1. Christian Karembeu found much success on the national stage as well representing France, having been born in the overseas territory New Caledonia, and was a vital part of the squad that won the 1998 FIFA World Cup on home soil and featured in one match in France's victorious UEFA Euro 2000 campaign.
Christian Karembeu was born in Lifou, New Caledonia, a French overseas territory in the Pacific Islands.
Christian Karembeu was recruited as a youth player by FC Nantes and signed a professional contract with the club in 1990.
Christian Karembeu played for the Real Madrid Veterans against Barcelona in Qatar, on 13 November 2012.
Christian Karembeu last played midfield for Bastia in the French Ligue 1.
Christian Karembeu announced his retirement on 13 October 2006, although he added that he would "be having a kickabout from time to time".
Christian Karembeu took part in a friendly competition for Kettering Town FC with Gianfranco Zola, Les Ferdinand and Gus Poyet.
Christian Karembeu was a member of the French team that won the 1998 World Cup.
Christian Karembeu played in 4 matches in the tournament, including starts in the quarter-final, semi-final, and final, totalling 242 minutes.
Christian Karembeu was part of the victorious French team at Euro 2000.
On 9 December 2005, Christian Karembeu represented the Oceania Football Confederation at the draw for the 2006 World Cup which took place in Leipzig, Germany.
In May 2006 Christian Karembeu became a scout for English Premiership side Portsmouth Football Club.
However, in August 2009, Christian Karembeu decided to join Arsenal's ever expanding scouting network.
In June 2013, Christian Karembeu was handed an administrative role at Greek club Olympiacos along with former South African footballer Pierre Issa.
Christian Karembeu is a member of the 'Champions for Peace' club, a group of 54 famous elite athletes committed to serving peace in the world through sport, created by Peace and Sport, a Monaco-based international organization.
Deeply involved in Peace and Sport's activities, Christian Karembeu visited Haiti in August 2010 with Founder and President of Peace and Sport, Joel Bouzou, to strengthen the role of sport in the country's reconstruction efforts and attract the attention of the international community to urgent needs that prevail there.
Christian Karembeu went to meet sports instructors and young beneficiaries of the emergency program that the Haitian Olympic Committee has set up in survivor camps.
The great-grandfather of Christian Karembeu, who came from New Caledonia, was one of a hundred Kanaks taken to Paris in 1931 for the Paris Colonial Exposition and exhibited there as "cannibals".
Christian Karembeu refuses to sing France's national anthem, "La Marseillaise", due to the colonial past of the country.
Christian Karembeu was married to Slovak model Adriana Sklenarikova, whom he met on an aeroplane.
In May 2017, Christian Karembeu married Jackie Chamoun, a Lebanese skier, in Greece, followed by a wedding ceremony in Lebanon.
Christian Karembeu is the host of French TV series Des Iles et des Hommes, aired on Planete in 2010 and 2011, a travel programme visiting among six of the most beautiful islands of the world.
Christian Karembeu became part of the ITV broadcast team for Euro 2016.