Top facts about Sylvain Wiltord, the Nike star

Sylvain Claude Wiltord is a retired professional football player from France. He was mostly a right-winger, although he also saw action as a center forward, the second striker, and left-winger.

Wiltord played for Arsenal for four seasons, winning two

championships and two FA Cups. He also won the Ligue 1 title in each of his three seasons in Lyon, as well as Bordeaux.

This athlete was a member of the French national team for 92 games and scored 26 goals. He competed in two FIFA World Cups and two UEFA European Championships, as well as the 1996 Olympics. Wiltord was a member of the teams that won Euro 2000 (for which he scored a last-minute equalizer to force extra time) and the 2006 World Cup final.

The mentioned athlete made a good amount of money by the contracts that he signed for the clubs, but he also had another source of income which was the endorsements with a few companies which we would definitely talk about in top facts about Sylvain Wiltord.

A well-organized article of top facts about Sylvain Wiltord, the Nike star

The article organization has a fixed frame which we would follow as we explore the life of Sylvain Wiltord.

We will first go through his crucial information, then we will analyze all the information available on his profile page of Transfermarkt, then a brief career breakdown, and finally his life top facts and extra information that may or may not be found on the internet about this athlete.

With that being said let's jump into the article and get down to the details of top facts about Sylvain Wiltord.

Sylvain Wiltord information

Let's start with the most important Sylvain Wiltord facts for those who are unfamiliar with him or who want to brush up on their knowledge before reading the top Sylvain Wiltord facts.

Personal information

• Full name:

  Sylvain Claude Wiltord

• Date of birth:

  10 May 1974

• Age:

  47

• Star Sign:

  Taurus

• Star sign features:

  Intelligent, dependable, hardworking, dedicated, and stubborn

• Nationality:

  French

• Place of birth:

  Neuilly-sur-Marne, France

• Marital status:

  N/A

Football information

• Position:

  Right winger

• Last team:

  Nantes

• Total appearances:

  755

• Club appearances:

  663

• National appearances:

  92

• Foot:

  Right

Physical stats and appearance

• Height:

  1.73 m

• Hair color:

  Bald

• Skin color:

  Black

• Facial hair:

  Clean

Now that you've learned everything there is to know about Sylvain Wiltord, we can move on to the next section of the

top facts about Sylvain Wiltord

 essay, which will go over the details and implications of the information presented so far.

Sylvain Wiltford Transfermarkt

Time for transfermarkt in this section of top facts about Sylvain Wiltord. As soon as you enter his profile in transfermarkt.com, you notice this amazing athlete's awards and achievements by his name.

He managed to become top scorer Ligue 1 and Confederations Cup in 2001. He also became footballer of the year in 1999 of France and European champion with France in 2000. His achievements did end in France, and he has lifted numerous cups in England too, like English FA and English Super Cup.

We don't get an accurate insight on his market value because his market value graph starts from when he was 30 years old and part of the Lyon. Thus, we are limited to information that has been recorded after he became 30 years old.

On his graph the highest value marked is 7 million euros on January 15, 2006. After that, his market value dropped to the point that he was forced to retire.

Now for his stats, he doesn’t seem to have received any red cards. However, he has received 15 yellow cards throughout his career according to Transfermarkt.com. he has also 60 assists in his 41854-minute playtime which shows that he valued his teammates.

Now that we have covered all of his transfermarkt statistics, we deem it necessary to cover his club career and then we can get to his personal life. Thus without further ado let's hop into the next section of top facts about Sylvain Wiltord.

Sylvain Wiltord club career

Wiltord joined Rennes in 1991 after playing for CO Joinville in the lower level. In the 1993–94 season, he scored eight goals in 26 appearances for Rennes.

The hero of our story was bought by English club Arsenal in August 2000 for a club-record cost of £13 million, only weeks after scoring the Euro 2000 Final's stoppage-time equalizer.

Arsenal spent £15 million for Russian winger Andrey Arshavin eight and a half years later, breaking the previous record. He was occasionally partnered alongside Thierry Henry upfront or on the flank while with the Gunners.

The Nike star trained with Rennes for two weeks after his contract with Arsenal expired in the summer of 2004 and turned down a transfer to the newly-promoted Premier League side West Bromwich Albion. He was also said to be interested in joining Arsenal's arch-rivals Tottenham Hotspur. On August 31, he agreed to a two-year contract with Lyon.

Wiltord signed a two-year deal with Rennes in August 2007, with the possibility of joining the coaching staff once his playing career ended. On January 15, 2009, he joined Marseille for the remainder of the Ligue 1 season.

In a 3–1 loss against Lyon at home on May 17, 2009, he scored the sole goal for Marseille. He was dismissed at the end of the 2008–09 season and was considering a transfer to the United States, the United Arab Emirates, or retirement.

The right-winger joined with FC Metz until the end of the season on January 30, 2010, following training with US Créteil. Wiltord returned from retirement on July 18, 2011, and signed a deal with Nantes until the conclusion of the 2011–12 season. On June 11, 2012, he announced his immediate retirement.

Sylvain Wiltord net worth

Let’s talk about his net worth and all of the money that he has amassed in this section of top facts about Sylvain Wiltord.

With an estimated $82 million in total earnings, Sylvain Wiltord, 47, has climbed to the top of People with Money's top 10 highest-paid players for 2021.

In 2019, it appeared like the footballer's illustrious career was coming to an end. He was suddenly back on top. According to People With Money, Wiltord is the highest-paid footballer in the world, earning an incredible $82 million between July 2020 and July 2021, a roughly $50 million advantage over his nearest competitor.

