Morgan Amalfitano
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Morgan Amalfitano | ||
| Date of birth | 20 March 1985 | ||
| Place of birth | Nice, France | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Marseille | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Cannes | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2003–2008 | Sedan | 126 | (0) |
| 2008–2011 | Lorient | 110 | (14) |
| 2011– | Marseille | 58 | (2) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2012– | France | 1 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 May 2013 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 29 February 2012 | |||
Morgan Amalfitano (born 20 March 1985 in Nice) is a French professional footballer who plays for Marseille, as a midfielder. His younger brother Romain also plays professional football. His main position is as a wide midfielder but he can also operate as an attacking or central midfielder.
Club career
Sedan
Amalfitano made his professional debut in a 0–1 draw against Marseille on 6 August 2006 under coach Serge Romano. He went on to play 30 games that season, starting in 28 of them. However, Sedan finished 19th and they were relegated to Ligue 2. The next season, Sedan managed to finish fourth failing to regain promotion under coach Jose Pasqualetti.
Lorient
The following offseason, Amalfitano moved to Ligue 1 side FC Lorient. In 3 seasons with the club, Amalfitano played 102 matches and scored 14 goals.
Marseille
In July 2011, Amalfitano joined Marseille on a free transfer, signing a contract until 2015.[1] He made his debut for the club in the Trophee des Champions against Lille in a 5–4 win on 27 July, coming on as a substitute and later hitting the woodwork with his first show for the club.[2] His competitive debut for the club came on 6 August in the first round of the new Ligue 1 season, he was subbed off in the 66th minute for Mathieu Valbuena as Marseille had to settle for a 2–2 draw at home to Sochaux.[3] He made his Champions League debut in a 1–0 win against Olympiakos on 13 September 2011.[4][5] He scored his first goal for the club on 27 November 2011 in a 3–0 home victory against Paris Saint-Germain,[6] as well as providing the assist for Jordan Ayew's goal that sealed the emphatic win.[7] On 6 December 2011 in the final match of the group stage of the Champions League, Amalfitano provided assists for Loic Remy and Andre Ayew as a late Valbuena strike earned l'OM a 3–2 victory over Borussia Dortmund and a place in the knockout phase.[8][9]
Amalfitano played the full 120 minutes on 14 April 2012 as Marseille defeated Lyon 1–0, thanks to a late Brandão strike, to gain the Coupe de la Ligue trophy.[10][11] Amalfitano finished the season with 49 appearances for the club but the up and down campaign which ended with the club missing out on the Champions League resulted in Amalfitano asking for a transfer request.[12]..
International career
Amalfitano made his debut in a 2–1 victory for France in a friendly against neighbors Germany on 29 February 2012, providing the cross for which Florent Malouda bundled Les Bleus second goal of the game across the line.[13]
Career statistics
Club
Statistics accurate as of match played 11 November 2012[14][15]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other[16] | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Assists | ||
| Sedan | 2004–05 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | |
| 2005–06 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0 | ||
| 2006–07 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2007–08 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0 | ||
| Total | 126 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 126 | 0 | 2 | |
| Lorient | ||||||||||||||
| 2008–09 | 35 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 3 | 2 | |
| 2009–10 | 37 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 7 | 6 | |
| 2010–11 | 38 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 5 | 16 | |
| Total | 110 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 121 | 15 | 24 | |
| Marseille | ||||||||||||||
| 2011–12 | 32 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 49 | 2 | 10 | |
| 2012–13 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 1 | 6 | |
| Total | 58 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 85 | 3 | 16 | |
| Career total | 294 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 332 | 18 | 42 | |
Honours
References
- ^ http://www.skysports.com/football/player/0,,11810_318240,00.html
- ^ http://www.goal.com/en/match/63742/losc-lille-m%C3%A9tropole-vs-olympique-de-marseille/report
- ^ http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=320396&cc=5901
- ^ http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2012/matches/round=2000263/match=2007571/postmatch/report/index.html
- ^ http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=331257&cc=5901
- ^ http://www.goal.com/en-us/match/60887/marseille-vs-psg/report
- ^ http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=320256&cc=5901
- ^ http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=320256&cc=5901
- ^ http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2012/matches/round=2000263/match=2007652/postmatch/report/index.html
- ^ http://www.lfp.fr/coupeLigue/feuille_match/75841
- ^ http://www.goal.com/en/match/76265/olympique-lyonnais-vs-olympique-de-marseille/report
- ^ http://www.goal.com/en-my/news/3988/rest-of-europe/2012/05/26/3128620/amalfitano-keen-to-leave-marseille-report
- ^ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/england/9114746/Germany-1-France-2-match-report.html
- ^ "La Carrière de Morgan Amalfitano". LFP. Retrieved 15 August 2011.
- ^ "Loic Remy". Football Database.
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External links
- Morgan Amalfitano – French league stats at LFP – also available in French (archived)
