Marius Trésor

Marius Trésor
	Trésor with France in 1974
Personal information
Full name	Marius Paul Trésor
Date of birth	15 January 1950 (age 75)
Place of birth	Sainte-Anne, Guadeloupe, France
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
1958–1969	Juventus de Sainte-Anne
Senior career*
Years	Team
1969–1972	Ajaccio
1972–1980	Marseille
1980–1984	Bordeaux
Total
International career
1971–1983	France
	* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Marius Paul Trésor (French pronunciation: [maʁjys pɔl tʁezɔʁ]; born 15 January 1950) is a French former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. He is regarded as one of the best defenders of his generation.

Early life and education

Marius Paul Trésor^[2] was born on 15 January 1950 in Sainte-Anne, Guadeloupe.^[1]

Career

Trésor's career began with the French club Ajaccio in 1969, and he later played for Olympique de Marseille and Girondins de Bordeaux.^[3] With Marseille, he won the French Cup in 1976, and won the Ligue 1 title in 1984 with Bordeaux.

For the France national team, Trésor played in the World Cup in 1978 and 1982. He obtained 65 international caps, scoring four goals.

Recognition

Trésor is regarded as one of the best defenders of his generation, and as one of France's greatest ever defenders.^[4]^[5]^[6]

He was named by Pelé as one of the top 125 greatest living footballers.^[7]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals
Ajaccio	1969–70	Division 1	12	0
	1970–71		33	0
	1971–72		38	1
	1972–73		9	0
	Total		92	1
Marseille	1972–73	Division 1	24	1
	1973–74		38	0
	1974–75		37	1
	1975–76		38	1
	1976–77		22	1
	1977–78		35	4
	1978–79		25	0
	1979–80		34	0
	Total		253	8
Bordeaux	1980–81	Division 1	25	0
	1981–82		37	2
	1982–83		19	0
	1983–84		12	1
	Total		93	3
Career total			438	12

International goals

Scores and results list France's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Trésor goal.^[8]

List of international goals scored by Marius Trésor
No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	13 October 1974	Parkstadion, Gelsenkirchen, Germany	West Germany	1–2	1–2	Friendly
2	30 June 1977	Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Brazil	2–2	2–2	Friendly
3	7 October 1978	Stade Municipal, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg	Luxembourg	2–0	3–1	Euro 1980 qualification
4	8 July 1982	Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, Seville, Spain	West Germany	2–1	3–3 (4–5 on penalties)	1982 FIFA World Cup

Honours

Marseille

Coupe de France: 1975–76^{[citation needed]}

Bordeaux

Division 1: 1983–84^{[citation needed]}

Individual

French Player of the Year: 1972^{[citation needed]}
Sport Ideal European XI: 1977,^[9] 1978^[10]
Onze Mondial: 1977, 1982^[11]
World XI: 1982, 1983^[12]
6th French Player of the Century^{[citation needed]}
FIFA 100^{[citation needed]}

Orders

Knight of the Legion of Honour: 1984^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b "Marius Trésor". L'Équipe (in French). Paris. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
^ ^a ^b "Ordre national de la Legion d'honneur" [National Order of the Legion of Honour]. Official Journal of the French Republic (in French) (88): 1131. 12 April 1984. ISSN 0373-0425.
Access via first download link at foot of summary page: "Décret du 10 avril 1984 portant nomination a titre exceptionnel a l'ordre national de la legion d'honneur" [Decree of 10 April 1984 appointing on an exceptional basis to the National Order of the Legion of Honour]. Légifrance (in French). Retrieved 16 March 2025.
^ "Fédération Française de Football". fff.fr (in French). Retrieved 7 January 2024.
^ Y tresor el mejor "libero" [And Tresor the best "libero"], web: Goles Mundial, June 1978, Issue #1538, 1978, retrieved 13 March 2023
^ Tom Hancock (27 November 2023). "The best defenders of the 80s". fourfourtwo.com. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
^ "The Top Ranked Soccer Defenders of the 1970s". ainsworthsports.com. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
^ "FIFA names top 100 players". Oceania Football Confederation. 5 March 2004. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
^ Football PLAYER: Marius Trésor
^ "Sport 1977". Mundo Deportivo. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
^ "Sport 1978". Mundo Deportivo. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
^ ""Onze Mondial" Awards". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 4 July 2019. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
^ "Eric Batty's World XI's – The Eighties and Nineties". Beyond The Last Man. 10 March 2014. Archived from the original on 31 January 2022. Retrieved 23 July 2020.