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Marouane Chamakh
Personal information
Full name Marouane Chamakh
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Position(s) Centre Forward
Team information
Current team
 Arsenal
Number 29
Youth career
1988–1994 Nérac
1994–2000 Marmandais
2000–2003 Bordeaux
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2010 Bordeaux 230 (56)
2010– Arsenal 4 (2)
International career‡
2003 France U19 1 (0)
2003– Morocco 53 (14)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:16, 11 September 2010 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 August 2010

Marouane Chamakh (Arabic: مروان الشماخ, born on 10 January 1984) is a French-born Moroccan footballer who currently plays for English club Arsenal in the Premier League. He plays in the centre forward position.

Chamakh began his career at Bordeaux in 2000 and made his professional debut in the 2002–03 season. He spent eight years at the club and helped Bordeaux win the Coupe de la Ligue in 2007. In the 2008–09 season, Chamakh won his first league title as Bordeaux were crowned champions for the first time since the 1998–99 season. The club also won the Coupe de la Ligue completing the league and league cup double. In May 2010, Chamakh joined Arsenal of the Premier League on a free transfer after agreeing to a four-year contract with the club.

Although born and raised in France, Chamakh chose to play international football for Morocco, due to having Moroccan parents.[2] He made his national team debut in July 2003 and has played at three Africa Cup of Nations tournaments, which includes the 2004 edition where Morocco finished runner-up. He is the current captain of the national team.

Career

Early career

Chamakh was born on 10 January 1984 in Tonneins, a small town near the Garonne River, to Moroccan parents, and was raised in the nearby commune of Aiguillon. His father, El Mostafa Chamakh, left the city of Casablanca for France in 1979 to locate more favorable living conditions and to find a better job.[3] Chamakh began his football career at the age of four playing for local club Nérac FC in nearby commune of Nérac. While at Nérac, he was equally adept on the field and off earning good grades in school. After six years at the club, Chamakh joined FC Marmandais. While in Marmande, he developed his physical skills and traits growing as tall as 6 ft 0 in (1.84 m) and also earning his first regional selection to play for the Aquitaine regional team in the Coupe Nationale.[3][4]

Bordeaux

In 2000, Chamakh was courted by several professional clubs that wanted to obtain his services. He drew interest from Lens, Toulouse, Lorient, and Bordeaux. Chamakh eventually decided to sign with Bordeaux due to the club's infrastructure and training facilities and also because of the close proximity to his family.[3] Upon his arrival to the club, Chamakh was inserted into the club's youth academy and began attending high school, with early ambitions of earning a Baccalauréat in accounting, which he later accomplished.[3] For the 2001–02 season, he was promoted to the club's Championnat de France amateur 2 team in the fifth division. The team was coached by Jean-Louis Garcia and Chamakh was involved heavily in team's campaign appearing in 17 matches and scoring six goals as the team finished first in their group, thus earning promotion to the Championnat de France amateur.[5]

Following the season, Chamakh turned professional and signed a three-year contract with Bordeaux. He spent the fall portion of the 2002–03 campaign playing in the fourth division, but following the winter break, was called up to the senior team by manager Elie Baup. Chamakh made his professional debut on 19 January 2003 in the team's Coupe de la Ligue match against Metz. He appeared as a substitute and played 15 minutes in a 1–0 defeat.[6] Chamakh made his league debut three weeks later in a 2–0 home defeat to Bastia again appearing as a substitute.[7] On 20 May, he scored his first professional goal against Nice netting the equalizing goal just a minute before injury time in a 1–1 draw.[8] Chamakh finished the campaign with 14 total appearances with all his appearances being as a substitute. In the 2003–04 season, he was promoted to the senior team permanently by new manager Michel Pavon and made his first professional league start on 1 November 2003 in a 1–0 win over Marseille.[9] In the team's following match, Chamakh scored the opening goal in a 1–1 draw with Strasbourg just before halftime. However, mid-way through the second half, he received his first career red card after incurring a second yellow.[10] Upon returning from his one-game suspension, Chamakh developed into a regular starter for the club scoring goals in consecutive matches against Metz and Montpellier.[11][12] He finished the league campaign with six goals in 25 matches. In the club's UEFA Cup campaign, Chamakh netted four time in eight appearances.

Chamakh signing autographs in 2005

In the 2004–05 season, Pavon decided to move Chamakh into the lead striker position with the Argentine playmaker Juan Pablo Francia acting as a support striker. The move was a success with Chamakh scoring ten league goals. He opened the campaign by scoring his first professional hat trick in a 5–1 victory over Nice.[13] In September 2004, Chamakh scored goals in back-to-back weeks against Bastia and Derby de la Garonne rivals Toulouse.[14][15] He finished the campaign by scoring the opening goal in a 1–1 draw with Monaco.[16] Despite the positive individual season from Chamakh, Bordeaux finished the campaign in 15th place; its worst finish since ending the league campaign in 16th over a decade ago. Pavon, due to heart problems, stepped down from his position and was replaced by Ricardo Gomes. Under Gomes, Chamakh struggled to meet the success of his previous season scoring only 12 league goals in 58 matches over the course of two seasons. Two of his notable performances during Gomes' reign included scoring a double in league matches against Metz and Nancy.[17] In the match against the former club, Chamakh scored both of his goals within a minute of each other. He was later ejected from the match after committing a red card offense.[18] Chamakh ended the 2006–07 Ligue 1 campaign by hoisting the Coupe de la Ligue trophy after featuring in the team's 1–0 victory over Lyon in the final match.[19] It was Chamakh's first major club honour.

