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{{Short description|French footballer (born 1961)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Pascal Olmeta
| image = Паскал Олмета 2019.png
| caption = Olmeta in 2019
| full_name = Pascal Olmeta
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1961|4|7|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Bastia]], Haute-Corse, France
| height = 1.81 m<ref name="lequipe">{{cite news |url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/FootballFicheJoueur5183.html |title=Pascal Olmeta |newspaper=L'Équipe |location=Paris |access-date=22 September 2024 |language=fr}}</ref>
| position = [[Goalkeeper (association football)|Goalkeeper]]
| currentclub = 
| years1 = 1980–1981
| years2 = 1981–1984
| years3 = 1984–1986
| years4 = 1986–1990
| years5 = 1990–1993
| years6 = 1993–1996
| years7 = 1996–1998
| years8 = 1998–1999
| clubs1 = [[INF Vichy]]
| clubs2 = [[SC Bastia|Bastia]]
| clubs3 = [[Sporting Club Toulon|Toulon]]
| clubs4 = [[RCF Paris|Matra Racing]]
| clubs5 = [[Olympique de Marseille|Marseille]]
| clubs6 = [[Olympique Lyonnais|Lyon]]
| clubs7 = [[RCD Espanyol|Espanyol]]
| clubs8 = [[Gazélec Ajaccio]]
| caps1 = 14
| caps2 = 45
| caps3 = 76
| caps4 = 138
| caps5 = 84
| caps6 = 131
| caps7 = 0
| caps8 = 54
| goals1 = 0
| goals2 = 0
| goals3 = 0
| goals4 = 0
| goals5 = 0
| goals6 = 2
| goals7 = 0
| goals8 = 0
| totalcaps = 542
| totalgoals = 2
}}
'''Pascal Olmeta''' (born 7 April 1961) is a French former professional [[association football|footballer]] who played as a [[goalkeeper (association football)|goalkeeper]] for [[Olympique de Marseille|Marseille]] and [[Olympique Lyonnais|Lyon]] in the 1990s.<ref>{{LFP|olmeta-pascal}}</ref>

==Early and personal life==
Pascal Olmeta<ref name="Knight"/> was born on 7 April 1961 in [[Bastia]], Haute-Corse.<ref name="lequipe"/>

Olmeta is married with two daughters.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.purepeople.com/article/pascal-olmeta-et-stephanie-de-monaco-equipe-qui-donne-le-sourire_a84752/1| title = Pascal Olmeta et Stéphanie de Monaco, équipe qui donne le sourire - Purepeople| date = August 2011}}</ref>

In 2016, Olmeta drew criticism after video footage from 2011 surfaced showing him shooting an elephant in the head before posing "proudly" with the corpse. He defended the footage stating he had shot the animal because of overpopulation in Zimbabwe, and all income from hunting was being used to help local people.<ref>{{cite news |title=Une vidéo de Pascal Olmeta chassant un éléphant révolte les internautes |url=https://www.sudouest.fr/2016/10/19/une-video-de-pascal-omelta-chassant-un-elephant-revolte-les-internautes-2540325-766.php |accessdate=28 January 2020 |work=Sud Ouest |date=19 October 2016 |language=French}}</ref>

==Honours==
'''Marseille'''
*[[UEFA Champions League|European Cup/UEFA Champions League]]: [[1992–93 UEFA Champions League|1992–93]];<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/50054--marseille-vs-milan/ |title=Marseille 1–0 Milan: Overview |publisher=UEFA |access-date=12 August 2023}}</ref> runner-up: [[1990–91 European Cup|1990–91]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/4373--crvena-zvezda-vs-marseille/ |title=Crvena zvezda 0–0 Marseille: Overview |publisher=UEFA |access-date=12 August 2023}}</ref>

'''Orders'''
*[[Knight of the National Order of Merit]]: 2023<ref name="Knight">{{cite journal |date=3 June 2023 |title=Décret du 2 juin 2023 portant promotion et nomination dans l'ordre national du Mérite |trans-title=Decree of 2 June 2023 on promotion and appointment to the National Order of Merit |url=https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/id/JORFTEXT000047623764 |journal=Official Journal of the French Republic |volume=2023 |issue=127 |id=PRER2302232D |access-date=12 August 2023 |language=fr}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{LFP Ligue 1}}

{{Authority control}}

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[[Category:1961 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Footballers from Bastia]]
[[Category:French men's footballers]]
[[Category:Men's association football goalkeepers]]
[[Category:INF Vichy players]]
[[Category:SC Bastia players]]
[[Category:SC Toulon players]]
[[Category:Racing Club de France Football players]]
[[Category:Olympique de Marseille players]]
[[Category:Olympique Lyonnais players]]
[[Category:La Liga players]]
[[Category:RCD Espanyol footballers]]
[[Category:Gazélec Ajaccio players]]
[[Category:Ligue 1 players]]
[[Category:UEFA Champions League–winning players]]
[[Category:Corsica men's international footballers]]
[[Category:French expatriate men's footballers]]
[[Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Spain]]
[[Category:French expatriate sportspeople in Spain]]
[[Category:Knights of the Ordre national du Mérite]]
[[Category:20th-century French sportsmen]]


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