What is Marcel Desailly?
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Marcel Desailly | image = MarcelDesailly.JPG | caption = Desailly in 2011 | fullname = Marcel Desailly<ref name=Legion>{{cite journal |date=25 July 1998 |title=Décret du 24 juillet 1998 portant nomination à titre exceptionnel |trans-title=Decree of 24 July 1998 appointing on an exceptional basis |url=https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/id/JORFTEXT000000374701 |journal=Official Journal of the French Republic |volume=1998 |issue=170 |id=PREX9801916D |access-date=2 January 2021 |language=fr}}</ref> | birth_name = Odenke Abbey | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1968|9|7|df=y}}<ref>{{Hugman|5045|access-date=27 September 2017}}</ref> | birth_place = [[Accra]], Ghana | height = 1.85 m<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/1533/Marcel-Desailly/overview |title=Marcel Desailly: Overview |publisher=Premier League |access-date=26 December 2020}}</ref> | position = [[Centre-back]], [[defensive midfielder]] | years1 = 1986–1992 | clubs1 = [[FC Nantes|Nantes]] |caps1 = 162 |goals1 = 5 | years2 = 1992–1993 | clubs2 = [[Olympique de Marseille|Marseille]] |caps2 = 47 |goals2 = 1 | years3 = 1993–1998 | clubs3 = [[A.C. Milan|AC Milan]] |caps3 = 137 |goals3 = 5 | years4 = 1998–2004 | clubs4 = [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]] |caps4 = 158 |goals4 = 6 | years5 = 2004–2005 | clubs5 = [[Al-Gharafa Doha|Al-Gharafa]] |caps5 = 28 |goals5 = 6 | years6 = 2005–2006 | clubs6 = [[Qatar SC]] |caps6 = 7 |goals6 = 0 | totalcaps = 539 | totalgoals = 23 | nationalyears1 = 1993–2004 | nationalteam1 = [[France national football team|France]] | nationalcaps1 = 116 | nationalgoals1 = 3 | medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport|Men's [[Association football|football]]}}{{MedalCountry|{{fb|France}}}} {{MedalCompetition|[[FIFA World Cup]]}} {{Medal|W|[[1998 FIFA World Cup|1998]]|}} {{MedalCompetition|[[UEFA European Championship]]}} {{Medal|W|[[UEFA Euro 2000|2000]]|}} {{MedalCompetition|[[FIFA Confederations