Frédéric Piquionne
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| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Frédéric Piquionne | |
| Date of birth | 8 December 1978 | |
| Place of birth | Nouméa, New Caledonia | |
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | |
| Playing position | Striker | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Portsmouth | |
| Number | 9 | |
| Youth career | ||
| 1996–1999 | Golden Star | |
| Senior career1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 2000–2001 2001–2005 2004–2005 2005–2007 2007 2007–2008 2008– 2009– |
Nîmes Rennes → Saint-Étienne (loan) Saint-Étienne → Monaco (loan) Monaco Lyon → Portsmouth (loan) |
8 (3) 83 (18) 38 (11) 53 (12) 14 (5) 32 (7) 19 (2) 10 (1) |
| National team2 | ||
| 2002– 2007– 2007 |
Martinique France B France |
? (?) 1 (0) 1 (0) |
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Frédéric Piquionne (French pronunciation: [pikiˈon]; born 8 December 1978) is a French football player who plays in the forward position, currently for Portsmouth in the English Premier League.
This "International Espoir" previously played for Golden Star (division of honor in Martinique), Nîmes Olympique (second division, 2000-2001) and Rennes (first division, 2001-2004).
He has played 138 matches in the first division and scored 33 goals. This season, he played 17 matches as a holder and 1 as a substitute, scored 6 goals, played 1,407 minutes, and had 1 booking.
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[edit] Club career
Frédéric Piquionne used to play in the suburbs of Paris, at Charenton and Paris FC, then he went to Martinique and rejoined metropolitan France in 2000 to play for Nîmes Olympique, where he played a few matches in the second division.
He was soon spotted by Rennes. The first time he played in the French first division was the 28th of July 2001 in the match Rennes-Auxerres (0-5). In his first season in the first division, Piquionne scored 3 goals in 20 matches. In his second season (2002-2003), he scored 10 goals under the coaching of Vahid Halilhodzic. New coach Laszlo Bölöni, arrived, and the rapport between them wasn't good, nor with his fellow-team-member Alexander Frei, ending the 2003-2004 season less than satisfactorily.
Saint-Etienne were interested in him, and he did not have any hesitation accepting the chance to play for this new team.
On 3 February 2007 he played his first Ligue 1 match for Monaco against Auxerre after moving from AS Saint-Étienne.[1]
Piquionne signed a four-year deal for 4.5 Million Euros with Olympique Lyonnais on the 31st July 2008. He will wear the number 39 shirt. On 5 August 2009 it was confirmed the player would be joining Portsmouth on a season long loan.[2] On his Pompey debut against Rangers at Fratton Park in a friendly, he scored two goals in a 2–0 win.[3] Piquionne played his first Premier League match on 15 August 2009, a 0–1 loss to Fulham F.C. on the first day of the season. His first competitive goal for Portsmouth came when he scored in a 4–1 League Cup win against Hereford on 25 August 2009.[4] He then scored twice in a 4-0 win over Stoke on 27 October 2009[5] before scoring his first Premiership goal four days later in another 4-0 win; this time at home to Wigan Athletic.
[edit] International career
Instead of representing FIFA member New Caledonia in Oceania, Piquionne represented the Martinique national football team in Caribbean Sea at the 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup.
Martinique is not a member of FIFA, so he is eligible to play for Les Bleus.
He was surprisingly called up to the squad against Lithuania, 24 March 2007, Euro 2008 Qualifying, but did not play. He made his international debut for the France national football team in a friendly against Austria on 28 March 2007.
He won another cap for France B against Slovakia in August 2007.
[edit] Career statistics
| Season | Club | Division | Matches | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000-2001 | Nîmes | 2 | 8 | 3 |
| 2001-2002 | Rennes | 1 | 20 | 3 |
| 2002-2003 | Rennes | 1 | 31 | 12 |
| 2003-2004 | Rennes | 1 | 32 | 5 |
[edit] References
- ^ "Tactical Formation". Football-Lineups.com. http://www.football-lineups.com/wiki/_match3643.php. Retrieved February 5 2007.
- ^ "Portsmouth sign Piquionne on loan". BBC Sport. 2009-08-05. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/p/portsmouth/8185892.stm. Retrieved 2009-08-05.
- ^ "Pompey 2 Rangers 0". Portsmouthfc.co.uk. 2009-08-08. http://www.portsmouthfc.co.uk/index.php?cms_ref=news&qs_article_id=2691. Retrieved 2009-08-26.
- ^ "Portsmouth 4 - 1 Hereford". BBC. 25 August 2009. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/league_cup/8205255.stm. Retrieved 26 August 2009.
- ^ "Portsmouth 4 - 0 Stoke". BBC. 27 October 2009. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/league_cup/8323058.stm. Retrieved 28 October 2009.
[edit] External links
- Soccerbase Profile
- Frédéric Piquionne French league stats at lfp.fr (French)
- Saint-Etienne ASSE official site
- L'équipe card-index
- Sports.fr card-index
- Maxifoot
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