Ludovic Giuly

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Ludovic Giuly
Personal information
Full name Ludovic Giuly
Date of birth July 10, 1976 (1976-07-10) (age 31)
Place of birth    Lyon, France
Height 1.64 m (5 ft 4+1⁄2 in)
Playing position Winger / Attacking Midfielder
Club information
Current club A.S. Roma
Number 14
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1994–1998
1998–2004
2004–2007
2007–		 Lyon
AS Monaco
FC Barcelona
A.S. Roma		 100 (21)
184 (47)
085 (19)
032 0(6)   
National team2
2000–2005 France 017 0(3)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 13:18, 7 June 2008 (UTC).
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 05:22, 20 January 2008 (UTC).
* Appearances (Goals)

Ludovic Giuly (born July 10, 1976 in Lyon) is a French footballer who plays as a winger for A.S. Roma.

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[edit] Club career

[edit] 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 to FC Porto in the 2003-04 season

[edit] Barcelona

Barcelona paid €7 million to Monaco in order to sign him on June 28, 2004 with a contract until June 2008[1].

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.

[edit] 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.[2].

[edit] 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. [3]

Giuly was not selected for the French World Cup 2006 squad, as young Marseille playmaker Franck Ribéry was selected over Giuly.[4] However, with Djibril 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 to Dubai and Kish instead of waiting idly in the stand-by squad, and Sidney 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".[citation needed] French and Barcelona fans were extremely annoyed about this, but Giuly told his fans to respect the manager's decisions.[citation needed] However, he also added that if he got a chance to play for his country again, he would take it.

[edit] Style 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. At Barcelona, Giuly played on the right side of a three man forward line which included Messi, Ronaldinho and Samuel Eto'o.

[edit] Honours

[edit] Trivia

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  • 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 like Freddie Mercury and started calling the Frenchman by the name of the former Queen singer. According to some, he also resembles French President Nicolas 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.

[edit] References

  1. ^ www.footballdatabase.com
  2. ^ Acquisizione del diritto alle prestazioni sportive del calciatore Ludovic Giuly
  3. ^ Giuly out of Euro 2004BBC 28 May, 2004
  4. ^ Left-out Giuly hits at out at France coachSoccernet May 21, 2006
  1. I volti nuovi della serie A: Ludovic Giuly , Realsoccer.it 07/24/2007 (Italian)

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