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Marinette Pichon (born 26 November 1975) is a French former football player.

Biography

Pichon had 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.	30 September 1995	Akranes, Iceland	Iceland	1–2	3–3	UEFA Women's Euro 1997 qualifying
3.				2–3
4.	9 December 1995	Montpellier, France	Netherlands	1–0	1–1
5.	1 June 1996	Angers, France	Iceland	1–0	3–0
6.				3–0
7.	28 June 2001	Reutlingen, Germany	Denmark	1–2	3–4	UEFA Women's Euro 2001
8.	1 July 2001	Ulm, Germany	Italy	1–0	2–0
9.	28 October 2001	Boryspil, Ukraine	Ukraine	1–0	2–0	2003 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
10.				2–0
11.	17 November 2001	Drnovice, Czech Republic	Czech Republic	1–0	2–1
12.				2–0
13.	20 April 2002	Strasbourg, Fracne	Czech Republic	2–0	4–1
14.	9 May 2002	Halden, Norway	Norway	1–1	1–3
15.	1 June 2002	Châteauroux, France	Ukraine	1–1	2–1
16.	23 August 2002	Lens, France	Denmark	1–0	2–0
17.	17 October 2002	London, England	England	1–0	1–0
18.	24 September 2003	Washington D.C., United States	South Korea	1–0	1–0	2003 FIFA Women's World Cup
19.	27 September 2003		Brazil	1–1	1–1

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.

Popular culture

Garance Marillier is expected to portray Marinette Pichon in a movie adaptation of her life.

References

1. "Football féminin. Martine Combes : "Ne pas aller en demie serait une déception »"".
2. "Marinette Poiron : Alcoolique, son père "devenait un démon"".
3. "Marinette Pichon, libérée par le football". Le Monde.fr. 8 June 2019.
4. "L'Ex-footballeuse Marinette Pichon sur son père : «C'était un taré»". 3 April 2018.
5. "Players to watch: FRA: Pichon Marinette". FIFA. 20 November 2003. Archived from the original on 7 November 2012.
6. "W-League 2004 MVP announced". United Soccer Leagues. 6 August 2004. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
7. "Marinette Pichon : «Ma vie va être résumée en deux heures, c'est insensé !»".
8. "Pichon: It's time for France to step up".
9. Marinette Pichon – FIFA competition record (archived)
10. Trouillard, Stéphanie (16 November 2012). "Le "congé paternité" de l'ex-star du foot Marinette Pichon". France 24. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
11. "UEFA Euro dames: Marinette Pichon, l'étoile des Bleues". 14 July 2022.
12. "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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