{{short description|French footballer (born 1966)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Jean-Jacques Eydelie | image = Jean-Jacques Eydelie.jpg | caption = Eydelie in 2012 | fullname = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1966|2|3}} | birth_place = Angoulême, France | death_date = | death_place = | height = 1.70 m | position = Midfielder | currentclub = | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = 1984–1992 | clubs1 = Nantes | caps1 = 132 | goals1 = 5 | years2 = 1986–1987 | clubs2 = → Laval (loan) | caps2 = 17 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 1987–1988 | clubs3 = → Tours (loan) | caps3 = 34 | goals3 = 3 | years4 = 1992–1993 | clubs4 = Marseille | caps4 = 27 | goals4 = 0 | years5 = 1994–1995 | clubs5 = Benfica | caps5 = 0 | goals5 = 0 | years6 = 1995–1997 | clubs6 = Bastia | caps6 = 53 | goals6 = 1 | years7 = 1997–1999 | clubs7 = Sion | caps7 = 29 | goals7 = 1 | years8 = 1998 | clubs8 = → Walsall (loan) | caps8 = 11 | goals8 = 0 | years9 = 1999–2000 | clubs9 = FC Zürich | caps9 = 11 | goals9 = 0 | years10 = 2000–2001 | clubs10 = US Avranches | caps10 = 2 | goals10 = 0 | years11 = 2001–2003 | clubs11 = Stade Beaucairois | caps11 = 5 | goals11 = 0 | totalcaps = 321 | totalgoals = 10 | manageryears1 = 2006–2007 | managerclubs1 = Limoges | manageryears2 = 2009–2010 | managerclubs2 = Angoulême | manageryears3 = 2010 | managerclubs3 = Paradou | manageryears4 = 2012–2014 | managerclubs4 = JS Bonifacio | manageryears5 = 2014 | managerclubs5 = Africa Sports | manageryears6 = 2017–2018 | managerclubs6 = Messager }} '''Jean-Jacques Eydelie''' (born 3 February 1966) is a French former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He is most noted for his role in the Marseille 1992–93 UEFA Champions League victory.<ref name="eurosport">{{cite web|url=http://www.eurosport.com/football/sport_sto817893.shtml|title=Wenger slams former Marseille Chairman|date=23 January 2006|accessdate=12 March 2007|work=Eurosport|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060317040430/http://www.eurosport.com/football/sport_sto817893.shtml|archive-date=17 March 2006|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Career== Eydelie was born in Angoulême, Charente. A midfielder, he began his career with Nantes, before joining Marseille in 1992. His first season at Marseille was a success, with the club finishing top of the league, and winning the Champions League, but shortly after the Champions League final, it was revealed that he had contacted three players at Ligue 1 club Valenciennes (Jorge Burruchaga,<ref name="nyt">{{cite web|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CE7D61F3DF931A35754C0A965958260|date=2 July 1993|accessdate=12 March 2007|title=Argentine Charged in Marseille case|work=New York Times}}</ref> Christophe Robert<ref name="nyt" /> and Jacques Glassman<ref name="iht2">{{cite web|url=http://www.iht.com/articles/1995/03/14/tapie.php|title=Tapie Directly Implicated As Marseille Trial Opens|work=International Herald Tribute|date=14 March 1995|accessdate=12 March 2007 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20061128001024/http://www.iht.com/articles/1995/03/14/tapie.php |archivedate = 28 November 2006}}</ref>) on behalf of the Marseille board, in order to offer bribes. Marseille needed to beat Valenciennes to secure the championship, and had induced the Valenciennes players to "go easy" in order that the Marseille players would not be overly exerted before the Champions League final.<ref name="iht">{{cite web|url=http://www.iht.com/articles/1993/07/12/soccer_7.php|work=International Herald Tribune|title=From Glory to Disgrace: Soccer Saga Grips Marseille|date=12 July 1992|accessdate=12 March 2007|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110520052935/http://www.iht.com/articles/1993/07/12/soccer_7.php|archivedate=20 May 2011}}</ref> It was Glassman who reported the bribe, which resulted in Marseille being stripped of the 1993 French title, banned from defending the Champions League (although the win still stood), and relegated to Ligue 2. Eydelie was banned for a year by FIFA, given a one-year suspended sentence, and served 17 days in prison. Members of the Marseille board were given longer prison sentences, and Valenciennes players Burruchaga and Robert received FIFA bans for their involvement.<ref name="iht2" />
Upon his return to football, Eydelie had a nomadic career. He trained for a few months at Benfica, played in England, Switzerland and back in France before retiring in 2003.
In 2006, Eydelie released his autobiography, telling of corruption and doping during his time at Marseille.<ref name="eurosport" /> Former OM chairman Bernard Tapie sued unsuccessfully for libel,<ref name="soccernet">{{cite web|url=http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=356021&|title=Former Marseille chairman to sue ex-player for libel|date=22 January 2006|accessdate=12 March 2007|work=ESPN Soccernet|archive-date=25 May 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110525141506/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=356021&|url-status=dead}}</ref> and former teammate Didier Deschamps has also threatened legal action.<ref name="deschamps">{{cite web|url=http://france.worldcupblog.org/group-g/dishing-the-dirt.html|title=Dishing the Dirt|work=World Cup Blog|date=17 February 2006|accessdate=12 March 2007|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060226000109/http://france.worldcupblog.org/group-g/dishing-the-dirt.html|archivedate=26 February 2006}}</ref>
==Honours== '''Marseille''' * UEFA Champions League: 1992–93
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==External links== * {{Worldfootball.net|jean-jacques-eydelie|new_id=pe60887}} * {{Soccerbase|2393}}
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