Under manager Laurent Blanc, Chamakh struggled to earn meaningful minutes in the 2007–08 season with Blanc preferring new signing David Bellion. His playing time up front was further hampered by the arrival of striker Fernando Cavenaghi who had a prolific season scoring 15 goals in only 23 appearances. Due to Cavenaghi's emergence, Chamakh was utilized as a target man and scored a career-low four goals, since becoming a professional, in the league . In the 2008–09 season, Chamakh was relegated to appearing as a substitute for the first-half of the campaign. However, on 21 December 2008, Chamakh convinced Blanc to change his mind. With Bordeaux trailing 3–0, Chamakh appeared as a substitute and, within minutes on the field, scored a goal. Following a goal from Alou Diarra to make the match 3–2, Chamakh equalized three minutes from time and, two minutes later, Cavenaghi netted the game-winner to give Bordeaux a 4–3 victory.[20] Following the winter break, Blanc decided to implement both Chamakh and Cavenaghi in the attack with influential playmaker Yoann Gourcuff acting in support. It was former who developed a consistent partnership with Gourcuff and Chamakh responded by scoring eight league goals in the second half of the season. On 30 May 2009, Bordeaux sealed their first league title since the 1998–99 season after defeating Caen 1–0 at the Stade Chaban Delmas.[21][22] Chamakh played the entire match. The club also won the Coupe de la Ligue completing the league and league cup double.[23]

Chamakh during a 2009 training session with Bordeaux.

During the club's victory parade, with only one year left on his contract Chamakh declared that he would be staying at Bordeaux for the 2009–10 season, despite strong interest from Premier League club Arsenal.[24] Despite the statement, rumors of a move to Arsenal continued to surface with negotiations reportedly having been ongoing throughout the summer. On 3 August 2009, president Jean-Louis Triaud declared that Arsenal had sent a bid of €7 million for Chamakh and that he had rejected it demanding that Arsenal improve their offer.[25] The following day, Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger announced that he would not be offering an improve deal and declared the possible transfer dead.[26] The announcement, subsequently, led to Chamakh confirming his intentions to remain at Bordeaux for the 2009–10 season.[27] On 29 August, Chamakh reportedly snubbed a move to West Ham.[28] The club offered Bordeaux £18 million for the player and offered Chamakh a four-year contract worth £3 million a year. However, Chamakh again remained firm on his stance reiterating his commitment to Bordeaux.[29]

In his final season with Bordeaux, Chamakh was equally adept in both the league and the UEFA Champions League. He began the season claiming his 5th silverware with Bordeaux on 25 July 2009, winning the 2009 Trophée des Champions title in a 2–0 victory over Guingamp. Chamakh scored ten goals in league play and netted five in the Champions League, which included goals against Italian club Juventus and German club Bayern Munich in the group stage.[30][31][32] Bordeaux were only one of two clubs to finish the group stage portion undefeated. In the knockout rounds, Chamakh scored a goal in Bordeaux's 2–1 victory over Greek club Olympiacos in the second leg of the team's UEFA Champions League opening knockout round match.[33] Bordeaux won the tie with a 3–1 aggregate scoreline to advance to the quarter-finals where they faced league rivals Lyon. In the first leg, which Lyon won 3–1, Chamakh scored a vital away goal.[34] In the second leg, Chamakh converted another goal to get the scoreline 3–2 on aggregate. However, in the second half, Bordeaux were unable to score another as Lyon advanced to the semi-finals on the aggregate scoreline.[35] In Ligue 1, Chamakh appeared in all 38 matches for the first time in his career. Despite starting the campaign strong, Bordeaux fell out of the running for the league title in the spring and eventually finished the season in 6th place failing to qualify for European competition next season.

Arsenal

On 21 May 2010, Chamakh completed his move to Arsenal on a free transfer. The transfer took effect on 1 July 2010.[36] He made his debut in a pre-season friendly against Barnet on 17 July 2010 appearing as a substitute.[37] On 27 July, he scored his first pre-season goal for the club converting a penalty in a 4–0 victory over Austrian club SC Neusiedl.[38] In the 2010 edition of the Emirates Cup, Chamakh scored on his home debut against Italian club Milan.[39] He made his Premier League debut on 15 August in the team's 1–1 draw with Liverpool. Chamakh contributed to the team's equalizing goal by heading a cross off the goal post, which then redirected off of goalkeeper Pepe Reina and in to the back of the net resulting in an own goal. On 21st August 2010, he scored his first Premier League goal with a header against Blackpool on his debut at the Emirates Stadium. In the same match, he won a penalty when he was fouled by Ian Evatt, which Andrei Arshavin subsequently converted in a 6-0 win for Arsenal. In his third start in 4 games he scored the vital 2nd goal against Bolton when converting a cross from Cesc Fàbregas with his head.

