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Marinette Pichon (French pronunciation: [maʁinɛt piʃɔ̃]; born 26 November 1975) is a French former football player.

Biography

Pichon grew up while having a dysfunctional childhood with an alcoholic father.

Career

She started her career at Saint-Memmie Olympique, then signed on to the Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA), the American professional league. She played for the Philadelphia Charge during their 2002 and 2003 seasons, in 2002 ranking second in the league in goals scored and winning the Most Valuable Player and Offensive Player of the Year awards. In 2003, she tied for the lead in goals scored and led the league in goals per game.

After the WUSA disbanded in 2003, she returned to France, where she played for Juvisy FCF. She was the leading domestic scorer in the 2000/01, 2001/02, 2004/05, and 2005/06 seasons. She also played for the New Jersey Wildcats in the American W-League during their 2004 season, leading the league that year in both goals scored and total points despite playing in only ten matches.

International career

She appeared for France from 1994 until 2006, announcing her retirement at the age of 31 following France's elimination from World Cup qualifying. During her career, she scored 81 goals in 112 international matches. She played for France at the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup.

International goals

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	25 September 1994	Aberdeen, Scotland	Scotland	3–0	3–0	UEFA Women's Euro 1995 qualifying
2.	12 November 1994	Cork, Ireland	Republic of Ireland	3–0	3–0	Friendly
3.	11 April 1995	Poissy, France	Canada	1–0	1–0
4.	12 April 1995	Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, France	Italy	1–0	1–0
5.	8 September 1995	Jesolo, Italy	Hungary	1–0	2–0
6.				2–0
7.	30 September 1995	Akranes, Iceland	Iceland	1–2	3–3	UEFA Women's Euro 1997 qualifying
8.				2–3
9.	9 December 1995	Montpellier, France	Netherlands	1–0	1–1
10.	29 April 1996	Indianapolis, United States	United States	1–8	2–8	Friendly
11.	1 June 1996	Angers, France	Iceland	1–0	3–0	UEFA Women's Euro 1997 qualifying
12.				3–0
13.	7 September 1996	Vantaa, Finland	Finland	1–0	2–0
14.				2–0
15.	12 April 1997	Mouscron, Belgium	Belgium	1–0	3–0	Friendly
16.	24 April 1997	Greensboro, United States	United States	1–1	2–4
17.				2–3
18.	18 October 1997	Le Creusot, France	Finland	2–1	2–2	1999 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
19.	15 February 1998	Alençon, France	England	1–0	3–2	Friendly
20.				2–1
21.	21 March 1998	Guéret, France	Poland	2–0	3–0
22.	11 April 1998	Blois, France	Italy	1–0	2–3	1999 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
23.	14 May 1998	Cesson-Sévigné, France	Algeria	10–0	14–0	Friendly
24.	16 May 1998	Rennes, France	Spain	1–0	3–2
25.	20 February 1999	Chalkida, Greece	Greece	1–0	3–2
26.	9 May 1999	Airdire, Scotland	Scotland	1–1	4–3
27.				2–2
28.	28 May 1999	Weil am Rhein, Germany	Switzerland	1–0	2–0
29.				2–0
30.	30 May 1999		Germany	1–0	1–4
31.	28 June 2001	Reutlingen, Germany	Denmark	1–2	3–4	UEFA Women's Euro 2001
32.	1 July 2001	Ulm, Germany	Italy	1–0	2–0
33.	26 September 2001	Hoogeveen, Netherlands	Netherlands	2–0	3–1	Friendly
34.				3–0
35.	28 October 2001	Boryspil, Ukraine	Ukraine	1–0	2–0	2003 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
36.				2–0
37.	17 November 2001	Drnovice, Czech Republic	Czech Republic	1–0	2–1
38.				2–0
39.	9 April 2002	Limoges, France	Australia	1–0	1–0	Friendly
40.	20 April 2002	Strasbourg, France	Czech Republic	2–0	4–1	2003 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
41.	9 May 2002	Halden, Norway	Norway	1–1	1–3
42.	1 June 2002	Châteauroux, France	Ukraine	1–1	2–1
43.	23 August 2002	Lens, France	Denmark	1–0	2–0
44.	17 October 2002	London, England	England	1–0	1–0
45.	14 March 2003	Silves, Portugal	Denmark	1–0	3–0	2003 Algarve Cup
46.				2–0
47.	11 May 2003	Kecskemét, Hungary	Hungary	1–0	4–0	UEFA Women's Euro 2005 qualifying
48.				3–0
49.	14 September 2003	Concord, United States	Japan	1–0	2–2	Friendly
50.				2–0
51.	24 September 2003	Washington D.C., United States	South Korea	1–0	1–0	2003 FIFA Women's World Cup
52.	27 September 2003		Brazil	1–1	1–1
53.	15 November 2003	Quimper, France	Poland	4–0	7–1	UEFA Women's Euro 2005 qualifying
54.				5–0
55.				7–0
56.	21 February 2004	Montpellier, France	Scotland	2–2	6–3	Friendly
57.				3–3
58.				4–3
59.				6–3
60.	16 March 2004	Quarteira, Portugal	Sweden	2–0	3–0	2004 Algarve Cup
61.	18 March 2004	Silves, Portugal	Denmark	1–0	1–0
62.	20 March 2004	Faro, Portugal	Italy	1–0	3–3 (4–3 p)
63.	24 April 2004	Reims, France	Hungary	3–0	6–0	UEFA Women's Euro 2005 qualifying
64.				4–0
65.				5–0
66.	16 May 2004	Selyatino, Russia	Russia	2–0	3–0
67.				3–0
68.	8 September 2004	Slagelse, Denmark	Denmark	3–2	3–2	Friendly
69.	3 October 2004	Opole, Poland	Poland	1–1	5–1	UEFA Women's Euro 2005 qualifying
70.				2–1
71.				5–1
72.	19 February 2005	La Manga, Spain	Norway	1–0	2–0	Friendly
73.	11 March 2005	Guia, Portugal	Denmark	1–0	2–1	2005 Algarve Cup
74.	13 March 2005	Loulé, Portugal	Finland	1–1	2–1
75.	6 June 2005	Preston, England	Italy	2–0	3–1	UEFA Women's Euro 2005
76.				3–0
77.	7 September 2005	Sens, France	Republic of Ireland	2–0	6–0	Friendly
78.	5 November 2005	Langenrohr, Austria	Austria	1–1	3–1	2007 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
79.	22 April 2006	Dunaujvaros, Hungary	Hungary	1–0	5–0
80.				3–0
81.	29 August 2006	Dieppe, France	Canada	1–0	2–2	Friendly

