
Who is Franck Ribéry? What is his background? What is his character? What encounters shaped this fantastic footballer?Over the course of a long imaginary conversation, the player looks back on his football career which took him from Boulogne sur Mer to Metz, from Galatasaray to OM, from Bayern Munich to Salernitana. Sincere, Franck delivers the references that have shaped him, shares his moments of glory, doubt and also his regrets and sketches his self-portrait: that of a champion, emblematic and popular, whose relations with France are paradoxically complicated.Because he has not always ticked the boxes of exemplarity, Franck Ribéry has often been portrayed by the media as a “bad” Frenchman.HASthe opposite of the political instrumentalization that has been played out around his person, Franck – Imaginary Self-Portrait rehabilitates an authentic man and a player with incredible talent.