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			{{short description\|French footballer (born 1973)}}
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			\| caption = Dhorasoo in 2020
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			\| full_name = Vikash Rao Dhorasoo<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.legaseriea.it/uploads/default/attachments/comunicati/comunicati_m/4806/files/allegati/4811/cs10.pdf \|title=Comunicato Stampa N. 10 del 20 Agosto 2004 \|trans-title=Press Release No. 10 of 20 August 2004 \|publisher=Lega Nazionale Professionisti \|page=1 \|date=20 August 2004 \|access-date=23 January 2019 \|language=it}}</ref>
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			'''Vikash Rao Dhorasoo''' (born 10 October 1973) is a French former professional ] who played as a ].

			Dhorasoo spent most of his career with ], winning ] twice in 2003 and 2004, and also had a loan at ] and a spell at ], who dismissed him in October 2006.<ref name=sacked/> Abroad, he had one year at Italy's ] where he reached the ], and a spell at ] where he did not play.
	'''Vikash Dhorasoo''' (]:వికాష్ దొరసూ) (born ], ] in ]) is a ] ] ], who currently plays for ] in France ].
	He is a member of ] for ] in Germany.

			Internationally, Dhorasoo earned 18 ] and scored once for ] from 1999 to 2006. He was part of their team that came runners-up at the ].
	Vikash, who is of ]-] descent, was born in Mauritius and grew up in ]. He belongs to the ] community, his ancestors having migrated to Mauritius from the south Indian state of ]. He is of the ] faith. He started his professional career with ], where he quickly excelled. After five years playing for ] (1993-1998) he became a promising midfielder and then played for ] (1998-2001 and 2002-2004), ] (2001-2002) and ] in (2004-2005). He won twice the French ] title with ] (2003 & 2004).

			==Club career==
	He played in the ] for the first time in 1999 but his appearances have been limited due to tough competition in midfield with players such as ] and ].
			===Early career===
			Born in ] near ] in Normandy, Dhorasoo began his football career with ], where he made his debut in a 0–0 draw with ] in August 1993. After five years at Le Havre, he went on to play for ] in 1998.{{citation needed\|date=November 2020}}

			He had a brief spell at league rivals ] from 2001 to 2002. He won two French ] championships with Lyon in 2003 and 2004.<ref name=eurosport>{{cite news \|title=Milan sign Dhorasoo \|url=https://www.eurosport.com/football/championnat-de-france/2003-2004/milan-sign-dhorasoo_sto574696/story.shtml \|access-date=15 November 2020 \|publisher=Eurosport \|date=15 April 2004}}</ref>
	In ] he scored and gave the ] (French Cup) to ] over fierce rivals ].

			In April 2004, Dhorasoo agreed to move abroad to play for Italian club ], on a two-year deal.<ref name=eurosport/> He was an unused substitute in the ], when Liverpool beat A.C. Milan on penalties, but won a runners-up medal.<ref>{{cite news \|title=AC Milan 3-3 Liverpool (aet) \|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/4573159.stm \|access-date=15 November 2020 \|publisher=BBC Sport \|date=25 May 2005}}</ref>
	Dhorasoo is the first player of Indian descent to participate in the World Cup.

			===Paris Saint-Germain===
	== Club honours ==
			] in 2006]]
	*2001: ] with ]
	*2002: ] with ]
	*2003: Trophée des champions with ]
	*2003 & 2004: France ] Winner with ]
	*2006: ] with ]

			Dhorasoo moved back to France in 2005, signing for ] (PSG).<ref>{{cite news \|title=Dhorasoo joins PSG \|url=https://www.eurosport.com/football/ligue-1/2005-2006/dhorasoo-joins-psg_sto738707/story.shtml \|access-date=25 January 2021 \|publisher=Eurosport \|date=5 July 2005}}</ref> He was part of the PSG squad that won the 2006 ], as he scored a 25-yard shot in ] and secured the victory against fierce rivals ].<ref>{{cite news \|title=PSG win French Cup \|url=https://www.eurosport.com/football/coupe-de-france/2005-2006/psg-win-french-cup_sto876477/story.shtml \|access-date=25 January 2021 \|publisher=Eurosport \|date=29 April 2006}}</ref>
	==External Links==

