 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Beye akasainwa neMarseille muzhizha ra2003 nemari inonzi 2.5million, naiye maneja Alain Perrin. Mumwaka wake wekutanga nekirabhu, akatora chikamu muEFAFA Champions League neEFAFA Cup nhabvu. Akanga ari mutambi anokosha weMarseille side iyo yakasvika ku2004 UEFA Cup Final, kumhanya kwakamubatanidza iye achiisa mukuita nyeredzi semudziviriri wepakati kurwisa iye zvino aimbova timu yake Newcastle United, kwaakave anonyanya kushanda kurwisa mutambi weNewcastle Alan Shearer. Akaguma ari parutivi rwunokundwa sezvo Marseille yakarasikirwa nemagumokuValencia 20. Akanga ariwo wokupedzisira akarohwa muFrench Cup muna 2006 achipikisana neyaimbova kirabhu Paris Saint-Germain, mutambo uyo timu yake yakarasikirwa 21, uye zvakare muna 2007 apo timu yake yeMarseille yakarasikirwa neChirango kuFC Sochaux. Nguva yake neMarseille yaive yakabudirira kwaakazvisimbisa semumwe wevadziviriri vane hunyanzvi muFrance yepamusoro tier uye akavhoterwa vateveri Mutambi wegore muna 2006. Akanga ari kaputeni wekirabhu kwemakore maviri asati aenda kuNewcastle United. 