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Yoann Gourcuff
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| Yoann Gourcuff | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Yoann Gourcuff | |
| Date of birth | July 11, 1986 | |
| Place of birth | Ploemeur, France | |
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | |
| Playing position | Attacking midfielder | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | AC Milan | |
| Number | 20 | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| 2000-2001 2001-2003 |
FC Lorient Stade Rennais |
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| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 2003-2006 2006- |
Rennes AC Milan |
64 (6) 26 (2) |
| National team2 | ||
| 2005- | France U21 | |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Yoann Gourcuff (born July 11, 1986) is a French footballer who is presently playing with AC Milan.
Gourcuff was born in Ploemeur, Morbihan, Brittany. Having started out with FC Lorient (whose manager is his father Christian Gourcuff) at a young age, Gourcuff signed a youth contract with Stade Rennais in 2001, followed by a professional contract two years later.
Making only 9 appearances in the 2003-04 season, the following seasons were more successful, with him scoring 6 goals in the 2005-06 season, helping Rennes to finish 7th in Ligue 1 and winning them a place in the 2006 Intertoto Cup.
Having been linked with a host of big name European clubs such as Ajax Amsterdam, Valencia CF and Arsenal F.C., at the end of the 2006 season, he moved to A.C. Milan where his contract runs until the 2010-11 season.
He has been capped for France at schoolboy level and was part of the winning French team at the 2005 European Under-19 Football Championship.
He started his Milan career by scoring a goal and being one of the best players on view in Milan's first UEFA Champions League match against AEK Athens.
Gourcuff is being talked of by many as Zinedine Zidane's heir apparently due to his similar height, build, movement, and skill. Others have named him rather as the next Youri Djorkaeff.
There has been much speculation that Gourcuff is not happy with Milan because he has not featured regularly for the European champions and Arsenal are preparing a £15million bid for him. Newspapers claim Milan coach Carlo Ancelotti wants to offload Gourcuff as Brazilian teen sensation Alexandre Pato will be eligible to feature for the first-team from January 3 after his move from Internacional. However, Arsenal could face competition from French clubs Lens and Paris St Germain who are keen on signing the midfielder on loan.
| Season | Team | League | League *1 | Europe *2 | Total | |||
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| App. | Goals | App. | Goals | App. | Goals | |||
| 2003-04 | Rennes | Ligue 1 | 9 | 0 | - | - | 9 | 0 |
| 2004-05 | Rennes | Ligue 1 | 21 | 0 | 21 | 0 | ||
| 2005-06 | Rennes | Ligue 1 | 36 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 41 | 6 |
| 2006-07 | AC Milan | Serie A | 10 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 2 |
| Total | 76 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 87 | 8 | ||
- Yoann Gourcuff and Ricardo Kaka Fan Website
- Yoann Gourcuff's profile, stats & pics
- Soccernet profile
- Yoann Gourcuff Fan WebSite
- Non-officiel Web site
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1 Dida • 2 Cafu • 3 Maldini • 4 Kaladze • 5 Emerson • 7 Pato • 8 Gattuso • 9 Inzaghi • 10 Seedorf • 11 Gilardino • 13 Nesta • 16 Kalac • 17 Šimić • 18 Jankulovski • 19 Favalli • 20 Gourcuff • 21 Pirlo • 22 Kaká • 23 Ambrosini • 25 Bonera • 27 Serginho • 29 Fiori • 31 Digão • 32 Brocchi • 34 Ba • 36 Darmian • 44 Oddo • 94 W. Aubameyang • 99 Ronaldo • Coach: Ancelotti |