{{short description|French footballer (born 1980)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2025}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Fabrice Pancrate | image = Fabrice Pancrate.jpg | caption = Pancrate with [[Paris Saint-Germain F.C.|Paris Saint-Germain]] in 2007 | full_name = Fabrice Dimitri Pancrate<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.verif.com/en/leaders/Fabrice-PANCRATE-4601722/ |title=Fabrice Dimitri Pancrate |website=Verif |publisher=Altares-D&B |access-date=14 April 2025}}</ref> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1980|5|2|df=y}}<ref name="Lequipe">{{cite news |url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/FootballFicheJoueur8945.html |title=Fabrice Pancrate |newspaper=L'Équipe |location=Paris |access-date=14 April 2025 |language=fr}}</ref> | birth_place = [[Paris]],<ref name="Lequipe"/> France | height = 1.85 m<ref name="Lequipe"/> | position = [[Attacking midfielder]] | currentclub = | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = 1999–2000 | clubs1 = [[CS Louhans-Cuiseaux|Louhans-Cuiseaux]] | caps1 = 2 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 2000–2002 | clubs2 = [[En Avant de Guingamp|Guingamp]] | caps2 = 6 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 2002–2004 | clubs3 = [[Le Mans Union Club 72|Le Mans]] | caps3 = 64 | goals3 = 8 | years4 = 2004–2009 | clubs4 = [[Paris Saint-Germain F.C.|Paris Saint-Germain]] | caps4 = 95 | goals4 = 10 | years5 = 2007 | clubs5 = → [[Real Betis]] (loan) | caps5 = 7 | goals5 = 1 | years6 = 2007–2008 | clubs6 = → [[FC Sochaux-Montbéliard|Sochaux]] (loan) | caps6 = 18 | goals6 = 1 | years7 = 2009–2010 | clubs7 = [[Newcastle United F.C.|Newcastle United]] | caps7 = 16 | goals7 = 1 | years8 = 2011 | clubs8 = [[Athlitiki Enosi Larissa F.C.|AEL]] | caps8 = 8 | goals8 = 1 | years9 = 2011–2014 | clubs9 = [[FC Nantes|Nantes]] | caps9 = 60 | goals9 = 10 | totalcaps = 276 | totalgoals = 32 }} '''Fabrice Dimitri Pancrate''' ({{IPA|fr|fabʁis pɑ̃ˈkʁat}}; born 2 May 1980) is a French former professional [[association football|footballer]] who played as a [[midfielder]].
==Career==
===In France=== Pancrate started his professional career in [[CS Louhans-Cuiseaux|Louhans-Cuiseaux]] in 1999, where he played two matches. Then, he joined [[En Avant Guingamp|Guingamp]], where he stayed from 2000 until 2002, playing six matches. After his spell at Guingamp, he was transferred to [[Le Mans UC72|Le Mans]], where he scored eight times in 64 appearances.{{citation needed|date=April 2025}}
===Paris Saint-Germain and loans=== On 2 August 2004, Pancrate was sold to [[Paris Saint-Germain F.C.|Paris Saint-Germain]] for £2,000,000 and played 91 matches, scoring 10 in the domestic league. In 2007, he went on loan from February until May to [[Real Betis]] in the Spanish [[La Liga]], playing his first match against [[Athletic Bilbao]] on 4 February.<ref>{{cite web|title=Tactical Formation|work=Football-Lineups.com |url=http://www.football-lineups.com/wiki/_match3603.php | accessdate=7 February 2007 }}</ref> Pancrate was again sent on loan for the 2007–08 season, this time to [[FC Sochaux-Montbéliard|Sochaux]]. After five years, he was released by Paris Saint-Germain.{{citation needed|date=April 2025}}
===Newcastle United=== On 21 November 2009, Pancrate signed a contract with [[Newcastle United F.C.|Newcastle]] until the end of the season with an option to extend. He was given the number 21 shirt. In January 2010, Newcastle signed up fellow right winger [[Wayne Routledge]] from [[Queens Park Rangers F.C.|Queens Park Rangers]] on a long-term deal, putting Pancrate's future in doubt, with many Toon fans doubting his ability.<ref>[https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/n/newcastle_united/8364543.stm "Pancrate signs Newcastle contract"] BBC Sport website (21 November 2009)</ref>
Pancrate made his debut for Newcastle, coming on as a substitute, in a 3–0 win over [[Swansea City A.F.C.|Swansea City]]. He scored his first goal on 5 December 2009, after producing an impressive bit of skill, before mullering the ball in off the crossbar, in a 2–0 home victory over [[Watford F.C.|Watford]], after coming on as a substitute.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_div_1/8388867.stm |title=Newcastle 2 – 0 Watford |publisher=[[BBC]] |date=5 December 2009 |access-date=5 December 2009}}</ref> He has also set up goals for [[Ryan Taylor (footballer born 1984)|Ryan Taylor]] in games against [[Coventry City F.C.|Coventry City]] and [[Preston North End F.C.|Preston North End]].{{citation needed|date=April 2025}}
Pancrate was released at the end of the season.{{citation needed|date=April 2025}}
==Honours== '''Paris Saint-Germain''' *[[Coupe de France]]: [[2005–06 Coupe de France|2005–06]]{{citation needed|date=October 2025}}
'''Newcastle United''' *[[Football League Championship]]: [[2009–10 Football League Championship|2009–10]]{{citation needed|date=April 2025}}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== {{commons category}} *{{Soccerbase}}
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