Nicolas Sébastien Anelka ( french pronunciation : [ nikɔla anɛlka ] ; born 14 March 1979 ) is a french professional football coach and retired player who played as a forth. As a player, he regularly featured in his country ‘s national team, much scoring at all-important moments. Known for his ability to both score and help goals, he has been described as a classy and flying player, with thoroughly aeriform ability, technique, shooting, and movement off the ball, and was adequate to of playing both as a independent hitter and as a second striker. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] Anelka began his career at Paris Saint-Germain, but soon moved to Arsenal. He became a first gear team regular and won the PFA Young Player of the Year Award the follow season. He moved to Real Madrid for £22.3 million in 1999, but did not settle in well and returned to PSG in a £20 million deal. Despite unconstipated inaugural team football in Paris, Anelka set his eyes upon the Premier League once more, moving on loanword to Liverpool in January 2002, but joining Manchester City for £13 million at the beginning of the 2002–03 temper.
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After three seasons in Manchester, he moved to Turkish clubhouse 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. In 2009, he won the Premier League Golden Boot award as the league ‘s exceed goalscorer. During his transfers over the years, he has built an aggregate transfer cost of merely under £90 million. [ 8 ] On 12 December 2011, Shanghai Shenhua announced that they had reached an agreement with Anelka to join the team in the winter transfer window. [ 9 ] After one temper there, Anelka joined italian side Juventus on a six-month lend deal in 2013, after which he was released from Shanghai and signed for West Bromwich Albion on a complimentary transfer. Following his dismissal by West Brom, he signed for Mumbai City FC as a marquee player and was named player-manager in 2015. Anelka played 69 times at international level and won his first international honours with France at UEFA Euro 2000, and won the 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup the following class. His failure to settle at club horizontal surface 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, unacceptable to the FFF, French football, and the principles they uphold ”. [ 10 ] Two months later, having failed to turn up to his disciplinary learn, he was banned for France ‘s following 18 matches by the FFF, effectively ending his external career. [ 11 ] Anelka subsequently claimed to be “ dying with laugh ” at the 18-match prohibition, as he had already decided to retire from external shimmer. [ 12 ]
early and personal life [edit ]
Anelka was born in Le Chesnay, Yvelines, [ 13 ] to parents who had moved from Martinique in 1974. thereafter, they settled in Trappes, near Paris. His childhood friends from Trappes include the actors Omar Sy and Jamel Debbouze. [ 14 ] His mother is a secretary in the local high school. [ 15 ] [ 16 ] [ 17 ] Anelka is married to Barbara Tausia, a belgian choreographer. together, they have two sons, Kais, born in 2008, and Kahil, born in 2010. [ 18 ] He acted in the 2002 movie Le Boulet as a football player named Nicolas. He has said that when he retires from football, he would like to work in the film industry because he has a ally in the occupation. [ 19 ] He said, “ I have a friend who ‘s a manufacturer, who makes lots of films. He recently did Astérix. So it ‘s already agreed that I ‘m going to do other films. It helps to know actors and producers. It ‘s different to football and it ‘s something I enjoy very much because there ‘s no ball. I like pretending to be person else, it ‘s fun. “ [ citation needed ] Anelka has two brothers, Claude and Didier. [ 20 ] After discussing religion with some childhood friends, Anelka reverted to Islam in 2004 in the United Arab Emirates, taking the Muslim name of “ Abdul-Salam Bilal ”. [ 21 ] Anelka has said that he initially fasted during day hours as is required for the Muslim calendar month of Ramadan, but “ I realised I much got injure just after the menstruation of Ramadan, so I do n’t observe it rigorously any more ”. [ 22 ] Initially, Anelka considered leaving european football to play in the UAE : “ I am cook to stay here and to play for a baseball club in the Emirates. I am not keen to go bet on to England or France. ” however, this did not come to pass and he briefly moved to