The French footballer's net worth is believed to be $245 million. Smart financial investments, large property holdings, and lucrative endorsement partnerships with CoverGirl cosmetics have all contributed to his success.

He also owns several restaurants in Paris (the "Fat Wiltord Burger" chain), a football team (the "Neuilly-sur-Marne Angels"), his own Vodka (Pure Wonderwiltord - France), and is attempting to break into the juniors market with a top-selling perfume (With Love from Sylvain) and a fashion line called "Sylvain Wiltord Seduction."

Many Sylvain fans have been hoping for a victorious comeback to his glory days for what feels like an eternity, and this rating is crucial for them.

Sylvain Wiltord Nike endorsement

We talked about his money which puts him among the highest-paid footballers ever lived but we didn’t talk about Nike and its deal with Wiltord. So here we are.

Wiltord was a Nike athlete who starred in ads for the sportswear corporation.

He starred in a "Secret Tournament" commercial (branded "Scorpion KO") directed by Terry Gilliam in the run-up to the 2002 World Cup in Korea and Japan, alongside football players such as Thierry Henry, Ronaldo, Edgar Davids, Fabio Cannavaro, Francesco Totti, Ronaldinho, Luis Figo, and Hidetoshi Nakata, with former player Eric Cantona as the tournament "referee".

We have talked enough about money and football, let us get into the personal life of Wiltord and put aside anything related to his football career.

Sylvain Wiltord a peek inside his family

What is going inside the personal life of Wiltord? In this portion of the top facts about Sylvain Wiltord, we would explore his personal life and will take a look into his family.

Before Wiltord was born, his parents relocated from Martinique to metropolitan France. He was born in Neuilly-sur-Marne, a commune in the eastern suburbs of Paris, to a West Indian mother and an unknown father. He was the eighth kid in a family of eight. He moved into his 27-year-old sister's apartment at the age of 14, where he looked after his 2-year-old niece.

He took part in the TF1 reality show Dropped in 2015, in which athletes were dropped by helicopter into hostile settings. A mid-air helicopter collision killed 10 people the day following his elimination from the show, including three contestants: swimmer Camille Muffat, boxer Alexis Vastine, and sailor Florence Arthaud.

"I'm heartbroken for my pals, I'm trembling, I'm horrified, I have no words, I don't want to say anything," he said on Twitter following the collision.

We would talk about this in the upcoming section in a much more detailed manner thus stay tuned to read more about top facts about Sylvain Wiltord.

Sylvain Wiltord a nightmare player to manage

In an exclusive interview with talkSPORT,

, who we have already prepared a full article about, revealed that one of his old Arsenal teammates would have been a nightmare to manage.

After earning his first managerial position this season, the former Arsenal and Tottenham defender stated which of his former teammates would have been easy to coach and who would have given him the most trouble to handle.

“David Seaman, Patrick Vieira, Tony Adams, Martin Keown, Robert Pires – they're great guys,” he remarked when asked which former teammates he would have enjoyed coaching.

“Even from my Tottenham days, people like Jurgen Klinsmann, like Gary Mabbutt – he was a proper professional, you know he’s not going to muck around, he’s going to do everything in his power to do a proper job.”

When asked who would have been the "ultimate horror," he only mentioned one...

“It's fascinating for me because you had someone like Sylvain Wiltord, who was fantastic for France, but you could tear your hair out with him [with Arsenal] sometimes,” Campbell remarked.

Wiltord, a French striker, scored the game-winning goal in Arsenal's 1-0 Premier League title triumph over Manchester United at Old Trafford in 2002. When it came to handling him in the field, though, he was an unstoppable bull.

Sylvain Wiltord plane crash

But after all of what we said where is he now? Let's find out in this part of the top facts about Sylvain Wiltord.

Wiltord has been involved in a number of initiatives after retiring from the sport, including football punditry on French television and ambassadorial work for footgolf.

In 2015, he was one of the contestants on the French reality show Dropped, in which eight athletes were actually dropped into hostile situations to see how they coped. A mid-air helicopter crash killed 10 individuals, including three of his fellow participants, the day after he was eliminated from the tournament in Argentina.

The tragedy, which appears to have been caused by a collision between two helicopters, left no survivors. "I'm sad for my friends, I'm trembling, I'm horrified, I have no words, I don't want to say anything," Wiltord said on Twitter.

He uploaded a picture of himself with Olympic fighter Alexis Vastine, one of the deceased, on Instagram before filming began.

Filming had been halted, and the crew and other participants, including Wiltord, were returning to France, according to sources.

According to a statement from the governor of La Rioja, among the deceased were French Olympic gold medalist swimmer Camille Muffat and sailor Florence Arthaud. Celebrities in France who were considered for the program have been tweeting about their own near shaves.

Sylvain Wiltord social media

Based on our research on Sylvain Wiltord, he doesn't have a verified account either on Twitter or Instagram.

Although we have searched Instagram from top to bottom there was no account with a good enough amount of followers which would make us assume that it might be the real Sylvain. On the contrary, we found a page on Twitter with a large number of followers but no verification mark or blue tick.

The account name is @sylwiltord with over 25 thousand followers. The user, who we guess is the real Sylvain, has been active on the platform since 2013. The page is full of retweets and no original pictures or content, which is a little bit suspicious. We should remind you again that the account is not verified and most probably is a fan-made account.

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