Stéphane Porato

Stéphane Porato
Personal information
Date of birth (1973-09-19) 19 September 1973
Place of birth Colombes, France
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Youth career
RC Paris
1989–1992 Toulon
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1992–1993 Toulon 2 (0)
1993–1998 Monaco 19 (0)
1998–2000 Marseille 59 (0)
2000–2004 Monaco 37 (0)
2002–2003 → Créteil-Lusitanos (loan) 26 (0)
2004–2006 Ajaccio 68 (0)
2006–2007 Alavés 22 (0)
2007–2009 Xerez 33 (0)
Total 266 (0)
National team
1999 France 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Stéphane Porato (born 19 September 1973 in Colombes, Hauts-de-Seine) is a French retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Football career

In his country Porato represented Sporting Toulon, AS Monaco FC, Olympique de Marseille (where he played in the 1999 UEFA Cup Final), US Créteil-Lusitanos and AC Ajaccio, mainly as a backup or starting in the second division. On 13 November 1999 he earned his sole cap for France, appearing in a 3–0 friendly win with Croatia.[1]

In late October 2006, as he had already moved to Spain with second level's Deportivo Alavés, following Ajaccio's relegation from Ligue 1, Porato had a trial at Chelsea in view of signing as third-choice after the long-term skull injury to Petr Čech.[2] Eventually, nothing came of it.

Porato joined Xerez CD, in the same country and tier, for the 2007–08 season. A starter in his first year, he lost the job in the following as the Andalusians achieved a first-ever La Liga promotion, being released in July 2009.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Tableaux de bord 738 après France-Croatie (0–0) (Dashboard 738 after France-Croatia (0–0)); Chroniques Bleues, 30 March 2011 (in French)
  2. ↑ Stéphane Porato à l'essai à Chelsea (Stéphane Porato on trial at Chelsea); L'Équipe, 23 October 2006 (in French)
  3. ↑ El portero del ascenso (The promotion's goalkeeper); Diario de Jerez, 15 June 2013 (in Spanish)
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