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 | Bordeaux (on loan from A.C. Milan) |
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| Number | TBD | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| 2000–2001 2001–2003 |
FC Lorient Rennes |
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| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 2003–2006 2006– 2008– |
Rennes A.C. Milan → Bordeaux (loan) |
66 (6) 36 (2) 0 (0) |
| National team2 | ||
| 2006– | France U-21 | 17 (4) |
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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 Bordeaux on loan from AC Milan.
[edit] Career
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, Gourcuff moved to A.C. Milan where his contract runs until the 2010-11 season. 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. On 31 May 2008 Adriano Galliani revealed Milan would loan Gourcuff to Bordeaux for the 2008/2009 season, to enable him more playing time
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.
[edit] Career statistics
| Team | Season | Domestic League | Domestic Cup |
European Competition1 |
Total | ||||
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| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Rennes | 2003-04 | 9 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 9 | 0 |
| 2004-05 | 21 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 21 | 0 | |
| 2005-06 | 36 | 6 | - | - | 5 | 0 | 41 | 6 | |
| Total | 66 | 6 | - | - | 5 | 0 | 71 | 6 | |
| A.C. Milan | 2006-07 | 21 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 34 | 2 |
| 2007-08 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 1 | |
| Total | 37 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 55 | 3 | |
| Career Total | 103 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 126 | 9 | |
1European competitions include the UEFA Cup and UEFA Champions League.
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