Professional peak
Barthez gained international fame when he helped France capture the 1998 World Cup.

Playboy peak
Barthez was in his playboy prime from 1998 to 2002 when he dated Canadian supermodel Linda Evangelista - who once proclaimed, "I don't get out of bed for less than $10,000 a day." Prior to that, the French goaltender was rumoored to have had an affair with Princess Stephanie of Monaco. In fact, some even suspect Barthez fathered a child with the notoriously restless princess.