Florian Maurice
Florian Maurice ( born January 20, 1974 in Sainte -Foy- lès -Lyon ) is a former French footballer. Until his career in the late Forwards in six French and one Spanish club was under contract.
Career
Association
Maurice started his career in the junior division club FC Ville Franche and came from there in 1986 to the youth academy of Olympique Lyon. For professional cadres of Ostfranzosen belonged from the 1991 / 92nd But on his first Ligue 1 insert he had to wait a year. In August 1992, allowed the then- then 18 -year-old the first time in France's top flight accrues. His final national breakthrough came with the season 1994/95 when he scored 15 league goals. The following season he was able to mark 18 results. 1996 Maurice ' steep ascent was interrupted by a persistent hamstring injury. It took him several months to recover from this injury again. In the summer of 1997 he decided to Premier League rivals Paris Saint- Germain to change. After his first year in Paris, he was able to win with the team the Coupe de France and Coupe de la Ligue. After 29 games and seven goals, he decided the club after just one year to leave again and signed a contract with Olympique Marseille. In his first year at Marseille Maurice was back to its former strength and was able to port townspeople 14 times networks. At the end of the season the final of the UEFA Cup was reached, but had to give up the AC Parma defeated with 0:3. In the next two years threw him back again and again minor injuries, so he had it rough to recommend for the starting lineup.
In the summer of 2001, he opted for a move abroad and hired at Celta de Vigo in Spain. After a disappointing year, he returned to the Spaniards the back and returned to the Ligue 1 in order to go from then on for the SC Bastia hunting for goals can. After the leak of his contract in the summer of 2004, he received no extension at Bastia, so that was another change necessary. With FC Istres he found a new employer. There, he failed to score a goal in 14 games, so that this chapter was terminated after half a year. In the Ligue 2 at LB Châteauroux he tried again a new beginning, but decided to end his professional career with the completion of the 2004/05 season.
National
After his good performances in league play operation of the 1995/96 season Maurice was invited for U -21 France to participate in the U -21 Football Championship in 1996 may. At the end of the 3rd place was occupied. In the same year he was appointed to the team of the Summer Olympics. His debut for the French national team, he was in August 1996 when he was appointed by then-coach Aimé Jacquet. Injuries to his international career was short-lived. His last game for Les Bleus was the 3-0 victory against Croatia in November 1999. He celebrated his first and only scoring.
To a large tournament like the European Football Championship or World Cup, he was never invited.