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Nicolas Anelka, France footballer: Profile, Career, News & Videos

Nicolas Anelka
Nicolas Anelka
France
14 March 1979
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Nicolas Anelka is a French professional football manager and former player who played as a forward. As a player, he regularly featured in his country's national team, often scoring at crucial moments. Known for his ability to both score and assist goals, he has been described as a classy and quick player, with good aerial ability, technique, shooting, and movement off the ball, and was capable of playing both as a main striker and as a second striker.

Anelka began his career at Paris Saint-Germain, but soon moved to Arsenal. At Arsenal, he won the 1997–98 Premier League and FA Cup double. He became a first team regular and won the PFA Young Player of the Year Award the following season. He moved to Real Madrid for £22.3 million in 1999. He was part of the Real Madrid team that won the 1999–2000 UEFA Champions League, but he did not settle in well and returned to PSG in a £20 million deal. Despite regular first team football in Paris, Anelka set his eyes upon the Premier League once more, moving on loan to Liverpool in January 2002 before joining Manchester City for £13 million at the start of the 2002–03 season.

After three seasons in Manchester, he moved to Turkish club Fenerbahçe for two seasons, before returning to England to join Bolton Wanderers in deals worth £7 million and £8 million respectively. He was then transferred to Chelsea from Bolton for a reported £15 million in January 2008. At Chelsea, he won one Premier League title and two FA Cup trophies, as well as played in the 2007–08 UEFA Champions League final. In 2009, he won the Premier League Golden Boot award as the league's top goalscorer. During his transfers over the years, he has built an aggregate transfer cost of just under £90 million. After leaving Chelsea in 2012, he had brief stints at Shanghai Shenhua, Juventus, West Bromwich Albion and Mumbai City.

Anelka played 69 times at international level and won his first international honours with France at UEFA Euro 2000, also winning the 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup the following year. His failure to settle at club level limited his international appearances, but he returned to the national team for Euro 2008. On 19 June 2010, he was excluded by the French Football Federation (FFF) from the 2010 World Cup in South Africa for \"comments directed against the national coach, Raymond Domenech.\" He did not play again for the national team.

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📋 Profile & Career

: Anelka playing for Chelsea in 2010
⚽ Personal information:
Full name: Nicolas SĂŠbastien Anelka
Date of birth: (1979-03-14) 14 March 1979 (age 46)
Place of birth: Le Chesnay, France
Height: 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position: Forward
⚽ Youth career:
1983–1993: Trappes Saint-Quentin
1993–1995: Clairefontaine
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 (14)
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 (loan) 2 (0)
2013–2014: West Bromwich Albion 12 (2)
2014–2015: Mumbai City 13 (2)
Total: 508 (157)
⚽ International career:
1997: France U20 3 (0)
1998–2010: France 69 (14)
⚽ Managerial career:
2015: Mumbai City

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Channel Image Nicolas Anelka one of the BEST Premier League strikers ever?! 🤔 Big Sam & Robbie Fowler discuss...
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