Business Daily Meets: Patrice Evra
Business Daily
BBC
4.4 • 816 Ratings
🗓️ 18 November 2022
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
On the eve of the 2022 World Cup Final Sam Fenwick speaks to former professional footballer, Patrice Evra. He made more than 80 appearances for the French national side including captaining his team in the 2010 World Cup which took place in South Africa.
Evra became a multimillionaire playing for teams like Monaco, Manchester United, Juventus and Marseille. He grew up in a poor part of Paris and talks about how this helped motivate him to succeed.
He reflects on player salaries and tells us about what’s he’s doing to make a living since retiring from football in the summer of 2019.
Presenter / producer: Sam Fenwick Image: Patrice Evra playing for Manchester United in 2014; Credit: Getty
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| 0:39.6 | you hear from a former professional footballer who's represented his country in five major |
| 0:45.3 | international tournaments, including captaining his team in South Africa's 2010 World Cup. |
| 0:54.6 | You know, if someone was telling me when I was five years old, I'm going to be the captain of |
| 0:59.3 | the French national team and playing a war cup, I wouldn't believe it. |
| 1:03.2 | I was like, but do you remember that kid playing in the street? |
| 1:06.4 | And now you're going to represent your country. |
| 1:08.8 | Patrice Evra. |
| 1:10.3 | He's won 10 trophies with Manchester United |
| 1:12.6 | and will be remembered as one of the best leftbacks in England's Premier League. |
| 1:17.9 | My best memory is not when I win the champions or whatever. |
| 1:20.8 | It's my first game against Manchester City when I've been sub after 45 minutes |
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