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Laurent Ciman
Ciman with Belgium in 2011
Personal information
Full name Laurent Franco Ciman[1]
Date of birth (1985-08-05) 5 August 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth Farciennes, Belgium
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[2]
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Dijon
Number 6
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2008 Charleroi 85 (3)
2008–2010 Club Brugge 16 (0)
2009–2010 → Kortrijk (loan) 34 (2)
2010–2015 Standard Liège 152 (6)
2015–2017 Montreal Impact 85 (3)
2018 Los Angeles FC 22 (3)
2018– Dijon 0 (0)
International career‡
2004–2008 Belgium U21 6 (0)
2010– Belgium 20 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 August 2018
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 6 June 2017

Laurent Franco Ciman (born 5 August 1985) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Ligue 1 club Dijon and the Belgium national football team.

Club career

Ciman began his career in the youth system of Charleroi and made his first team debut in 2004. His play with Charleroi attracted the interest of the top Belgian clubs. Ciman was transferred from Charleroi to Club Brugge in June 2008 and signed a three-year contract for the Belgian team, he was loaned to Kortrijk for the 2009–10 season. On 16 June 2010, he joined Standard Liège on a four-year contract.[3] Upon joining Standard Ciman established him as a starter and helped the club capture the 2010–11 Belgian Cup. He made a total of 194 appearances for the club, scoring eight goals, before leaving the club in the winter of 2015.

Ciman signed a three-year deal with Major League Soccer club Montreal Impact on 22 January 2015.[4] In his first season with the team, he was named MLS Defender of the Year.[5] In July 2016, he was included in the roster for the 2016 MLS All-Star Game.[6]

On 12 December 2017, Ciman was traded to MLS expansion side Los Angeles FC in exchange for Raheem Edwards and Jukka Raitala.[7]

On 28 August 2018, Ciman joined Ligue 1 club Dijon FCO on a two-year contract. The transfer fee paid to LAFC was reported as $500,000.[8]

International career

Ciman was a member of the Belgian squad which came fourth at the 2008 Olympics.

Ciman also played for the National U21 side and was called up by national coach Georges Leekens for the friendly match against Bulgaria on 19 May 2010, during which he made his debut.

On 13 May 2014, Ciman was named in Belgium's squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup.[9] He was unused in the tournament, in which Belgium reached the quarter-finals. In the next major tournament, UEFA Euro 2016 he was also part of the squad. This time, he played in the opening game of the competition, a 2–0 defeat to Italy.[10]

In May 2018, he was named as an alternate for Belgium’s squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.[11]

Career statistics

International

As of 15 October 2016[12]
Belgium national team
Year Apps Goals
2010 2 0
2011 6 0
2014 1 0
2016 5 1
Total 14 1

Goals

As of match played 5 June 2016. Belgium score listed first, score column indicates score after each Ciman goal.[13]
International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1 5 June 2016 King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium 11  Norway 3–2 3–2 Friendly

Honours

Individual

Club

Club Brugge

Standard Liège

Montréal Impact

References

  1. ^ "2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil: List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 11 June 2014. p. 4. Retrieved 10 July 2014.
  2. ^ http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/season=2016/teams/player=97598/index.html
  3. ^ Marcos au FC Bruges Ciman au Standard -lesoir.be Template:Fr icon
  4. ^ "Impact signs centre back Laurent Ciman to multi-year deal". Montreal Impact. 22 January 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
  5. ^ http://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2015/11/11/montreal-impact-defender-laurent-ciman-named-2015-mls-defender-year
  6. ^ "Villa, Pirlo and Kaka headline MLS All-Star squad to face Arsenal". FourFourTwo. 17 July 2016. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
  7. ^ https://www.impactmontreal.com/en/post/2017/12/12/impact-acquires-jukka-raitala-and-raheem-edwards
  8. ^ "Belgium international Laurent Ciman exits LAFC for move to Dijon". ESPN FC. 29 August 2018. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
  9. ^ "Adnan Januzaj included in Belgium's World Cup squad". BBC. 13 May 2014. Retrieved 13 May 2014.
  10. ^ Andy Hunter (13 June 2016). "Emanuele Giaccherini and Graziano Pellè seal Italy win over Belgium". theguardian.com. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
  11. ^ "Vincent Kompany included in Belgium's World Cup squad despite injury".
  12. ^ Laurent Ciman at National-Football-Teams.com
  13. ^ Laurent Ciman at Soccerway
  14. ^ "2015 AT&T MLS All-Star Game Roster". Major League Soccer. 13 July 2015.
  15. ^ "Doelpunt Sonck bezorgt Club zege op Brugse Metten". Het Laatste Nieuws (in Dutch). 19 July 2009.
  16. ^ "Impact's CONCACAF Champions League trophy chances dashed after home defeat". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
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