Frédéric Nimani
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Frédéric K. Nimani N'Galou[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 8 October 1988 | ||
| Place of birth | Marseille, France | ||
| Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | PAOK FC | ||
| Number | 88 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2003–2006 | Monaco | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2006– | Monaco | 39 | (9) |
| 2007–2008 | → Lorient (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 2008 | → Sedan (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 2010 | → Burnley (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | → Nantes (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2012– | → PAOK (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2008–2009 | France U-21 | 8 | (2) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:06, 9 May 2010 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). |
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Frédéric K. Nimani N'Galou (born 8 October 1988) is a French footballer who plays for PAOK at Greek Superleague as a striker.
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[edit] Club career
[edit] Monaco
Born in Marseille, Nimani's spell at AS Monaco began well when he scored on his debut against Auxerre on 9 September 2006. Despite bursting onto the scene at the Stade Louis II in spectacular fashion,[says who?] he was loaned to Lorient in 2007. However, after a bust-up with Christian Gourcuff in January 2008, he was recalled and loaned to Ligue 2 outfit Sedan for the rest of the season.
On his return to Monaco, he scored the match winner on the first day of the 2008–2009 season against Paris Saint Germain. Nimani went on to register 7 goals in his first full season at Monaco, developing a good partnership with fellow striker Park Chu-Young and keeping the likes of Serge Gakpe and Juan Pablo Pino out of the first team.
Nimani's success attracted the attention of English Premier League and Spanish La Liga teams, most notably Arsenal and Real Madrid.[2] On Sunday 28 June 2009, it was reported in the press that Alex McLeish and Tony Mowbray were tracking the French U21 international.[3]
Following his spell in England, Nimani joined French side Nantes on loan again for the rest of the season and never made appearance for Nantes. Following AS Monaco relegation to Ligue 2, Nimani scored his first goal in two years against Troyes in a 1–1 draw.[4]
[edit] Loans moves to Burnley
On 19 January 2010, it was reported that Nimani was set to move to Premier League Club Burnley on loan deal with a further view to buy the player for €4 million.[5] After training with the club he signed on a five month loan deal on 22 January 2010.[6] However, Nimani made one appearance for Burnley coming on from Chris Eagles on a 65 minutes in a 1-0 defeat against Bolton.[7] Following Burnley's relegation back to the Championship, after one season in the Premier League, Burnley did not take up a permanent move for Nimani.
[edit] PAOK
On the 30th of January 2012 Nimani agreed to sign with Greek club PAOK.[8] He signed with PAOK on loan from Monaco with a clause allowing PAOK to make the move permanent at the end of the 2011/2012 season.[9] He was a personal choice of club's coach László Bölöni.[10]
[edit] International career
Nimani made his French Under 21 debut against Slovakia, replacing Loïc Rémy in the 46th minute. He made his first start and scored two goals against Malta Under 21s on September 5, 2008.
[edit] References
- ^ "Statistics" (PDF). Premier League. http://www.premierleague.com/staticFiles/7b/53/0,,12306~152443,00.pdf. Retrieved 2010-12-08.
- ^ 'Arsenal and Madrid Chase Young French Ace'
- ^ McLeish chases Nimani
- ^ "TROYES VS. MONACO 1 - 1". Soccerway. 6 August 2011. http://www.soccerway.com/matches/2011/08/06/france/ligue-2/esperance-sportive-troyes-aube-champagne/association-sportive-monaco-fc/1115118/. Retrieved 14 February 2012.
- ^ "Burnley take Monaco striker Frederic Nimani on loan". BBC Sport. 2010-01-22. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/b/burnley/8475714.stm. Retrieved 2010-01-25.
- ^ Nimani Joins On Loan
- ^ "Match Report: Bolton 1 - 0 Burnley". Burnley Official Website. 26 January 2010. http://www.burnleyfootballclub.com/page/MatchReport/0,,10413~48186,00.html. Retrieved 14 February 2012.
- ^ "Συμφωνία με την AS Monaco για τον Frederic Nimani". paokfc.gr. http://paokfc.gr/swift.jsp?CMRCode=16KPQSPA4&extLang=. Retrieved 31 January 2012. (Greek)
- ^ "Έκλεισε ο Νιμανί". paok24.com. http://www2.paok24.com/newsitem.asp?s=12&id=15729. Retrieved 30 January 2012. (Greek)
- ^ "«Ο Νιμανί αρέσει στον Μπόλονι»". paok24.com. http://www2.paok24.com/newsitem.asp?s=12&id=15477&t=1. Retrieved 30 January 2012. (Greek)
[edit] External links
- Frédéric Nimani French league stats at LFP.fr (French)
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