Bruno N'Gotty
Bruno N'Gotty ( born June 10, 1971 in Lyon, France ) is a French former football player with Cameroonian roots. The defender, who ran aground between 1994 and 1997 in six appearances for the French national football team won with Paris Saint- Germain the European Cup Winners' Cup.
Career
Career Start in France
N'Gotty began playing football in his hometown at Olympique Lyon. As a young player he made his debut in early 1988 during a cup game in the first team of the club. He then established himself in the squad of the then second division and was an integral part of the team that brought about the resurgence of the clubs in the Division 1 in the summer of 1989. In the first division he established himself as a regular player and received due to its comparable with Ronald Koeman play the name Koeman noir.
On the side of players such as Eugène Kabongo, Rémi Garde, Samassi Abou and Florian Maurice N'Gotty helped the club at the beginning of the decade to avoid relegation in the French Elite series. In the course of the season 1993/94, from which he graduated with Olympique Lyon in eighth place in the table, he attracted the attention of the French national team coach Aimé Jacquet. On the side of Zinédine Zidane and Lilian Thuram he arrived on August 17, 1994 on the occasion of an international match against the Czech national team to his international debut. However, he could not play firmly in the selection, even though he had to have at club level in the following year with the runner-up behind FC Nantes a small success. On the side of Éric Roy, Pascal Olmeta and Franck Gava he was going to be run as one of the best defenders in the league in 35 of the 38 season games and had scored three goals.
N'Gotty nevertheless left his hometown club to hire the champion in 1994 and reigning Cup champion, the capital club Paris Saint- Germain. The desire by the club move to increase the chances of title wins, fulfilled in his first year. On the side of Julio César Dely Valdés, Bernard Lama, Youri Djorkaeff, Raí and Patrice Loko, he moved with the team to a final of the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1995/96 against SK Rapid Wien. In Brussels King Baudouin Stadium, he advanced on 8 May 1996 match winner when he with a long shot the Austrian goalkeeper Michael Konsel overcame the game-winning goal for the 1-0 final score in 28 minutes. As a runner-up behind AJ Auxerre he missed the club to a second title in short supply.
The following season was almost a mirror image of N'Gottys first season in Paris. Also in the European Cup Winners 1996/97 he moved with the team to the final one. The defense of the title in the Rotterdam Feyenoord Stadium failed because the managed by Bobby Robson FC Barcelona prevailed with a goal by Ronaldo with a 1-0 victory. In addition, the championship again was denied, as in second behind the AS Monaco he moved but with the club in the UEFA Champions League.
N'Gotty, however, had played again to NotePad Aimé Jacquet and ran again in 1997 on the Équipe Tricolore. Although he was able to play again not fixed permanently, but the season 1997/98 brought him at club level several titles profits. After they had early lost all hope in the Championship, which ended as a table of eight, he celebrated two triumphs Cup with the club. In April, the team in the Coupe de la Ligue without his help in a penalty shoot-out against Girondins Bordeaux won the title, he also took the club into a playoff against RC Lens at the Coupe de France in 1997/98. He stayed there in early May of the year also without bet when the team with goals from Marco Simone Raí and a 2-1 success.
Italy and return to France
N'Gotty, who had found no consideration in the squad of the French national team for the 1998 World Cup, left in the summer of his homeland and moved to Italy's Serie A for AC Milan. On the side of Paolo Maldini, Alessandro Costacurta and Thomas Helveg he was only temporarily to the permanent employees of the Lombard Club. However, he added, in 25 season stakes for winning the national champion title. After he was injured did not exit at the start of the following season on the status of a supplementary player, the club gave him to the league rivals SSC Venice. In his new club he belonged to the permanent employees, but could not prevent the descent of the club from the city of lagoons in the second tier of the season.
After two years in Italy N'Gotty returned in the summer of 2000 to France. Olympique Marseille he became the master force in the defensive line. With the team around players like Ibrahima Bakayoko, Frédéric Brando, Jacques Abardonado and Patrick Blondeau he escaped at the end of the season barely escape relegation, as the last non - relegation spot was occupied before the FC Toulouse, Racing Strasbourg and AS Saint- Étienne. After just one season he left France again.
Years in England
In the summer of 2001 N'Gotty hired at Bolton Wanderers. First obligated Players out on loan him the club bought for its activities in January 2002. With the team to Kevin Nolan, Fredi Bobic, Youri Djorkaeff and Michael Ricketts, he reached in his first year in England with the 16th place in the table relegation in the Premier League. As a regular player, he was also in the following years, the driving force that kept the club in the English House of Lords. After coach Sam Allardyce wanted to lower middle of the decade the average age of the team, his contract expiring in the summer of 2006 the club was not renewed.
N'Gotty may consider the free transfer to Birmingham City on. For the year Abstieger he ran on in the second-class Championship. After the missed resurgence, he moved on to the end of the season league rivals Leicester City. From there he was hired in September 2008 to the third division side Hereford United, for whom he ran aground a month in the Football League One. Then he returned to Leicester City, where in the summer of 2009 his contract expired. After he ended his active career.
Achievements
- Once the European Cup Winners Cup Winners' Cup in 1996 with Paris St. Germain
- Once a French Cup winner in 1998 with Paris St. Germain
- Once the French League Cup winner in 1998 with Paris St. Germain
- Once French Supercup final 1998 Paris St. Germain