Nicolas Anelka

Nicolas Anelka
Anelka playin for Chelsea in 2010
Personal information
Fou name Nicolas Sébastien Anelka[1]
Date o birth (1979-03-14) 14 Mairch 1979 (age 45)[2]
Place o birth Le Chesnay, Fraunce
Hicht 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[3]
Playin poseetion Striker
Club information
Current team
 Free agent
Hauflin career
1983–1993 Trappes Saint-Quentin
1993–1995 Clairefontaine[4]
1995–1996 Paris Saint-Germain
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–1997 Paris Saint-Germain 10 (1)
1997–1999 Arsenal 65 (23)
1999–2000 Real Madrid 19 (2)
2000–2002 Paris Saint-Germain 39 (10)
2001–2002 → Liverpool (loan) 20 (4)
2002–2005 Manchester City 89 (37)
2005–2006 Fenerbahçe 39 (14)
2006–2008 Bolton Wanderers 53 (21)
2008–2012 Chelsea 125 (38)
2012–2013 Shanghai Shenhua 22 (3)
2013 → Juventus (lend) 2 (0)
2013–2014 West Bromwich Albion 12 (2)
2014–2015 Mumbai City 13 (2)
Total 508 (157)
Naitional team
1997 France U20 3 (0)
1998–2010 France 69 (14)
Teams manisht
2012 Shanghai Shenhua (player-coach)
2015 Mumbai City (player-manager)
* Senior club appearances an goals coontit for the domestic league anerly an correct as o 5 November 2014

Nicolas Sébastien Anelka (French pronunciation: ​[ni.kɔ.la a.nɛl.ka]; born 14 Mairch 1979) is a French umwhile fitbawer. Prior tae his reteerment frae internaitional fitbaw, Anelka wis a regular member o the French naitional team an aw. Umwhile Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti haes describit him as a quick player wi guid aerial ability, technique, shuitin, an muivement aff the baw.[5]

Personal life

Anelka wis born in 1979 in Le Chesnay, Yvelines, tae parents who haed migratit frae Martinique in 1974. Thareefter thay settled in Trappes, near Paris. His mither is a secretar in the local heich schuil.[6][7][8]

Anelka is marriet tae Barbara Tausia, a Belgian choreographer. Thegither, thay hae twa sons, Kais born in 2008 an Kahil born in 2010.[9] He actit in the 2002 film Le Boulet as a fitbawer namit Nicolas. He haes stated that, whan he retires frae fitbaw, he wad lik tae wirk in the film industry acause he haes a friend in the business.[10]

Anelka haes twa brithers, Claude an Didier.[11]

References

  1. ↑ "FIFA World Cup South Africa 2010 – List of Players" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA). Archived frae the original (PDF) on 17 Mey 2020. Retrieved 5 Juin 2013.
  2. ↑ Hugman, Barry J. (2005). The PFA Premier & Football League Players' Records 1946–2005. Queen Anne Press. p. 25. ISBN 1-85291-665-6.
  3. ↑ "Player Profiles". West Bromwich Albion F.C. Archived frae the original on 25 December 2013. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
  4. ↑ "INF, formateur de talents" (in French). FFF. Archived frae the original on 14 November 2012. Retrieved 21 Julie 2009.
  5. ↑ "Ancelotti: Anelka has it all". Chelsea FC. 31 October 2009. Archived frae the original on 24 Mey 2014. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
  6. ↑ "Nicolas Anelka haunts old coach as Bolton beats Arsenal". The New York Times. 26 November 2006.
  7. ↑ "One-on-One with Nicolas Anelka" Archived 2008-08-28 at the Wayback Machine. FourFourTwo Retrieved 8 January 2012.
  8. ↑ "Nicolas Anelka: de Trappes à Wembley" Archived 2013-02-13 at Archive.today (in French). Le Point. 20 February 1999.
  9. ↑ Chelsea: The players The Guardian, 20 May 2008; Retrieved 10 February 2009
  10. ↑ Bryant, Tom (24 October 2007). "Has a journalist ever won an international cap?". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 20 Mey 2010.
  11. ↑ The £85m man lights Blue touchpaper The Observer, 30 November 2008

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