Champion of three worlds plus everything with the Blues, Stéphane Guivarch decided to end his career at Guingamp to be closer to his sick mother. There is still something wrong with a serious injury.
Stéphane Guivarc was born in Brazil on July 12, 1998. And this despite the missed opportunities in the final. This world champion title marks a break in the career of the Finistère striker. In the process, the former Auxerrois went to Newcastle. The start of the problems. Particularly physical. “My physique comes after the World Cup whereas, until then, I had rather been spared from the glitches in my career”, he told Ouest France on the occasion of the 20e anniversary of the 1998 coronation.
The birth of Trégunc is also that of the composer with a change of teacher among the Mapies. “The entrepreneur who met me, Kenny Dalglish, was a good man, as Ruud Gullit recalled, a disrespectful guy. He didn’t want me to train with them anymore, and I never knew why,” he whispered. Six months later, arriving in the north of England, Stéphane Guivarc’h meets the cap on the coast, for a mid-season pigeon, the Glasgow Rangers, before renting to Auxerre, a second week later in the department.
Stéphané Guivarc’h was only 31 years old
If he has somewhat regained his splendor in Yonne, the world champion will not stay there forever. After two years, in Auxerre, Stéphane Guivarch decided to file a complaint against his parents. “I live in Brittany because my life is still very bad. I don’t want to leave my father alone in this period, even if I accompany my mother and father, I come back before my eyes », ehe explained.
But this return to Brittany was cut short. Blame it on a knee injury. One too many since the French striker finally had to resolve to end his career at the end of the season after 12 matches and with meager goals, just four years after the coronation of July 12. He was still only 31 years old. “It’s high time for me to make this happen. It’s been too difficult for too long. My son’s cartilage is a wonderful gift and they say he was hit by a ball. It’s not the pain of all prostheses », he announces, before devoting himself to his new life. Particularly as a swimming pool seller…