{"id":461457,"date":"2011-07-15T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-07-15T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/07\/15\/retiring-arsenal-legend-patrick-vieiras-stellar-career-in-pictures\/"},"modified":"2011-07-15T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-07-15T09:00:00","slug":"retiring-arsenal-legend-patrick-vieiras-stellar-career-in-pictures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/15\/retiring-arsenal-legend-patrick-vieiras-stellar-career-in-pictures\/","title":{"rendered":"Retiring Arsenal legend Patrick Vieira&#8217;s stellar career in pictures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Adithya Ananth<\/h3>\n<h4>15 Jul 2011 10:00:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"82.5191729323\">\n<div>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><span readability=\"24.2700729927\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/france\/1143\/patrick-vieira\">Patrick Vieira<\/a> has called time on his illustrious career as a professional footballer,\u00a0 as the former <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/94\/arsenal\">Arsenal<\/a> great hangs up his boots before taking up football development executive role at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/109\/manchester-city\">Manchester City<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Representing Cannes, AC Milan, Arsenal, Juventus, Inter, Manchester City the 35-year-old was a part of seven league triumphs during a career which spanned 18 years; winning a total of 20 club competitions including the Champions League with Jose Mourinho&#8217;s Inter in 2010 &#8211; capping a fantastic treble-winning season for the Italian giants.<\/p>\n<p>The tough midfielder also captained Arsenal in their brightest period in recent years, skippering Arsene Wenger&#8217;s &#8216;Invincibles&#8217; side that went undefeated in the Premier League during the 2003-04 season on their way to winning the title crown.<\/p>\n<p>But for many, it will be Vieira&#8217;s contribution to France&#8217;s dominaton of the 90s that he will be most remembered, helping his country to their first World Cup triumph in 1998 &#8211; the competition they hosted &#8211; before clinching the European Championship title at Euro 2000.<\/p>\n<p>With the curtain closing on the Frenchman&#8217;s formidable playing career, <strong>Goal.com<\/strong> took a walk down memory lane to recollect some of the defining moments in the Frenchman&#8217;s career.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><strong><span>1995<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c6\" src=\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/136500\/136537hp2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100%\" \/><\/p>\n<p>AC Milan sign a young midfielder in the summer of 1995 by the name of Patrick Vieira<\/p>\n<p><strong><span>1996<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c6\" src=\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/136500\/136532hp2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100%\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span>Arsene Wenger&#8217;s appointment at Arsenal sees Vieira swap the San Siro for Highbury<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><strong>1998<\/strong><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c6\" src=\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/136500\/136541hp2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100%\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Arsenal win the Premier League and FA Cup double<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>1998<\/strong><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c6\" src=\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/54600\/54683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100%\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Vieira wins the World Cup as France celebrate the triumph on home soil<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>2000<\/strong><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c6\" src=\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/136500\/136536.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100%\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Two years later, the European Championship is won after a thrilling final against Italy<\/p>\n<p><strong><span>2004<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c6\" src=\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/136500\/136538hp2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100%\" \/><\/p>\n<div readability=\"7\">Vieira continues to shine at club level as he wins a third Premier League title<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c6\" src=\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/136500\/136539.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100%\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The &#8216;Invincibles&#8217; lift the title at White Hart Lane, the home of rivals Tottenham<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c6\" src=\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/54700\/54732.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100%\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Vieira&#8217;s heated contests with Manchester United skipper Roy Keane<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>2005<\/strong><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c6\" src=\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/125700\/125799hp2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100%\" \/><\/p>\n<div readability=\"9.5\">\n<p>In his final kick of the ball as a Gunner, Vieira wins the FA Cup for Wenger&#8217;s charges<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c6\" src=\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/6700\/6794hp2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100%\" \/><\/p>\n<div readability=\"9.5\">After over 400 appearances, the midfielder joins Juventus in Serie A<\/p>\n<p><strong><span>2006<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<div readability=\"8\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c6\" src=\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/12800\/12884hp2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100%\" \/><\/p>\n<p>With Juve relegated after the Calciopoli scandal, the Frenchman joins Inter<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div readability=\"9.5\"><strong><span>2008<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c6\" src=\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/44400\/44460.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100%\" \/><br \/>Mourinho arrives as Inter lift the Champions League in their treble-winning campaign<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong><span>2010<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c6\" src=\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/65100\/65126hp2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100%\" \/><\/p>\n<div readability=\"10\">But the midfielder chases his former boss and joins Roberto Mancini at Manchester City<\/p>\n<p><strong><span>2011<\/span><\/strong><br \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c6\" src=\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/131200\/131207hp2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100%\" \/><br \/>After only one season at City, the midfielder calls time on his career to join the hierarchy<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>See original here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/07\/15\/2575546\/retiring-arsenal-legend-patrick-vieiras-stellar-career-in\" title=\"Retiring Arsenal legend Patrick Vieira's stellar career in pictures\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Retiring Arsenal legend Patrick Vieira&#8217;s stellar career in pictures<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Adithya Ananth 15 Jul 2011 10:00:00 Related Links Teams Players Patrick Vieira has called time on his illustrious career as a professional footballer,\u00a0 as the former Arsenal great hangs up his boots before taking up football development executive role at Manchester City . Representing Cannes, AC Milan, Arsenal, Juventus, Inter, Manchester City the 35-year-old was a part of seven league triumphs during a career which spanned 18 years; winning a total of 20 club competitions including the Champions League with Jose Mourinho&#8217;s Inter in 2010 &#8211; capping a fantastic treble-winning season for the Italian giants<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-461457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Retiring Arsenal legend Patrick Vieira&#039;s stellar career in pictures - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/15\/retiring-arsenal-legend-patrick-vieiras-stellar-career-in-pictures\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Retiring Arsenal legend Patrick Vieira&#039;s stellar career in pictures - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Adithya Ananth 15 Jul 2011 10:00:00 Related Links Teams Players Patrick Vieira has called time on his illustrious career as a professional footballer,\u00a0 as the former Arsenal great hangs up his boots before taking up football development executive role at Manchester City . 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