What is Éric Abidal?
{{Infobox football biography | name = Eric Abidal | image = Éric Abidal - 001.jpg | caption = Abidal training with [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]] in 2008 | fullname = Eric Sylvain Abidal<ref>{{cite web|url=http://actas.rfef.es/actas/RFEF_CmpActa1?cod_primaria=1000144&CodActa=8847|title=Acta del partido celebrado el 16 de agosto de 2009, en Bilbao|trans-title=Minutes of the match held on 16 August 2009, in Bilbao|publisher=[[Royal Spanish Football Federation]]|language=es|access-date=15 June 2019}}{{Dead link|date=November 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1979|9|11|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fifadata.com/document/fcwc/2011/pdf/fcwc_2011_squadlists.pdf|title=FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2011 presented by TOYOTA: List of Players: FC Barcelona|publisher=FIFA|page=5|date=14 December 2011|access-date=15 June 2019}}</ref> | birth_place = [[Saint-Genis-Laval]], France | height = 1.86 m<ref name=Lequipe>{{cite news|url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/FootballFicheJoueur5000000000000000000010618.html|title=Eric Abidal|newspaper=[[L'Équipe]]|location=Paris|language=fr|access-date=8 March 2020}}</ref> | position = [[Defender (association football)|Defender]] | currentclub = | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = [[AS Lyon Duchère|Lyon Duchère]] | years1 = 1996–2000 | clubs1 = [[AS Lyon Duchère|Lyon Duchère]]| caps1 = | goals1 = | years2 = 2000–2001 | clubs2 = [[AS Monaco FC|Monaco B]] | caps2 = 8 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 2000–2002 | clubs3 = [[AS Monaco FC|Monaco]] | caps3 = 22 | goals3 = 0 | years4 = 2002–2004 | clubs4 = [[Lille OSC|Lille]] | caps4 = 62 | goals4 = 0 | years5 = 2004–2007 | clubs5 = [[Olympique Lyonnais|Lyon]] | caps5 = 76 | goals5 = 0 | years6 = 2007–2013 | clubs6 = [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]] | caps6 = 125 | goals6 = 0 | years7 = 2013–2014 | clubs7 = [[AS Monaco FC|Monaco]] | caps7 = 26 | goals7 = 0 | years8 = 2014 | clubs8 = [[Olympiacos F.C.|Olympiacos]] | caps8 = 9 | goals8 = 0 | totalcaps = 328 | totalgoals = 0 | nationalyears1 = 2004–2013 | natio