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Christian Lali Kake Karembeu (born 3 December 1970) is a French former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. He is currently the sporting director for Olympiacos.

Christian Karembeu

Karembeu in 2017
Personal information
Full name	Christian Lali Kake Karembeu[1]
Date of birth	(1970-12-03) 3 December 1970 (age 51)[2]
Place of birth	Lifou, New Caledonia
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[3][4]
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder[5]
Club information
Current team	Olympiacos (sports director)
Youth career
	FC Naitcha
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1990–1995	Nantes	130	(5)
1995–1997	Sampdoria	62	(6)
1997–2000	Real Madrid	51	(0)
2000–2001	Middlesbrough	33	(4)
2001–2004	Olympiacos	68	(3)
2004–2005	Servette	23	(2)
2005–2006	Bastia	7	(0)
Total		395	(18)
National team
1992–2002	France	53	(1)
Honours Men's football Representing  France FIFA World Cup Winner 1998 UEFA European Championship Winner 2000 FIFA Confederations Cup Winner 2001
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Karembeu represented Nantes, Sampdoria, Real Madrid, Middlesbrough, Olympiacos, Servette, and Bastia. He found much success on the national stage as well representing France, having been born in the overseas territory New Caledonia, and was a vital part of the squad that won the 1998 FIFA World Cup on home soil and featured in one match in France's victorious UEFA Euro 2000 campaign.[6]

Early life

Karembeu was born in Lifou, New Caledonia, a French overseas territory in the Pacific Islands.[7] He played youth football for Nouméa-based FC Naitcha.[8] At the age of 17, he moved to France on a scholarship to study and play football.[9]

Club career

During his career Karembeu played for Nantes (1990–95), Sampdoria (1995–97), Real Madrid (1997–2000), Middlesbrough (2000–01), Olympiacos (2001–04), Servette Genève (2004–05), Bastia (2005–06). With Real Madrid, he won the Champions League in 1998 and 2000, starting in the former but remaining on the bench for the latter. He also played for the Real Madrid Veterans against Barcelona in Qatar, on 13 November 2012. He last played midfield for Bastia in the French Ligue 1. He announced his retirement on 13 October 2006, although he added that he would "be having a kickabout from time to time". He also took part in a friendly competition for Kettering Town FC with Gianfranco Zola, Les Ferdinand and Gus Poyet.

International career

Born in the French territory of New Caledonia, he was able to represent France on the international stage. He compiled 53 caps in his career, earning his first one on 14 November 1992 against Finland in a 2–1 victory.

Karembeu was a member of the French team that won the 1998 World Cup. He played in 4 matches in the tournament, including starts in the quarter-final, semi-final, and final, totalling 242 minutes.[6]

He was also part of the victorious French team at Euro 2000.[6]

Style of play

Described as a "complete midfielder" by Paul Sarahs of FourFourTwo, Karembeu was a physically imposing, energetic, and technically gifted two-way midfielder, who was known for his range of passing, dribbling skills, stamina, and hard-tackling playing style;[10][11][12] he usually played in a holding role in midfield, although he was also capable of playing in various other positions, including in a box-to-box role, as a right–sided midfielder, or even as a right-back.[12][13] Regarding his playing style and role in France's victory in the 1998 World Cup final, Michael Cox of ESPN FC described him as "a peculiar hybrid of a wing-back and a box-to-box midfielder," who "shuttled up and down on the right of a very defensive three-man midfield."[14]

Post-retirement career

On 9 December 2005, Karembeu represented the Oceania Football Confederation at the draw for the 2006 World Cup which took place in Leipzig, Germany.

In May 2006 Karembeu became a scout for English Premiership side Portsmouth Football Club. In 2007, he was appointed as non-executive director of Birmingham International Holdings.[15] He left after 2010 annual general meeting.[16] However, in August 2009, Karembeu decided to join Arsenal's ever expanding scouting network.[17]

In June 2013, Karembeu was handed an administrative role at Greek club Olympiacos along with former South African footballer Pierre Issa.[18]

Commitment

Karembeu is a member of the 'Champions for Peace' club, a group of 54 famous elite athletes committed to serving peace in the world through sport, created by Peace and Sport, a Monaco-based international organization.[19]

Deeply involved in Peace and Sport's activities, Karembeu visited Haiti in August 2010 with Founder and President of Peace and Sport, Joel Bouzou, to strengthen the role of sport in the country's reconstruction efforts and attract the attention of the international community to urgent needs that prevail there. He went to meet sports instructors and young beneficiaries of the emergency program that the Haitian Olympic Committee has set up in survivor camps.[20]

Personal life

The great-grandfather of Karembeu, who came from New Caledonia, was one of a hundred Kanaks taken to Paris in 1931 for the Paris Colonial Exposition and exhibited there as "cannibals". Later the "cannibals" were swapped with Germany for some crocodiles.[21] Karembeu refuses to sing France's national anthem, La Marseillaise, due to the colonial past of the country.[22]

Karembeu was married to Slovak model Adriana Sklenařiková, whom he met on an aeroplane.[23] The couple split in March 2011 and divorced in December 2012.[24] Their marriage was childless. In May 2017, Karembeu married Jackie Chamoun, a Lebanese skier, in Greece, followed by a wedding ceremony in Lebanon.[25] The couple announced the birth of their daughter on 27 September 2017.[26]

Following the 1998 World Cup, he was made a Knight of the Legion of Honour in 1998.[27]

Television

Karembeu is the host of French TV series "Des Iles et des Hommes" (Of Islands and Men), aired on Planete in 2010 and 2011, a travel programme visiting among 6 of the most beautiful islands of the world. He also became part of the ITV broadcast team for Euro 2016.

