- Ludovic Giuly
Football player infobox
playername = Ludovic Giuly
fullname = Ludovic Giuly
nickname = Ludo
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1976|7|10
cityofbirth =Lyon
countryofbirth =France
height = height|meters=1.64
currentclub =Paris Saint Germain
clubnumber = 7
position = Winger / Attacking Midfielder
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1994-1998
1998-2004
2004-2007
2007-2008
2008-present
clubs = LyonAS Monaco FC Barcelona A.S. Roma Paris Saint Germain
caps(goals) = 100 (21)
184 (47)
085 (19)
032 0(6)
02 0(0)
nationalyears = 2000–2005
nationalteam = France
nationalcaps(goals) = 017 0(3)
pcupdate = 13:18, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
ntupdate = 05:22, 20 January 2008 (UTC)Ludovic Giuly (born
July 10 1976 inLyon ) is a Frenchfootball er who plays as a winger forParis Saint Germain .Club career
Early career
After starting his career with
Olympique Lyonnais in 1994, Giuly was signed by Monaco in January 1998.Giuly captained
AS Monaco FC on an amazing run to the Champions League final where they lost toFC Porto in the 2003-04 seasonBarcelona
Barcelona paid €7 million to Monaco in order to sign him on
June 28 2004 with a contract until June 2008 [ [http://www.footballdatabase.com/index.php?page=player&Id=1288&pn=Ludovic_Giuly www.footballdatabase.com] ] .Giuly helped Barcelona to win
La Liga in the 2004-05 season. He was the second top scorer for the club scoring 11 goals. Although his season was disrupted by several muscle injuries, Giuly was able to fulfill his promise to reach double digits in goals in his first year at his new club.In 2005-06 he helped win the Spanish title again, as well as capture the second Champions League trophy for the Catalan club. Giuly propelled Barca into the Champions League Final by scoring the only goal in their semi-final against
A.C. Milan .Roma
On
July 17 2007 , Giuly signed with Roma for a fee of €1.8 million per year to the player and €4,5M to his former club. Giuly's first season at Roma had him scoring more than many starting players which made him in the top 5 scorers of A.S Roma in his first year with the club. [ [http://www.asroma.it/UserFiles/721.pdf Acquisizione del diritto alle prestazioni sportive del calciatore Ludovic Giuly] ] .Paris Saint Germain
On
July 18 2008 , Giuly signed withParis Saint Germain for a fee of €2.5 million, where he will earn €300,000 per season.International career
Giuly has been capped for France, but was removed from his country's Euro 2004 squad due to a leg injury he sustained in the 2004 Champions League Final. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/euro_2004/france/3752123.stm Giuly out of Euro 2004] BBC 28 May, 2004]
Giuly was not selected for the French World Cup 2006 squad, as young Marseille playmaker
Franck Ribéry was selected over Giuly. [ [http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=368464 Left-out Giuly hits at out at France coach] Soccernet May 21, 2006] However, withDjibril Cissé having broken his leg in a World Cup warm-up match against China, Giuly could have been called up, but he asserted after the initial France squad was announced that he would go on holiday toDubai and Kish instead of waiting idly in the stand-by squad, andSidney Govou was called up instead. Even after the World Cup,Raymond Domenech said "there is no need for Giuly to keep on playing for France, there are younger and better alternatives for him".Fact|date=February 2007 French and Barcelona fans were extremely annoyed about this, but Giuly told his fans to respect the manager's decisions.Fact|date=October 2007 However, he also added that if he got a chance to play for his country again, he would take it.tyle of play
During his career Giuly has been employed as a wide midfielder and as a "second striker" playing behind and to the side of an out-and-out forward, such as
Fernando Morientes at Monaco. He is known to play a direct style by running straight at defenders with pace. At Barcelona, Giuly played on the right side of a three man forward line which includedMessi ,Ronaldinho andSamuel Eto'o .Honours
*Ligue 1 (French Championship): 2000 (
AS Monaco )
*Primera División (Spanish Championship): 2005, 2006 (FC Barcelona )
*French League Cup: 2003 (AS Monaco )
*Spanish Super Cup : 2005, 2006 (FC Barcelona )
*Italian Super Cup : 2007 (AS Roma )
*Italian Cup : 2008 (AS Roma )
*Champions League: 2006 (FC Barcelona )
*Confederations Cup : 2003 (France)Trivia
* He earned himself the nicknames "Ludo", "Petit Prince de Monaco", "Magic Imp", "The Atomic Goblin", "El Raton" and "Speedy Giuly".
* During the 2005/06 season, his teammates at Barcelona decided that Giuly looked likeFreddie Mercury and started calling the Frenchman by the name of the former Queen singer. According to some, he also resembles French PresidentNicolas Sarkozy .
* Before the 2006 Champions League Final, Giuly pledged to come to the next preseason with a moustache (in honor of Mercury) if Barça won.
* A cult hero in his native France, Ludovic Giuly has spawned many fan clubs and dedicated fans.References
- [http://www.realsoccer.it/NotiziaInterna.php?table=HOMENEWS&recid=11246 I volti nuovi della serie A: Ludovic Giuly ] , Realsoccer.it 07/24/2007 it icon
External links
* [http://www.ludovic-giuly.com Official Website]
* [http://www.footballdatabase.com/site/players/index.php?dumpPlayer=1288 FootballDatabase :: Ludovic Giuly]
* [http://www.ludo-giuly.tk www.ludo-giuly.tk]
* [http://www.footy-boots.com/bikkembergs-bix-football-boots/ Ludovic Giuly Football Boots]
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