Mickaël Landreau

Mickaël Landreau

Personal information
Full name	Mickaël Vincent André-Marie Landreau
Date of birth	14 May 1979 (1979-05-14) (age 32)
Place of birth	Machecoul, France
Height	1.84 m (6 ft  1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Lille
Number	1
Youth career
1995–1996	Nantes
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1996–2006	Nantes	335	(0)
2006–2009	Paris Saint-Germain	114	(0)
2009–	Lille	66	(0)
National team‡
2001–	France	11	(0[1])
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 29 May 2011. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17 October 2007

Mickaël Vincent André-Marie Landreau (born May 14, 1979 in Machecoul) is a French professional football goalkeeper, who currently plays for French Ligue 1 side Lille OSC. He has 11 caps for the French national team.

Club career

Landreau graduated from the Nantes Atlantique "Centre of Excellence" in La Jonelière. His first professional match for Nantes was a 0–0 draw against Bastia in 1996. Since 1996, he remained a mainstay in the Nantes starting line-up, and consistently produced excellent performances. He was selected to represent the France youth national team at the 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship.

Having won two consecutive French Cup trophies in 1999 and 2000, Landreau and Nantes were crowned 2001 Ligue 1 champions. In the semi-final of the 2004 French Cup, Landreau produced several saves, but to no avail as the team could not score and were eliminated from the competition. At the end of the 2005–06 Ligue 1 season, Landreau's contract with Nantes was set to expire. He gave a press conference and announced that after thirteen years, he would leave FC Nantes to meet new challenges in a more important team. He then joined Paris Saint-Germain on a free transfer, signing a four-years contract on 15 May 2006. Five days after signing for Lille, he suffered a massive blow by damaging cruciate ligaments during a training session which will keep him out of action for around six-months.

International career

Landreau was called up to the French squad for the 2006 World Cup by French national team manager Raymond Domenech. He wore the number 1 shirt for France at the tournament, despite being third-choice keeper behind Fabien Barthez and Grégory Coupet. Landreau later became the second choice behind Coupet even though Barthez, who had retired after the World Cup, returned to professional football in December 2006. Landreau was surprisingly not named to the French squad for Euro 2008, with Steve Mandanda and Sébastien Frey being named ahead of him.^[2] Hugo Lloris has since emerged as the country's first-choice goaltender.

Honours

Club

Nantes

• Ligue 1: 2001
• Coupe de France: 1999, 2000
• Trophée Des Champions: 1999, 2001

Paris Saint-Germain

• Coupe de la Ligue: 2008

Lille

• Coupe de France: 2011
• Ligue 1: 2011

Country

• France
  • 2006 FIFA World Cup: Runner-up

References

1. ^ Mickaël Landreau at National-Football-Teams.com
2. ^ French Euro 2008 Squad

External links

• Official Website
• Mickaël Landreau French league stats at LFP.fr (French)^{[dead link]}
• (French) FFF profile
• (French) PSG profile
• (English) UEFA interview

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Name	Landreau, Mickaël
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Date of birth	May 14, 1979
Place of birth	Machecoul, France
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