Ludovic Giuly
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| Full name | Ludovic Giuly | ||
| Date of birth | July 10, 1976 | ||
| Place of birth | Lyon, France | ||
| Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 41⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Winger / Attacking midfielder | ||
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| Current club | Paris Saint Germain | ||
| Number | 7 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1994–1998 | Olympique Lyonnais | 100 | (21) |
| 1998–2004 | Monaco | 184 | (47) |
| 2004–2007 | Barcelona | 85 | (19) |
| 2007–2008 | Roma | 32 | (6) |
| 2008– | Paris Saint-Germain | 44 | (12) |
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| 2000–2005 | France | 17 | (3) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 00:16, 14 November 2009 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). |
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Ludovic Giuly (born 10 July 1976) is a French footballer who plays as a winger for Paris Saint-Germain.
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[edit] Club career
[edit] Early career
After starting his career with Olympique Lyonnais in 1994, Giuly was signed by Monaco in January 1998.
Giuly captained Monaco on a run to the Champions League Final, where they lost to Porto in the 2003–04 season.
[edit] Barcelona
Barcelona paid €7 million to Monaco in order to sign him on 28 June 2004 with a contract until June 2008.[1]
Giuly helped Barcelona to win La Liga in the 2004–05 season. He was the second top scorer for the club scoring 11 goals. Although his season was disrupted by several muscle injuries, Giuly was able to fulfil his promise to reach double digits in goals in his first year at his new club.
In 2005–06 he helped win the Spanish title again, as well as capture the second Champions League trophy for the Catalan club. Giuly propelled Barça into the Champions League Final by scoring the only goal in their semi-final against Milan.
In the 2006–07 season, Giuly, although still a key member of the Barça squad, eventually lost his starting spot in the team, when Lionel Messi was promoted from the club's youth ranks. This resulted in Giuly saying his farewell to Barça.
[edit] Roma
On July 17, 2007, Giuly signed with Roma for a fee of €1.8 million per year to the player and €4.5 million to his former club. Giuly's first season at Roma had him scoring more than many starting players which made him in the top five scorers of Roma in his first year with the club.[2]
[edit] Paris Saint-Germain
On July 18, 2008, Giuly signed with Paris Saint-Germain for a fee of €2.5 million.
[edit] International career
Giuly has been capped for France, but was removed from his country's Euro 2004 squad due to a leg injury he sustained in the 2004 Champions League Final.[3]
Giuly was not selected for the French 2006 World Cup squad, as young Marseille playmaker Franck Ribéry was selected over Giuly.[4] However, with Djibril Cissé having broken his leg in a World Cup warm-up match against China, Giuly could have been called up, but he asserted after the initial France squad was announced that he would go on holiday to Dubai and Kish instead of waiting idly in the stand-by squad, and Sidney Govou was called up instead.
[edit] International goals
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1. | June 22, 2003 | Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France |  New Zealand |
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2003 FIFA Confederations Cup |
| 2. | September 8, 2004 | Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands |  Faroe Islands |
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2006 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 3. | October 12, 2005 | Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France |  Cyprus |
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2006 FIFA World Cup qualification |
[edit] Style of play
During his career, Giuly has been employed as a wide midfielder and as a second striker playing behind and to the side of an out-and-out forward. He is known to play a direct style by running straight at defenders with pace. At Barcelona, Giuly played on the right side of a three man forward line, usually playing alongside Ronaldinho, Lionel Messi and Samuel Eto'o.
[edit] Honours
- AS Monaco
- Ligue 1: 1
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- 2003
- Barcelona
- La Liga: 2
- Roma
- Italian Cup: 1
- International
[edit] References
- ^ 2000 www.footballdatabase.com
- ^ Acquisizione del diritto alle prestazioni sportive del calciatore Ludovic Giuly
- ^ Giuly out of Euro 2004BBC 28 May, 2004
- ^ Left-out Giuly hits at out at France coachSoccernet May 21, 2006
[edit] External links
- Official website
- Ludovic Giuly statistics and biography at FootballDatabase.com
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