Personal life

In November 2012, a change in law gave Pichon the distinction of being the second woman in France to be granted "paternity" leave. Her wife gave birth to their son following in vitro fertilisation (IVF). Pichon received a Legion of Honour.

In popular culture

In 2023, Garance Marillier portrayed Pichon in Marinette, a biographical film of her life adapted from Pichon's autobiography Ne jamais rien lâcher.

References

1. "Cinq choses à savoir sur Marinette Pichon, l'ex-star auboise du football féminin au coeur d'un biopic". France 3 Grand Est. 22 May 2023.
2. "Football féminin. Martine Combes : "Ne pas aller en demie serait une déception »"". 12 June 2019.
3. "Marinette Poiron : Alcoolique, son père "devenait un démon"".
4. "Marinette Pichon, libérée par le football". Le Monde.fr. 8 June 2019.
5. "L'Ex-footballeuse Marinette Pichon sur son père : "C'était un taré"". 3 April 2018.
6. "Looking back at the Philadelphia Charge's first season, 20 years after pro women's soccer's arrival here". 4 October 2021. Archived from the original on 4 October 2021.
7. "Players to watch: FRA: Pichon Marinette". FIFA. 20 November 2003. Archived from the original on 7 November 2012.
8. "W-League 2004 MVP announced". United Soccer Leagues. 6 August 2004. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
9. "Marinette Pichon : "Ma vie va être résumée en deux heures, c'est insensé !"".
10. "Pichon: It's time for France to step up".
11. Marinette Pichon – FIFA competition record (archived)
12. Trouillard, Stéphanie (16 November 2012). "Le "congé paternité" de l'ex-star du foot Marinette Pichon". France 24. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
13. "UEFA Euro dames: Marinette Pichon, l'étoile des Bleues". 14 July 2022.
14. ""Marinette" : "J'ai surmonté tous ces obstacles dans ma vie", témoigne l'ancienne footballeuse Marinette Pichon avant la sortie de son biopic". Franceinfo. 21 May 2023.
15. "Garance Marillier sera la première footballeuse française, Marinette Pichon". 31 January 2022.

External links

• Profile at Footofeminin.fr
• Profile at WUSA
• Marinette Pichon at the French Football Federation (in French)
• Marinette Pichon at the French Football Federation (archived 2020-10-28) (in French)

France squads

v t e France squad – UEFA Women's Euro 1997 1 Roux (c) 2 Guillemin 3 Gravier 4 Locatelli 5 Diacre 6 Woock 7 Herbert 8 Gout 9 Zenoni 10 Ringler 11 Pichon 12 Banasiak 13 Jacq 14 Soubeyrand 15 Roujas 16 Marty 17 Mugneret-Béghé 18 Trognon 19 Sykora 20 Capy Coach: Mignot v t e France squad – UEFA Women's Euro 2001 1 Lagache 2 Sykora 3 Woock 4 Viguier 5 Diacre (c) 6 Soubeyrand 7 Mugneret-Béghé 8 Blouin 9 Zenoni 10 Jezequel 11 Pichon 12 M'Barek 13 Kubiak 14 Riera 15 Roujas 16 Marty 17 Lecouflé 18 Lattaf 19 Herbert 20 Bompastor Coach: Loisel v t e France squad – 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup 1 Marty 2 Viguier 3 Provost 4 Georges 5 Diacre (c) 6 Soubeyrand 7 Mugneret-Béghé 8 Bompastor 9 Pichon 10 Woock 11 Coquet 12 Lecouflé 13 Casseleux 14 Dessalle 15 Tonazzi 16 Sapowicz 17 Kramo 18 Lattaf 19 Goulois 20 Sykora Coach: Loisel v t e France squad – UEFA Women's Euro 2005 1 Capy 2 Viguier 3 Provost 4 Georges 5 Diacre 6 Soubeyrand 7 Mugneret-Béghé 8 Bompastor (c) 9 Pichon 10 Herbert 11 Dusang 12 Abily 13 Casseleux 14 Nécib 15 Thomis 16 Deville 17 Kramo 18 Lattaf 19 Bussaglia 20 Bouhaddi Coach: Loisel

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