Personal Life
Le Tissier is of French descent through his paternal great-grandfather Olivier Arnaud Le Tissier, who first came to Guernsey from his hometown of Lorient in the early 1900s.
Le Tissier married childhood sweetheart Cathy and had two children; Mitchell and Keeleigh, but the couple divorced in 1997 and Cathy and the children moved back to Guernsey, after which he had a relationship with Home and Away and Emmerdale actress Emily Symons. He then married Angela Nabulsi in 2008, and the couple have another child, Ava.
All three of Le Tissier's brothers – Mark, Kevin and Carl – also played football, but never professionally. Mark is currently secretary of Guernsey FC.
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