Florent Malouda

Florent Malouda in the 2012 European Football Championship

Florent Malouda ( born June 13, 1980 in Cayenne, French Guiana ) is a French football player. The midfielder, who can also be used in the storm, is the Turkish first division side Trabzonspor under contract.

Career

Florent Malouda began his playing career at amateur club REMIRE ASC; In 1995 he moved to French second division club LB Châteauroux. In Châteauroux 'only Erstligasaison (1997/ 98) he came only once used, then there signed his first professional contract and then established himself as a regular in the second division, where he scored five goals in 58 games. In 2000 he moved to EA Guingamp, though other much larger clubs interested in him. There he played alongside Didier Drogba and has qualified with the Association for the Intertoto Cup.

After three years in Guingamp, where he knew often convincing (92 Erstligapartien, 15 hits ), he joined in the summer of 2003 for 2.5 million euros to the French champions Olympique Lyon, with which he was master and the Trophée des Champions every year won. In total, he played 231 times in the French Ligue 1, scoring 40 goals.

For the season 2007/ 08 he spent around 13.5 million pounds to the English vice-champion and FA Cup winners Chelsea FC, with whom he had initially struggled with conversion problems. After he got used to English football, he got more and more operating time. In the 2008 /09 season, he completed 31 league games. In the 2009/10 season he got 33 times for Chelsea on the pitch and scored twelve goals. He also was elected in March 2010 Player of the Month Premier League.

In the 2011/12 season Malouda won with Chelsea FC for the third time the FA Cup and the UEFA Champions League for the first time.

For the 2012/13 season Malouda has been removed from the squad for the first team and relegated to the reserve squad. After expiry of his contract on June 30, 2013, he left the club. Since the 2013/14 season, the Frenchman plays at Trabzonspor.

On the 2nd Round him with a full shot into the top corner succeeded on August 26, 2013 at the Derby against Çaykur Rizespor his first goal for Trabzonspor.

National

Florent Malouda has played in the French U18 national team before he was called up for the first time on 17 November 2004 in a friendly against Poland in the A- team. He had his first competitive game use the qualifying match for the 2006 World Cup against Israel.

At the World Cup Malouda ran from the second group game against South Korea to the final against Italy always on. There he took after he was fouled by Marco Materazzi, the penalty to make it 1-0 standings out. Despite this action, and a nice game on the left wing it was not enough to win. The game was lost on penalties.

Also in the European Championship finals in 2008, he belonged to the French squad. The French team disappointed at full line. Malouda played in the first group game against Romania by. In the second against the Netherlands he was replaced when the score was 0:2 for Bafetimbi Gomis.

In the 2010 World Cup for the French not only athletic disastrous he managed the only goal of the Équipe Tricolore. His 80th and final 'A' Game of Florent Malouda as France 0-2 defeat during the European Cup final in 2012 against Spain.

Other activities

Florent Malouda is already active during his playing days in particular for the promotion of young soccer players in French Guiana. In 2009 he set up a foundation ( "One Love" ), provides the material support for it. He has used for the purchase of minibuses for local football clubs His premiums for the 2009/10 season. And in the summer of 2011, he was shareholder of the French Erstligaaufsteigers FCO Dijon; Malouda justified this by saying that the club had given his brother Lesly a second chance. In addition, the FCO initiated with this investment project, the young players from the Francophone world who are trying to gain a foothold in France, facilitated the first steps and paving roads.

Achievements

Association

  • UEFA Champions League: 2012
  • French Football Champion: 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
  • Trophée des Champions: 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
  • FA Cup: 2009, 2010, 2012
  • English Champion: 2010

National

  • Vice World Champion: 2006

Individually

  • Ligue 1 Player of the Year: 2007
  • Premier League Player of the Month: March 2010
En Avant de Guingamp Olympique Lyonnais John Terry 2009–10 Premier League Lesly Malouda 2011–12 UEFA Champions League Zeki Ayvaz Alexandru Bourceanu Gustavo Colman Aykut Demir Marc Janko Adrian Mierzejewski Mustafa Yumlu Didier Zokora Juninho Pernambucano
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