Patrice Evra Evra was named to the National Union of Professional Footballers (UNFP) Ligue 2 Team of the Year in the left-back position. Following the season, Evra was recruited by Nice's Derby de la Côte d'Azur rivals Monaco. Despite wanting to play as a left winger again, Evra was advised by manager Didier Deschamps he would only play as a left-back. Evra has since credited Deschamps for allowing him to become a better defender after initially describing the role as being not fun. Evra was inserted into a back four that consisted of centre-backs Rafael Márquez and Sébastien Squillaci and right-back Franck
2011–12 Manchester United F.C. season was tripped by Patrice Evra. Away to Wolverhampton Wanderers was United's next game. The previous season United had suffered a 2–1 defeat at the Molineux Stadium, ending their unbeaten run of 24 games that season. United started playing better and got ahead on the score on the 21st minute when Rooney's corner was received by Michael Carrick, who passed it to Jonny Evans, who smashed it into the back of the net, scoring his first goal for United in his career. On the 43rd minute, a run from Antonio Valencia on the right saw him advance directly into the box,