			In September 2006, he criticised manager ] in an interview with '']'', and a month later his contract with PSG was terminated, being the first player to be sacked from a French club since the Professional Footballers Charter was set up in 1973. The reasons listed for dismissal were "His refusal to play for the reserves, his lack of loyalty, also his insubordination, disobedience and his permanent air of provocation".<ref name=sacked>{{cite news\|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/football/10/11/france.dhorasoo/index.html\|title=Midfielder Dhorasoo sacked by PSG\|agency=]\|date=11 October 2006\|access-date=17 November 2017}}</ref>
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			===Livorno===
			On 3 July 2007, ] announced to have signed Dhorasoo with a statement on their official website.<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/UK_WORLDFOOTBALL/idUKL0382547820070703\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080102075547/http://uk.reuters.com/article/UK_WORLDFOOTBALL/idUKL0382547820070703\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=2 January 2008\|work=]\|title=Soccer-French midfielder Dhorasoo signs for Livorno\|date=3 July 2007\|access-date=17 November 2017}}</ref> However, Livorno rescinded his contract in October of the same year due to differences with the club, before having played. According to club president ], he refused to play a game for them.<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.channel4.com/sport/football_italia/oct31d.html\|publisher=Channel 4\|title=Unfit Dhorasoo leaves Livorno\|date=31 October 2007\|access-date=31 October 2007\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071101230933/http://www.channel4.com/sport/football_italia/oct31d.html\|archive-date=1 November 2007}}</ref>

			==International career==
	{{France Squad 2006 World Cup}}
			{{quote box \|align=right \|width=33% \|author={{mdash}}Dhorasoo on falling out of favour playing for France.<ref>{{cite web \|title=L’Étranger: Vikash Dhorasoo and the struggle for love \|url=http://thesefootballtimes.co/2016/12/29/vikash-dhorasoo-and-the-struggle-for-love/ \|date=29 December 2016 \|archive-url=https://archive.today/20170619054615/http://thesefootballtimes.co/2016/12/29/vikash-dhorasoo-and-the-struggle-for-love/ \|archive-date=19 June 2017 \|last=Weir \|first=Christopher \|work=These Football Times}}</ref>
	{{Paris Saint-Germain Squad}}
			\|quote=These who come to the stadium hissing and hating me, I defend them because they are the masses, people who came from tough estates just like me.
	{{France-footybio-stub}}
			}}
			While at Lyon, Dhorasoo made his debut for the ] in a goalless draw against ] on 27 March 1999. He played another national team match in June 1999, before his national team career went into a five-year ].{{citation needed\|date=November 2020}}

			Dhorasoo was called up for the France national team for the ] in September 2004, and he represented the country at the ] in Germany. After the World Cup, Dhorasoo publicly revealed the time spent in the French squad during the month-long tournament, through a documentary titled ''Substitute'', much to the anger of France national team manager ] and the ]. Dhorasoo was warned against publishing the documentary. He retired from the France national team, saying "I am not interested in playing for Les Bleus any more. It's over."<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.uefa.com/footballeurope/news/Kind=2/newsId=443314.html\|title=Munitis moves, Toni stays\|publisher=UEFA\|date=8 August 2006\|access-date=17 November 2017}}</ref>
	]

	]
			Dhorasoo made 18 national team appearances between 1999 and 2006, scoring a single goal in a 4–0 home win over ] on 12 October 2005, ensuring a place at the 2006 World Cup.<ref>{{cite news \|title=La France a obtenu son billet pour le Mondial 2006 en battant Chypre\|trans-title=France obtained their ticket for the 2006 World Cup by beating Cyprus \|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/sport/article/2005/10/12/la-france-a-obtenu-son-billet-pour-le-mondial-2006-en-battant-chypre_698785_3242.html \|access-date=15 November 2020 \|work=Le Monde \|date=12 October 2005 \|language=fr}}</ref>
	]

	]
			==Post-football career==
	]
			As of 2023, Dhorasoo was a football consultant for the French sports channel L’Equipe. In 2008 he acted in the film '']''. He authored four books; ''Substitute'', ''Comme Ses Pieds'', ''L’Engagement – explique a ma fille et ses potes du quartier'' and the 2020 graphic novel ''J’perds pas la boule'', illustrated by Emilie Gleason. He ran in the ].<ref>{{cite news\|first1=Neeraja\|last1=Murthy\|access-date=2024-09-10\|title=Former French football player Vikash Dhorasoo talks about Telugu roots and his goal to inspire the young\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/sport/football/french-football-player-vikash-dhorasoo-telugu-roots-india-become-great-football-team/article66694613.ece\|newspaper=The Hindu\|date=4 April 2023\|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|first1=Herald\|last1=Team\|access-date=2024-09-10\|title=I am happy that I now have my own comic character: Vikash Dhorasoo\|url=https://www.heraldgoa.in/cafe/i-am-happy-that-i-now-have-my-own-comic-character-vikash-dhorasoo/203370\|date=4 April 2023\|website=Herald Goa}}</ref>
	]

