Marius Trésor

Marius Trésor

Trésor with France in 1974
Personal information
Full name	Marius Paul Trésor[1]
Date of birth	(1950-01-15) 15 January 1950 (age 74)
Place of birth	Sainte-Anne, Guadeloupe
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
1958–1969	Juventus de Sainte-Anne
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1969–1972	Ajaccio	92	(1)
1972–1980	Marseille	253	(8)
1980–1984	Bordeaux	93	(3)
Total		438	(12)
International career
1971–1983	France	65	(4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Marius Paul Trésor (French pronunciation: [maʁjys pɔl tʁezɔʁ]; born 15 January 1950) is a French retired professional footballer who played as a defender. He is considered one of the best central defenders of all time.

Early life and education[edit]

Marius Paul Trésor was born on 15 January 1950 in Sainte-Anne, Guadeloupe.^[2]

Career[edit]

Trésor's career began with the French club Ajaccio in 1969, and he later played for Olympique de Marseille and Girondins de Bordeaux.^[2] With Marseille, he won the French Cup in 1976, and won the Ligue 1 title in 1984 with Bordeaux.

For the France national team, Trésor played in the World Cup in 1978 and 1982. He obtained 65 international caps, scoring four goals.

Recognition[edit]

He is considered one of the best central defenders of all time,^[3] and he is regarded as one of France's greatest ever defenders.

He was named by Pelé as one of the top 125 greatest living footballers.^{[citation needed]}

Career statistics[edit]

Club[edit]

International goals[edit]

Scores and results list France's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Trésor goal.^[4]

List of international goals scored by Marius Trésor

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	13 October 1974	Parkstadion, Gelsenkirchen, Germany	West Germany	1–2	1–2	Friendly
2	30 June 1977	Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Brazil	2–2	2–2	Friendly
3	7 October 1978	Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg, Luxembourg	Luxembourg	2–0	3–1	Euro 1980 qualification
4	8 July 1982	Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, Seville, Spain	West Germany	2–1	3–3 (4–5 on penalties)	1982 FIFA World Cup

Honours[edit]

Marseille

• Coupe de France: 1975–76^{[citation needed]}

Bordeaux

• Division 1: 1983–84^{[citation needed]}

Individual

• French Player of the Year: 1972^{[citation needed]}
• 6th French Player of the Century^{[citation needed]}
• FIFA 100^{[citation needed]}

Orders

• Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur: 1984^[1]

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Marius Trésor at the French Football Federation (in French)
• Marius Trésor at the French Football Federation (archived 2020-06-23) (in French)
• Marius Trésor at L'Équipe Football (in French)
• Marius Trésor at National-Football-Teams.com
• The jewel in Bordeaux’s crown

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