Grégory Vignal

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Grégory Vignal
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Personal information
Date of birth 19 July 1981 (1981-07-19) (age 30)
Place of birth Montpellier, France
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current club Free agent
Youth career
1997–1998 Castelnau Le Crès FC[1]
1998–1999 Montpellier
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1999–2000 Montpellier 0 (0)
2000–2005 Liverpool 11 (0)
2003 → Bastia (loan) 15 (0)
2003 → Rennes (loan) 5 (0)
2004 → Espanyol (loan) 8 (1)
2004–2005 → Rangers (loan) 30 (3)
2005–2006 Portsmouth 14 (0)
2006–2009 Lens 22 (0)
2007 → Kaiserslautern (loan) 9 (1)
2007–2008 → Southampton (loan) 20 (3)
2009–2010 Birmingham City 8 (0)
2010 Atromitos 4 (0)
National team‡
2001 France U20 9 (0)
2002–2003 France U21 4 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:52, 30 June 2010 (UTC).

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22:52, 30 June 2010 (UTC)

Grégory Vignal (born 19 July 1981 in Montpellier) is a French footballer. A left full back or midfielder, he is currently a free agent, having played most recently for Premier League club Birmingham City.

Vignal has played in the top division in four countries – England, France, Spain and Scotland – and in the second tier in a fifth, Germany, though as of 2009 he is yet to play more than 30 league games for any of his clubs.[2][3] At international level, he represented France at under-20 level in the 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship[4] and has also been capped at under-21 level.[5]

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[edit] Playing career

[edit] Liverpool

Vignal began his career at his home town club, Montpellier Hérault SC. He soon established a reputation as a promising young player, and was signed by Liverpool in September 2000 for £500,000.

He immediately impressed in his first reserve team outings and made his first team debut against Rotherham United in the FA Cup. He went on to make a further six appearances during the 2000–01 season.

Vignal returned for the following season having featured in the World Youth Championship with the France Under-18 squad, and staked his claim for the left-back spot with some impressive performances at the start of the 2001–02 season. However, he found it hard to displace the reliable and experienced John Arne Riise. He went on to make nine appearances that season.

He made just four appearances during the first half of the 2002–03 season, and was loaned to Sporting Club de Bastia for the remainder of the campaign in mid-January 2003.

During the 2003–04 campaign Vignal was again loaned out to Stade Rennais FC for the first half of the season, and to RCD Espanyol for the latter half.

Vignal had a season at Rangers as the club regained the Scottish Premier League title, playing 42 games for the club, picking up a Scottish League Cup winner's medal as well as the championship.

[edit] Portsmouth

At the end of the season Vignal's Liverpool contract expired, and with him available on a free transfer Rangers wanted Vignal to sign a permanent contract with them. However he failed to agree terms, instead opting to move to Portsmouth. He was then released from Portsmouth after failing to impress Harry Redknapp on his return in the 2005–06 season.

[edit] RC Lens

He then moved to RC Lens on a free transfer; Lens loaned him to Kaiserslautern in January 2007 for the second half of the season.

On 9 July 2007, he began a one week trial with Southampton[1], which was extended to a season-long loan on 27 July 2007. He made his debut for the club in the match against Lazio. He scored his first goal for the Saints with a free-kick in a 2–0 win over Leicester City F.C in the FA Cup.[6] Vignal scored his first league goal for Southampton against Scunthorpe United from a penalty whilst playing with a broken arm.[7] He scored another penalty in the 2–2 draw with Wolverhampton Wanderers before being sent-off for an off the ball incident.[8] However he later won an appeal against the card. Vignal scored yet another penalty in the following match against Blackpool, which put the Saints 1–0 up. The game finished 2–2.[9] He scored four goals in the 2007–08 season.

During the summer of 2009, Vignal had a trial with Queens Park Rangers which did not bring the offer of a contract.[10]

[edit] Birmingham City

He then played in a friendly match against Sporting Gijon as part of a trial with Birmingham City, newly promoted to the Premier League. After producing what manager Alex McLeish described as a "strong performance",[11] Vignal signed a one-year contract with the club, with an option for a further year, subject to medical examination.[12] Injury disrupted his season, which combined with the form of Liam Ridgewell at left-back restricted the player to just nine first-team appearances. The club chose not to take up the option of a second year.[13]

In July 2010, Vignal had trials with Sheffield United[14] and Cardiff City.[15]

In September 2010, he joined Atromitos F.C.. In December 2010, he parted ways with Atromitos F.C.

[edit] Honours

Liverpool
Rangers

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Portraits" (in French). Castelnau Le Crès FC. http://castelnaulecresfc.fr/portraits.aspx. Retrieved 11 June 2010. 
  2. ^ "La fiche de Grégory Vignal" (in French). L'Équipe. http://www.lequipe.fr/Football/FootballFicheJoueur10000000000000000000012374.html. Retrieved 2 September 2009. 
  3. ^ "Gregory Vignal All time playing career". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. http://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?playerid=22584. Retrieved 2 September 2009. 
  4. ^ "FIFA Player Statistics: Gregory Vignal". FIFA. http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=180734/index.html. Retrieved 2 September 2009. 
  5. ^ Garin, Erik (5 June 2006). "France – U-21 – International Results – Details". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF). http://www.rsssf.com/tablesf/fran-u21-intres-det.html. Retrieved 2 September 2009. 
  6. ^ "Southampton 2–0 Leicester". BBC. 5 January 2008. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/fa_cup/7163968.stm. Retrieved 2 September 2009. 
  7. ^ "Scunthorpe 1–1 Southampton". BBC. 22 February 2008. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/7248345.stm. Retrieved 2 September 2009. 
  8. ^ "Wolves 2–2 Southampton". BBC. 4 March 2008. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/7272656.stm. Retrieved 2 September 2009. 
  9. ^ "Blackpool 2–2 Southampton". BBC. 8 March 2008. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/7272659.stm. Retrieved 2 September 2009. 
  10. ^ "QPR decide against signing Vignal". BBC Sport. 31 July 2009. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/q/qpr/8175016.stm. Retrieved 13 August 2009. 
  11. ^ Tattum, Colin (10 August 2009). "Gregory Vignal makes 'strong' case to fill Blues' problem left-back position". Birmingham Mail. http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-sport/midlands-football/2009/08/10/gregory-vignal-makes-strong-case-to-fill-blues-problem-left-back-position-97319-24361317/. Retrieved 13 August 2009. 
  12. ^ "Vignal Signs In". Birmingham City F.C. 13 August 2009. http://www.bcfc.com/page/News/NewsDetail/0,,10412~1752991,00.html. Retrieved 13 August 2009. 
  13. ^ "Quintet Depart". Birmingham City F.C. 14 May 2010. http://www.bcfc.com/page/News/NewsDetail/0,,10412~2050780,00.html. Retrieved 14 May 2010. 
  14. ^ "Trio link up with Blades". Sky Sports. 20 July 2010. http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11095_6271355,00.html. Retrieved 29 July 2010. 
  15. ^ "Deportivo Edge It Against 'City". Cardiff City F.C. 31 July 2010. http://www.cardiffcityfc.co.uk/page/PreSeasonReports/0,,10335~2107447,00.html. Retrieved 31 July 2010. 

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