Guadeloupean men's footballers
Category:Men's association football goalkeepers
Category:Millwall F.C. players
Category:Swansea City A.F.C. players
Category:Milton Keynes Dons F.C. players
Category:Kettering Town F.C. players
Category:English Football League players
Category:National League (English football) players
Category:French expatriate men's footballers
Category:Guadeloupean expatriate men's footballers
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in England