Mathieu Flamini

Mathieu Flamini is a Football or French born the March 7th 1984 with Marseilles. He currently plays station of medium to Arsenal after having played one season with the Olympique of Marseilles.

Biography

Beginnings in France

To the training center of the Olympic of Marseilles since his childhood where it passed all the categories of age, Mathieu Flamini is launched in the great bath by Alain Perrin on December 20th, 2003 against Toulouse. Its aggressiveness and its efforts give him a place of holder for the end of the season and he will play 14 match under the shirt sky and white in championship. In UEFA Cup, it belongs to the adventure which will lead the fellow-members of Didier Drogba to a place of finalist (final lost 0-2 against FC Valence).

The " beautiful trahison" of Flamini

July 23rd, 2004, Mathieu Flamini signs its first professional contract… with Arsenal. Although having given its verbal agreement to its formative club lasting the season, he refuses the offer of contract of his trainer and coach Jose Anigo; this last then speaking on the official site about the club about " beautiful trahison".

Only, it is that semi-officially, and that is proven, that the OM forever proposed contract pro in Mathieu Flamini.

Indeed, there exists a blur which threatens the formation of the young French players. These cannot indeed sign their first contract pro with another club of the same country… but nothing prevents them from signing in a club of another championship. Thus the Arbitration court of the sport déboute the Olympic one of Marseilles in the Flamini business. The amount of the transfer fixed by the FIFA (namely 480.000 €) will be thus the only amount perceived by the OM, well in on this side value of the player.

The London career

Mathieu Flamini makes his beginnings in championship at the time of victory 4-1 as of his against Everton on August 15th, 2004. Its time of play increases the following season with the accumulation of wounded players. Although defensive medium of nature, Arsène Wenger does not hesitate to use it at the station of side defender left to mitigate the wounds of Ashley Cole, Gaël Clichy, Pascal Cygan and Lauren enter others. It also takes part in the European countryside in Ligue of the Champions 2005-2006. Another club, another finale of Cut of Europe but even result. Arsenal FC loses the final against FC Barcelona of Ronaldinho to the Stade de France. Mathieu Flamini will play 76 minutes before being replaced. During the season 2006/2007 it is him which marks the goal of the victory against the Dinamo Zagreb at the time of the third preliminary round of the League of the Champions. It also marked important goals against Chelsea, Blackburn Rovers and Liverpool in First League

Flamini maintains positive ratios with the supporteurs of Arsenal who dedicated his own song to him.

Flamini in April 2007 declared that it would leave Arsenal at the end of the season frustrated by its weak time of play. However after having spoken with Arsene Wenger, in particular on his repositioning in defense, Mathieu finally decided to remain in Arsenal whereas its coach had given him the permission to leave the Gunners .

International career

It integrates for the first time the group France for the preparation of the friendly match against the Argentine of the February 7th 2007. Raymond Domenech invites it to compensate the fixed price on wound of Jérémy Toulalan. It disappears quickly from the group because of a difficult end of season, but reinstates the France group at the beginning of following season after being imposed in its club.

Mathieu Flamini honors finally his first selection the November 16th 2007 for the friendly meeting against the Morocco, with the Stade de France, by replacing Jerome Rothen with the 80ème minute. Final score: 2-2.

Prize list

With Marseilles
  • Finalist of the Cut of the UEFA 2004
With Victorious Arsenal

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