Sylvain Wiltord

Sylvain Wiltord , born the May 10th 1974 with Neuilly-sur-Marne, is a Football or French and which evolves/moves at the station of winger.

Biography

Course in club

Formed with the Stage of Rennes, it is with the Girondins of Bordeaux that Sylvain makes known himself, in particular by gaining with its team the title of champion of France and, from a personal point of view, that of better striker champion of France at the conclusion of the season 1998-1999.

Coldly haloed from a championship of Europe of the nations, it is transferred to Arsenal for an amount then record of almost twenty million euros during the summer 2000 because it has the effect of resting on half to Deportivo Corogne without to have played there, which makes the negotiations difficult. There remain four seasons with Arsenal while taking part in 175 matches, all competitions confused. Wiltord does not manage however to be essential on the post of center-forward where evolve/move Dennis Bergkamp and Thierry Henry. Arsène Wenger then repositions it on the right wing.

The culminating point of its career with Arsenal is the victorious goal which it registers on the ground of the Manchester United rival and thanks to which it club of London gains the championship of England in 2002. At the end of the contract at the conclusion of the season 2003-2004, it joined the Olympique Lyonese on August 31st, 2004 via the agent Christian Payan.

With the Lyons club, Wiltord takes part largely in the conquest of three successive titles of champion of France. It is more particularly characterized by its capacity to register decisive goals when its team is in difficulty. At the time of its first season with Lyon, its trainer, Paul Le Guen, the fact of generally evolving/moving like central attacker, constant by Florent Malouda and Sidney Govou respectively positioned on its left and its right-hand side. The following seasons, the new trainer of the Olympic Lyonese, Gerard Houllier positions it on the right side where he plays in alternation with Sidney Govou.

At the end of negociations which last nearly 3 months, Wiltord joined Stage Of Rennes FC on August 22nd, 2007. It finds its formative club thus to finish its career there. However, this departure in direction of the Breton capital is done in a climate délétaire opponent Jean-Michel Aulas with number 11 of the team of France, president Lyonnais reproaching Wiltord his night exits at the time which its attitude would not have been worthy of a player of League 1. However all these trainers, so much in selection than in club, will rent its professionalism and its examplaire attitude on the grounds.

Course in selection

With the team of France, it gains the Championnat of Europe of the Nations in Belgium and in the Netherlands in 2000. Even if it is not all the time titular Wiltord is one of the executives of the team of France which arrives finally of the world cup of the FIFA in 2006. On the whole, Sylvain Wiltord enters eighty twelve selections and registered twenty-six goals with the Blue ones. One of them makes it possible France to finally equalize with the 94ème minute of play of the Euro 2000 against Italy which passes between the legs of the Italian defender Alessandro Nesta.

Detailed statistics

Prize list

National team

  • 1e selection in team of France: the February 10th 1999 (in London) at the time of England - France (0-2).

  • Victorious of the Championship of Europe of the Nations: 2000 (France).
  • Victorious of the Cut of the Confederations: 2001 and 2003 (France).
  • Finalist of the World cup 2006 (France).
  • 92 selections and 26 goals in team of France has since 1999.

Club

Others

  • It contributed to the clip of Martin Solveig “Something Better” (2007)
  • One also saw it in one of the clip of the group of Rap: Tandem, it sat in the public with the court with dimensions of the rappor Mokobé.

External bonds

  • Card, Photograph and Statistics of Sylvain Wiltord

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