	]
			==Coaching career==
	]
			In July 2009, he became chairman of French football club ].{{cn\|date=January 2025}}
	]

	]
			==Personal life==
			Dhorasoo is an ] of ] origins. His ancestors were ] from ], ] who migrated to ] in the last century.<ref>{{Cite news\|last=Rao\|first=Dasu Kesava\|date=22 June 2010\|title=Mana boy in world soccer\|language=en-IN\|work=The Hindu\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/Mana-boy-in-world-soccer/article16264445.ece\|access-date=22 October 2020\|issn=0971-751X\|quote=Vikash's Telugu-speaking forefathers hailed from Vizianagaram in Andhra Pradesh (then part of Madras Presidency), migrated to Shiraz in Iran and then to Mauritius to work on the sugarcane plantations of the paradise islands.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|date=26 April 2008\|title=Footballer Vikash Dhorasoo turns filmmaker\|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/sports/report-footballer-vikash-dhorasoo-turns-filmmaker-1161481\|access-date=22 October 2020\|website=DNA India\|language=en\|quote=Dhorasoo, 34, is of Indo-Mauritian extraction, his Telugu-speaking ancestors hailing from Andhra Pradesh.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|date=16 June 2006\|title=Indian connection in World Cup football\|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/indian-connection-in-world-cup-football/story-kDWU9Tw4LP7aSWQ8BuijeP.html\|access-date=22 October 2020\|website=Hindustan Times\|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|title=IndianFootball.Com Interview: VIKASH DHORASOO\|url=http://www.indianfootball.de/features/interview/interview68.html\|access-date=22 October 2020\|website=www.indianfootball.de}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|last=20 Feb\|first=TNN\|title=Vikash Dhorasoo's pearls of wisdom {{!}} Football News - Times of India\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/top-stories/Vikash-Dhorasoos-pearls-of-wisdom/articleshow/7531195.cms\|access-date=22 October 2020\|website=The Times of India\|language=en}}</ref>

			After his dismissal from PSG in 2006, Dhorasoo became a professional ] player for ]. He quit the game in September 2011 after a defeat at the ] in ].<ref>{{cite news \|title=Vikash Dhorasoo : ''Le jour où j'arrête le poker''\|trans-title=Vikash Dhorasoo: "The day I quit poker"\|url=https://www.parismatch.com/Actu/Sport/Vikash-Dhorasoo-Le-jour-ou-j-arrete-le-poker-1568737 \|access-date=15 November 2020 \|work=Paris Match \|date=15 August 2018 \|language=fr}}</ref> He earned $527,453 in his poker career, and as of November 2020 is ranked 142nd on France's all-time winners.<ref>{{cite web \|title=Vikash Dhorasoo \|url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=83366 \|publisher=The Hendon Mob \|access-date=15 November 2020}}</ref>

			Dhorasoo's favourite music group is ] and his favourite author is ].<ref>{{Cite news \|last=Brassell \|first=Andy \|date=21 February 2012 \|title=A former life through a lens \|url=http://www.espnfc.com/story/1024732/andy-brassell-interview-with-vikash-dhorasoo-and-fred-poulet \|access-date=17 November 2017 \|work=]}}</ref>

			Dhorasoo is married and father of two daughters, born in 2003 and 2005.<ref>{{cite web\|first1=Bobby\|last1=Poullé\|first2=Vikash\|last2=Greedharry\|title=Je suis fière de Vikash\|url=http://www.5plus.mu/node/19836\|website=5plus.mu\|language=fr\|date=July 2014}}</ref>

			He has spoken out against ] and in 2003 he started actively supporting ], a football club which combats ] and other discrimination in the sport.<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.uefa.com/news/newsid=394550.html\|title=Dhorasoo tackles great taboo\|publisher=UEFA\|date=17 February 2006\|access-date=17 November 2017}}</ref>

			==Career statistics==
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			! #
			! Date
			! Venue
			! Opponent
			! Score
			! Result
			! Competition
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			\| 12 October 2005
			\| ], ], France
			\| {{fb\|Cyprus\|1960}}
			\| '''3'''–0
			\| 4–0
			\| ]
			\|}

