Talk:Patrice Evra

Pronunciation
Is there a definitive pronunciation of Evra's name? I hear both "EV-ra" and "EEE-vra" quite frequently. Js farrar 17:07, 21 January 2007 (UTC)


 * In French, it's Ev-ra. And since he is French...   x42bn6  Talk 20:25, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

Siblings
26 of them? Questionable source so deleted. Lots of internet rumour but no hard fact.

Evra at Marsala
It is untrue he was called the Black Gazelle when at Marsala, he was actually called Blue Chocolate (in Italian cioccolatino azzurro, blue being Marsala's club colour). Two sources in Italian:  (the second with a couple photos of him during his time in Sicily). --Angelo (talk) 17:13, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

Arrival in Europe
The introduction has an inconsistency about when his family arrived in Europe. Right now it reads:

''The son of a diplomat, Evra was born in Dakar, Senegal, and arrived in Europe through Brussels from Senegal when he was six years old. He was raised in Les Ulis, Essonne, France, where he lived with his family from 1984 to 1998 before seizing his first footballing opportunity leading him to Marsala, Sicily, Italy.''

First it says he arrived when he was six, but then it says he lived in France from 1984, when he was three. Which is it? Funnyhat (talk) 02:17, 19 May 2010 (UTC)


 * According to the APS (Senegal Press Association) he left Senegal when he was 12 months old. I changed it in the article. Saint-Christophe (talk) 00:43, 16 June 2010 (UTC)
 * So now we have three potential dates for his arrival in France! Saint-Christophe, would you care to provide a specific reference for your findings? – PeeJay 01:08, 16 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Saint-Christophe (talk) 02:22, 16 June 2010 (UTC)
 * It says: "Patrice Evra, qui a quitté le Sénégal à l’âge de 12 mois pour Bruxelles" Saint-Christophe (talk) 02:25, 16 June 2010 (UTC)

Height (Vandalism revision)
A quick Google shows his height between 1.71 and 1.75 - I fail to see how the edit to put him at 1.75 was "vandalism"

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Patrice_Evra&action=historysubmit&diff=368604738&oldid=368602978

175cm = 5' - 8 9/10" (feet, inches and tenths-of-an-inch), so rounding up to 5'9 is accurate.

http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/players/player=212246/index.html

Ta, Mongoletsi (talk) 22:10, 17 June 2010 (UTC)


 * Thank you for that link. Possibly you misread it, but the link you kindly provided gives his height as 1.71cm, and as that is the only reference, that is the one that stays. In case you are interested, the user whose edit was reverted had made a series of vandal edits to Wikipedia. --Technopat (talk) 22:43, 17 June 2010 (UTC)


 * Doh! I obviously did misread it.  Thanks for checking :) Mongoletsi (talk) 09:50, 21 June 2010 (UTC)

Guinean descent
In the article it says "Evra was born in Dakar, the capital city of Senegal, to a Senegalese father of Guinean descent and Juliette, a Cape Verdean mother" with two references provided. However, neither reference says that his father is of Guinean descent (or his mother is of Cape Verdean descent for that matter). I don't doubt it's true but it definitely needs a source to confirm it.TonyStarks (talk) 03:11, 25 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Actually, the second source does state his mother is Cape Verdean "Le défenseur de Manchester United (élite anglaise) est né à Dakar d'un père sénégalais et d'une mère capverdienne." And I added a source saying his father is of Guinean descent. —  JS   Rant Away 05:55, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

Incomplete Article - There is not references about racism.
With all the respect, this guy, has been in trouble many times, accusing others of racism.

There is no mention about that in the article. He clearly has a problem with him/other-people skin colour, or is abusing of his colour to attack on other people, for self-interest or similar.

I think this can't be called a good article, when there is absence of this very sad and important topic. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 186.52.56.24 (talk) 14:56, 11 February 2012 (UTC)
 * How can you say Evra has been in trouble? If someone racially abused him, he should be commended for speaking up and attempting to put a stop to it. – PeeJay 22:26, 11 February 2012 (UTC)


 * You don't understand. Look, I'm seeing sir Evra is abusing of OTHER people, under FALSE or INVENTED claims, abusing of the difference of cultures and skin colours, claiming "racial abuse" because he is just "black", understand know?... I don't know where do you live. But being accused of racism when you are not, hurts a lot in this community. (think of a girl accusing you of raped when you are innocent, just because she is girl you will likely to have lot of troubles.) Also, I think this article has some SELF-INTEREST problems because is not mentioning nothing about this. bot sign this.
 * What makes you think Evra's racism claims are false? To be honest, I find your attitude offensive. – PeeJay 13:58, 12 February 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 190.134.5.239 (talk)


 * Something has go wrong and my last comment deleted. I need time to reply again. If you can leave this section intact I can come back later. To resume I'm not offending, vandalism this page. I want to talk, since this is an online-community world-wide I hope you can respect my comments. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 190.134.5.239 (talk) 19:46, 13 February 2012 (UTC)

2010 World Cup
The section says that Anelka was removed from the squad on the 21st, which resulted in Evra leading a player revolt on the 20th. Did he have access to a time machine? 81.132.108.246 (talk) 20:03, 24 May 2014 (UTC)

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Champions League Runner-up Medals
He has four of these, i forgot to cite sources earlier when i this done under an IP address and they got reverted    (That's what makes him the first player to lose four champions league finals) Toyosolanke (talk) 18:49, 2 November 2017 (UTC) Toyo


 * Showing that he lost four finals doesn't prove he was the first player to lose four finals. Can you show evidence that no one else did it before him? – PeeJay 14:33, 12 December 2022 (UTC)

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