- Amaury Bischoff
Football player infobox
playername = Amaury Bischoff
fullname = Amaury Bischoff
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1987|3|31
cityofbirth =Colmar
countryofbirth =France
height = height|m=1.76
position =Midfielder , Winger
currentclub = Arsenal
clubnumber = 28
youthclubs =SR Colmar RC Strasbourg
youthyears =
2005
clubs = Werder Bremen II
Werder Bremen
Arsenal
years = 2005–2008
2006–2008
2008–
caps(goals) = 62 (6)
00 (0)
00 (0)
nationalyears = 2007–
nationalteam = Portugal U-21
nationalcaps(goals) =
pcupdate = 30 July 2008
ntupdate = 29 June 2008Amaury Bischoff (born on
March 31 1987 inColmar ) is a French-Portuguese footballer who plays for Arsenal as amidfielder . He has a Portuguese mother and a father fromAlsace ,France .Club Career
Werder Bremen
The
midfielder began his football career atSR Colmar . FromRC Strasbourg , he moved to Werder Bremen's second team in 2005. Due to his good performances in the second team, Bischoff trained with Bremen's first team several times.His debut game came in the
UEFA Cup againstCelta de Vigo , when he replaced the Brazilian Diego in the 74th minute. He decided to leave Werder Bremen onJuly 1 ,2008 after rejecting a contract extension to look for a new challenge. After announcing this he made a statement in which he said that his transfer to Arsenal was imminent. [cite news |title=Amaury transfer to Arsenal 'imminent' |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2008/07/01/ufnbisch101.xml |publisher=telegraph.co.uk |date=2008-07-01 |accessdate=2008-07-01 ] [cite news |title=Bischoff set for Gunners |url=http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11095_3761361,00.html |publisher=skysports.com |date=2008-07-01 |accessdate=2008-07-01 ]Arsenal
It was confirmed on
July 30 ,2008 byArsenal F.C. that Amaury had signed for the club and would wear squad No 28. Wenger said he knew the signing was a "gamble on talent" due to the midfielder's injury record. [cite news |title=Portuguese midfielder Amaury Bischoff joins Arsenal |url=http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/portuguese-midfielder-bischoff-joins-arsenal |publisher=arsenal.com |date=2008-07-30 |accessdate=2008-09-21] Bischoff made his debut in an Arsenal shirt onOctober 6 ,2008 in a reserve match againstStoke City . [http://www.arsenal.com/match-menu/3020278/reserves/arsenal-res-v-stoke-city?tab=report]National team
Amaury Bischoff has played for France's U-18 team. On
May 14 2007 he elected to train with Portugal's U-20 team, and has since appeared for thePortugal national under-21 football team .References
External Links
* [http://www.fussballdaten.de/spieler/bischoffamaury/ Career Stats at Fussballdaten.de] de icon
* [http://www.arsenal.com/first-team/players/amaury-bischoff Profile] at Arsenal.com
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