International career

Chamakh playing in a 2010 World Cup qualification match against Gabon.

Chamakh is a Moroccan international at senior level. Prior to representing Morocco, he played for the under-19 team of France and made his debut on 12 February 2003 in a friendly match against the Czech Republic.[40] That was his only appearance with the team. Chamakh was called up to the team for the 2003 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship, but declined the offer after being called up for Morocco national team by coach Badou Zaki for the team's 2004 African Cup of Nations qualification matches against Sierra Leone and Gabon.[41] On 7 June 2003, he made his debut with the team in the match against Sierra Leone. On 10 September 2003, Chamakh scored both goals, which included his first international goal, in a 2–0 victory over Trinidad and Tobago.[42][43][44][45] He participated in the rest of the qualification matches and was later named to participate in the tournament. Chamakh scored two goals in the competition; one against Benin in the group stage and another in the quarter-finals against Algeria. Morocco beat Mali in the semi-finals to reach the final where they faced Tunisia. In the match, Chamakh played the entire match as Morocco were defeated 2–1 at the Stade 7 Novembre in Tunis.

In qualification for the 2006 FIFA World Cup, Chamakh scored three goals. One of his goals during qualification occurred on 8 October 2010 against Tunisia. With Morocco needing a win to qualify for the World Cup, Chamakh opened the scoring in the third minute. However, the match finished 2–2 meaning Morocco only had the satisfaction of qualifying for the 2006 Africa Cup of Nations. In the tournament, Morocco were eliminated in the group stage and departed the tournament without scoring a goal. In 2008, Chamakh was selected to participate in his third consecutive Africa Cup of Nations and was held scoreless in the competition as Morocco were again eliminated in the group stage. In 2009–2010, Chamakh appeared in only four matches and scored no goals as Morocco failed to qualify for both the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations and the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

Career statistics

Club

(correct as of 11 September 2010)[1][42][46][47][48][49][50][51][52]
Club Season League Cup[53] Europe Other[54] Total
Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists
Bordeaux 2002–03 10 1 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 1 2
2003–04 25 6 2 2 0 0 8 4 0 0 0 0 35 10 2
2004–05 33 10 6 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 11 6
2005–06 29 7 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 7 5
2006–07 29 5 4 7 2 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 42 7 5
2007–08 32 4 7 5 0 0 7 4 0 0 0 0 44 8 7
2008–09 34 13 6 4 0 0 8 3 1 1 0 0 47 16 7
2009–10 38 10 1 4 1 0 9 5 0 1 0 0 52 16 1
Total 230 56 31 31 4 2 38 16 1 2 0 0 302 76 34
Arsenal 2010–11 4 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 3 1
Total 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 5 3 1
Career total 234 58 32 31 4 2 38 16 1 2 0 0 306 78 35

International goals

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 10 September 2003 Stade El Harti, Marrakech, Morocco  Trinidad and Tobago
1 – 0
2 – 0
Friendly
2
2 – 0
3 31 January 2004 Stade Taïeb El Mhiri, Sfax, Tunisia  Benin
1 – 0
4 – 0
2004 African Cup of Nations
4 8 February 2004 Stade Taïeb El Mhiri, Sfax, Tunisia  Algeria
1 – 1
3 – 1
2004 African Cup of Nations
5 10 October 2004 Stade 28 Septembre, Conakry, Guinea  Guinea
1 – 0
1 – 1
2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
6 4 June 2005 Stade Moulay Abdellah, Rabat, Morocco  Malawi
1 – 1
4 – 1
2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
7 8 October 2005 Stade 7 November, Radès, Tunisia  Tunisia
1 – 0
2 – 2
2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
8 9 January 2006 Rabat, Morocco  DR Congo
1 – 0
3 – 0
Friendly
9 17 January 2006 Marrakech, Morocco  Angola
1 – 0
2 – 2
Friendly
10 2 September 2006 Stade Moulay Abdellah, Rabat, Morocco  Malawi
1 – 0
2 – 0
2008 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
11 7 February 2007 Casablanca, Morocco  Tunisia
1 – 0
1 – 1
Friendly
12 2 June 2007 Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca, Morocco  Uganda
1 – 0
2 – 0
2008 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
13 16 January 2008 Rabat, Morocco  Angola
1 – 1
2 – 1
Friendly
14 31 March 2009 Estádio do Restelo, Lisbon, Portugal  Angola
2 – 0
2 – 0
Friendly

Honours

Club

Bordeaux

International

Morocco

Individual

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  53. ^ Includes cups competitions such as the Coupe de France, Coupe de la Ligue, FA Cup, Football League Cup
  54. ^ Includes other competitive competitions, including the Trophée des champions, FA Community Shield, UEFA Super Cup, Intercontinental Cup, FIFA Club World Cup
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