			==Honours==
			'''Lyon'''
			*]: ],{{citation needed\|date=January 2025}} ]<ref name="footballsquads">{{cite web\|url=http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/france/2003-2004/ligue1/lyon.htm\|title=Lyon - 2003/04\|publisher=FootballSquads.co.uk}}</ref>
			*]: ]<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/match-direct/coupe-de-la-ligue/2000-2001/monaco-ol-live/86383\|title=Résultat Monaco - Lyon, Coupe de la Ligue, Finale, Samedi 05 Mai 2001 - L'Équipe}}</ref>
			*]: ],<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/match-direct/trophee-des-champions/2002/ol-lorient-live/55867\|title=Résultat Lyon - Lorient, Trophée des Champions, Trophée des Champions, Dimanche 28 Juillet 2002 - L'Équipe}}</ref> ]<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/match-direct/trophee-des-champions/2003/ol-auxerre-live/55866\|title=Résultat Lyon - Auxerre, Trophée des Champions, Trophée des Champions, Samedi 26 Juillet 2003 - L'Équipe}}</ref>

			'''Bordeaux'''
			*Coupe de la Ligue: ]<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/match-direct/coupe-de-la-ligue/2001-2002/bordeaux-lorient-live/86382\|title=Résultat Bordeaux - Lorient, Coupe de la Ligue, Finale, Samedi 20 Avril 2002 - L'Équipe}}</ref>

			'''AC Milan'''
			*] runner-up: ]
			*]: ]<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.gazzetta.it/primi_piani/calcio/2004/pp_1.0.479511270.shtml\|title = Gazzetta dello Sport - Supersheva, Supercoppa Milan}}</ref>

			'''Paris Saint-Germain'''
			*]: ]<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Résultat et résumé Marseille - Paris-SG, Coupe de France, Finale, Samedi 29 Avril 2006 \|url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/match-direct/coupe-de-france/2005-2006/om-psg-live/76021 \|access-date=2024-04-07 \|website=L'Équipe \|language=fr}}</ref>

			'''France'''
			*] runner-up: ]<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=97410600/match=97410064/report.html \|title=Match report: Italy – France \|publisher=FIFA \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180613040944/https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=97410600/match=97410064/report.html \|archive-date=13 June 2018}}</ref>

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Latest revision as of 11:54, 17 January 2025

French footballer (born 1973)

Vikash Dhorasoo

Dhorasoo in 2020

Personal information

Full name

Vikash Rao Dhorasoo

Date of birth

(1973-10-10) 10 October 1973 (age 51)

Place of birth

Harfleur, France

Height

1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)

Position(s)

Central midfielder

Senior career*

Years

Team

Apps

(Gls)

1993–1998

Le Havre

137

(4)

1998–2004

Lyon

161

(11)

2001–2002

→ Bordeaux (loan)

(1)

2004–2005

AC Milan

(0)

2005–2006

Paris Saint-Germain

(0)

2007

Livorno

(0)

Total

375

(16)

International career

1994–1996

France U21

(2)

1996

France Olympic

(0)

1999–2006

France

(1)

Medal record

Men's football

Representing France
FIFA World Cup
Runner-up	2006

*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Vikash Rao Dhorasoo (born 10 October 1973) is a French former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Dhorasoo spent most of his career with Lyon, winning Ligue 1 twice in 2003 and 2004, and also had a loan at Bordeaux and a spell at Paris Saint-Germain, who dismissed him in October 2006. Abroad, he had one year at Italy's AC Milan where he reached the 2005 UEFA Champions League Final, and a spell at Livorno where he did not play.

Internationally, Dhorasoo earned 18 caps and scored once for France from 1999 to 2006. He was part of their team that came runners-up at the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

Club career

Early career

Born in Harfleur near Le Havre in Normandy, Dhorasoo began his football career with Le Havre AC, where he made his debut in a 0–0 draw with AS Saint-Etienne in August 1993. After five years at Le Havre, he went on to play for Olympique Lyonnais in 1998.

He had a brief spell at league rivals FC Girondins de Bordeaux from 2001 to 2002. He won two French Ligue 1 championships with Lyon in 2003 and 2004.

In April 2004, Dhorasoo agreed to move abroad to play for Italian club AC Milan, on a two-year deal. He was an unused substitute in the 2005 UEFA Champions League Final, when Liverpool beat A.C. Milan on penalties, but won a runners-up medal.

Paris Saint-Germain

Dhorasoo moved back to France in 2005, signing for Paris Saint-Germain (PSG). He was part of the PSG squad that won the 2006 Coupe de France, as he scored a 25-yard shot in the final and secured the victory against fierce rivals Marseille.