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[28]

Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup		Europe		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Nantes	1990–91	Division 1	4	0	1	0	–		–		5	0
	1991–92		28	0			–		–		28	0
	1992–93		35	2	3	1	–		–		38	3
	1993–94		29	0			–		2[lower-alpha 1]	0	31	0
	1994–95		34	3	1	0	2	0	7[lower-alpha 1]	0	44	3
	Total		130	5	5	1	2	0	9	0	146	6
Sampdoria	1995–96	Serie A	32	5	2	0	–		–		34	5
	1996–97		30	1	2	0	–		–		32	1
	Total		62	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	66	6
Real Madrid	1997–98	La Liga	16	0	2	0	–		5[lower-alpha 2]	3	23	3
	1998–99		20	0	5	0	–		6[lower-alpha 3]	0	31	0
	1999–2000		15	0	5	0	–		8[lower-alpha 4]	1	28	1
	Total		51	0	12	0	0	0	19	4	82	4
Middlesbrough	2000–01	Premier League	33	4	2	0	1	0	–		36	4
Olympiacos	2001–02	Alpha Ethniki	24	1	7	1	–		6[lower-alpha 2]	0	37	2
	2002–03		22	2	1	0	–		6[lower-alpha 2]	0	29	2
	2003–04		22	0	5	0	–		6[lower-alpha 2]	0	33	0
	Total		68	3	13	1	0	0	18	0	99	4
Servette	2004–05	Swiss Super League	12	0	2	0	–		–		14	0
Bastia	2005–06	Ligue 1	7	0	0	0	0	0	–		7	0
Total			395	18	38	0	3	0	46	4	482	22

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
France	1992	1	0
	1993	0	0
	1994	6	0
	1995	4	1
	1996	13	0
	1997	4	0
	1998	10	0
	1999	4	0
	2000	4	0
	2001	6	0
	2002	1	0
Total		53	1

Honours

Nantes[29]

• Division 1: 1994–95
• Coupe de France runner-up: 1992–93

Real Madrid[6][30]

• UEFA Champions League: 1997–98, 1999–2000

Olympiacos[29]

• Alpha Ethniki: 2001–02, 2002–03
• Greek Cup runner-up: 2001–02, 2003–04

France[6][30]

• FIFA World Cup: 1998
• UEFA European Championship: 2000
• FIFA Confederations Cup: 2001[29]

Individual

• Oceania Footballer of the Year: 1995, 1998[31]
• UNFP 20 Year Special Team Trophy: 2011[32]

Orders

• Knight of the Legion of Honour: 1998[27]

References

External links

• Christian Karembeu at the French Football Federation (in French)
• Christian Karembeu at the French Football Federation (archived) (in French)

На других языках

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[de] Christian Karembeu

Christian Karembeu [.mw-parser-output .IPA a{text-decoration:none}kʀisˈtjɑ̃ kaʀɑ̃ˈbø] (* 3. Dezember 1970 auf Lifou in Neukaledonien); voller Name: Christian Lali Kake Karembeu ist ein ehemaliger französischer Fußballspieler. Er ist strategischer Berater beim griechischen Fußballclub Olympiakos Piräus.

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- [en] Christian Karembeu

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[es] Christian Karembeu

Christian Karembeu (3 de diciembre de 1970 en Lifou) es un exfutbolista neocaledonio que durante su carrera representó a Francia internacionalmente. Jugaba de mediocampista.

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[fr] Christian Karembeu

Christian Karembeu, né le 3 décembre 1970 à Lifou en Nouvelle-Calédonie, est un footballeur international français, qui évolue au poste de milieu de terrain défensif ou parfois d'arrière latéral du début des années 1990 au milieu des années 2000.

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[it] Christian Karembeu

Christian Karembeu (Lifou, 3 dicembre 1970) è un ex calciatore francese, di ruolo centrocampista, direttore sportivo dell'Olympiakos. Campione d'Europa e del mondo nel 1998, rispettivamente con il Real Madrid e la nazionale francese.

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[ru] Карамбё, Кристиан

Кристиа́н Лали́ Карамбё (фр. Christian Lali Karembeu; 3 декабря 1970 (1970-12-03), Лифу, Новая Каледония) — французский футболист, полузащитник. Чемпион мира и Европы. По опросу МФФИИС он занимает 3-е место среди лучших футболистов XX века в Океании.

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