With his 5 seconds, he has the shortest international career with the French team.
For all athletes, a club career is the fruit of all the work done, but being able to wear the national team jersey remains an ultimate consecration. Football, rugby, basketball… The blue, white and red jersey is the Holy Grail for the careers of these players. In football, it is also very difficult to wear the French team jersey with the multitude of stars in all positions. Before wearing this jersey, there are often several stages, with the youth teams before joining the junior team, the real anti-chamber of the Blues.
But being called up to the French team is one thing, being able to play is another. Many players are called up each season without spending a single minute on the pitch. This is very often the case for goalkeepers and in particular for number 3. Other players manage to enter the field, but for a short and short-lived experience. A well-known player from the French championship had the painful experience, since his experience with the French team lasted only… 5 seconds! An unrivaled record of brevity.
This player is former defender Frank Jurietti. Having moved from Gueugnon in 1994 (D2) to Bordeaux from 2003, with full seasons in Bastia, Monaco, or even a loan to OM, he has a rather flattering track record. Finalist in the League Cup in 2001, then vice-champion of France in 2003 with AS Monaco, he won the championship in 2009 with Bordeaux and won the League Cup and the Champions Trophy the same year. He will enjoy the good days of the Girondins until 2010.
Concerning the French team, Frank Jurietti came into play on Wednesday October 12, 2005 at the Stade de France, against Cyprus, in the 91st minute. He then replaced Sidney Govou to allow the Blues to calmly finish a lively qualifying match, with a view to the World Cup in Germany 2006 (4-0). With his 5 seconds of play, he will beat Bernard Boissier’s two minutes in 1975.
And he obviously has excellent memories of it. “Each of these five seconds, I keep them within me. They are five seconds of magical happiness. At that moment, something happened inside me. An emotion that I had never felt. It was crazy. Even if I don’t want to compare, it’s a bit like when you witness the birth of your child, when you see him come out of his mother’s womb, it’s a love that enters you. he explained in an interview for L’Equipe.
“Some people, out of jealousy, tear you down more than congratulate you for having played five seconds in the French team. Even friends. My real friends, they, super proud and happy, gave me a flocked jersey” 5 seconds”. In my eyes, it’s as if I had 200 caps because unlike many other players who also deserved it, I managed to become international. can’t take it away from me.”