In September 2006, he criticised manager Guy Lacombe in an interview with L'Equipe, and a month later his contract with PSG was terminated, being the first player to be sacked from a French club since the Professional Footballers Charter was set up in 1973. The reasons listed for dismissal were "His refusal to play for the reserves, his lack of loyalty, also his insubordination, disobedience and his permanent air of provocation".

Livorno

On 3 July 2007, Livorno announced to have signed Dhorasoo with a statement on their official website. However, Livorno rescinded his contract in October of the same year due to differences with the club, before having played. According to club president Aldo Spinelli, he refused to play a game for them.

International career

These who come to the stadium hissing and hating me, I defend them because they are the masses, people who came from tough estates just like me.

—Dhorasoo on falling out of favour playing for France.

While at Lyon, Dhorasoo made his debut for the France national team in a goalless draw against Ukraine on 27 March 1999. He played another national team match in June 1999, before his national team career went into a five-year hiatus.

Dhorasoo was called up for the France national team for the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification in September 2004, and he represented the country at the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany. After the World Cup, Dhorasoo publicly revealed the time spent in the French squad during the month-long tournament, through a documentary titled Substitute, much to the anger of France national team manager Raymond Domenech and the French Football Federation. Dhorasoo was warned against publishing the documentary. He retired from the France national team, saying "I am not interested in playing for Les Bleus any more. It's over."

Dhorasoo made 18 national team appearances between 1999 and 2006, scoring a single goal in a 4–0 home win over Cyprus on 12 October 2005, ensuring a place at the 2006 World Cup.

Post-football career

As of 2023, Dhorasoo was a football consultant for the French sports channel L’Equipe. In 2008 he acted in the film La très très grande entreprise. He authored four books; Substitute, Comme Ses Pieds, L’Engagement – explique a ma fille et ses potes du quartier and the 2020 graphic novel J’perds pas la boule, illustrated by Emilie Gleason. He ran in the 2020 Paris municipal election.

Coaching career

In July 2009, he became chairman of French football club L'Entente SSG.

Personal life

Dhorasoo is an Indo-Frenchman of Indo-Mauritian origins. His ancestors were Telugus from Andhra Pradesh, India who migrated to Mauritius in the last century.

After his dismissal from PSG in 2006, Dhorasoo became a professional poker player for Winamax. He quit the game in September 2011 after a defeat at the Partouche Poker Tour in Cannes. He earned $527,453 in his poker career, and as of November 2020 is ranked 142nd on France's all-time winners.

Dhorasoo's favourite music group is Belle and Sebastian and his favourite author is Jonathan Coe.

Dhorasoo is married and father of two daughters, born in 2003 and 2005.

He has spoken out against bigotry and in 2003 he started actively supporting Paris Foot Gay, a football club which combats homophobia and other discrimination in the sport.

Career statistics

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	12 October 2005	Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France	Cyprus	3–0	4–0	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Lyon

Bordeaux

Coupe de la Ligue: 2001–02

AC Milan

UEFA Champions League runner-up: 2004–05
Supercoppa Italiana: 2004

Paris Saint-Germain

Coupe de France: 2005–06

France

FIFA World Cup runner-up: 2006

References

"Comunicato Stampa N. 10 del 20 Agosto 2004" [Press Release No. 10 of 20 August 2004] (PDF) (in Italian). Lega Nazionale Professionisti. 20 August 2004. p. 1. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
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External links

Vikash Dhorasoo at the French Football Federation (in French)
PSG profile (in French)
Blog (in French)

France squads

v t e France men's football squad – 1996 Summer Olympics
1 Letizi 2 Djetou 3 Bonnissel 4 Laville 5 Moreau 6 Vieira 7 Makélélé 8 Dhorasoo 9 Maurice 10 Sibierski 11 Pires 12 Toyes 13 Candela 14 Dacourt 15 Vairelles 16 Fernandez 17 Wiltord 18 Legwinski 20 Dieng Coach: Domenech

v t e France squad – 2006 FIFA World Cup runners-up
1 Landreau 2 Boumsong 3 Abidal 4 Vieira 5 Gallas 6 Makélélé 7 Malouda 8 Dhorasoo 9 Govou 10 Zidane (c) 11 Wiltord 12 Henry 13 Silvestre 14 Saha 15 Thuram 16 Barthez 17 Givet 18 Diarra 19 Sagnol 20 Trezeguet 21 Chimbonda 22 Ribéry 23 Coupet Coach: Domenech

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