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My Take
Armand is a connoisseur's footballer, and as someone who loves the craft of left-back play I find him quietly fascinating. Across Rennes, Paris Saint-Germain, Nantes, and Clermont, he spent a long career doing the unglamorous work: covering the flank, snuffing out attacks, delivering the cross while strikers took the applause. The empty awards field tells its own story to me. He was not a man who collected silverware so much as trust, and lasting that long at the top of French football is its own quiet trophy. I have always preferred the dependable craftsman to the headline-maker, and he is exactly that.
Overview
Sylvain Armand (born 1 August 1980) is a French former professional footballer who played as a left-back for Rennes, Paris Saint-Germain, Nantes, and Clermont.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Sylvain Armand
- Name (Japanese)
- シルヴァン・アルマン
- Reading
- しるゔぁん・あるまん
- Born
- August 1, 1980 (age 45)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Leo / Monkey
- Origin
- Saint-Étienne, Loire, France
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 182 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- association football player
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.