Turkey rather, american samoa well as three more english clubs. [ 23 ] Anelka is besides known for his controversial relationship with french comedian Dieudonné M’bala M’bala and attracted widespread execration after performing the quenelle hand gesture, created by M’bala and regarded as anti-semitic, on the deliver when playing for West Bromwich Albion in 2013. [ 24 ] Anelka responded that the gesticulate was anti-establishment, not anti-semitic. [ 24 ] An FA disciplinary learn however banned Anelka for five matches, but found that he was not anti-semitic and had not intended the gesture to express or promote anti-semitism. [ 25 ] After West Brom suspended him pending their own investigation, Anelka was given notification of termination of his shrink by the club due to the club and musician being ineffective to come to terms over the conditions required for the suspension by the club to be lifted, adenine well as comments made by Anelka on Twitter. In 2020, Anelka said the quenelle was only a protest against his former director Steve Clarke, who is not jewish. [ 27 ] Anelka has been the topic of the 2012 Canal+ objective L’Entrée des Trappistes about his friendship with Sy and Debbouze, [ 14 ] and the feature-length 2020 Netflix objective Anelka: Misunderstood. [ 27 ]
Club career [edit ]
Paris Saint-Germain [edit ]
Anelka began his career at Paris Saint-Germain as a youth player at old age 16. [ 28 ]
arsenal [edit ]
In February 1997, at old age 17, Anelka joined Premier League clubhouse Arsenal for a £500,000 remove fee [ 29 ] under newly appointed director Arsène Wenger. The transfer caused controversy in France as Arsenal sought to sign him for exempt under the precedent of the late Bosman rule, despite there being exceptions for players under the long time of 24 ; Wenger said this historic period restriction was only for domestic transfers. [ 30 ] His first team opportunities were limited in the 1996–97 season, but in 1997–98, he broke into the foremost team after a long-run wound to striker Ian Wright. In November 1997, Anelka scored his beginning goal for Arsenal in a 3–2 home win against Manchester United. [ 31 ] [ 32 ] Anelka was a key player in Arsenal ‘s Double acquire of both the Premier League and FA Cup that season. [ 33 ] Anelka scored the second goal in Arsenal ‘s 2–0 win over Newcastle United in that temper ‘s FA Cup final. [ 34 ] Anelka was Arsenal ‘s peak scorer in the 1998–99 season with 17 Premier League goals. This shape saw him voted the PFA Young Player of the year, but Arsenal failed to defend their Premier League and FA Cup titles and made little build up in the UEFA Champions League. Fans turned on the striker amid transfer speculation and a perceive miss of exuberance, giving him the dub “Le Sulk “. [ 35 ] During the close up season, Anelka stated a desire to leave Arsenal, claiming the british press was responsible for his unhappiness in England. [ 36 ] On 2 August 1999, he joined Real Madrid. [ 37 ] With esteem to his time with the Gunners, Anelka late said he believes he should have never left Arsenal, a club that he has great “ love ” for. [ 38 ] [ 39 ] Of his early emboss at Highbury, Arsène Wenger, Anelka is a huge admirer and a strong garter of him. [ 40 ] Anelka besides placed at 29th in the cabaret ‘s compilation of the 50 Greatest Gunners of all-time. In all, he made 90 appearances for Arsenal, scoring 28 goals raw for the clubhouse. [ 39 ] [ 38 ]
real Madrid [edit ]
In the summer of 1999, Anelka moved to Real Madrid for a £22.3 million transfer fee. He took time to score for the club ; on a visit to the football tabloid Marca he played a FIFA game with the staff, who then released the mocking front-page headline “ Anelka finally scores a goal … on a video recording plot ”. [ 42 ] He failed to score for real Madrid in his beginning five months at the club, finally recording his first goal in the open meet of the FIFA Club World Championship against Al-Nassr on 5 January 2000. [ 43 ] Two days belated, he scored doubly against Corinthians in the lapp competition, besides missing an 81st-minute penalty kick that would have given him a hat-trick. [ 44 ] On 28 February 2000, Anelka scored his foremost La Liga goal in a 3–0 frustration of rivals Barcelona in El Clásico at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium. [ 45 ] however, in March, he was suspended by baseball club president of the united states Lorenzo Sanz after refusing to train, because of a disagreement with fountainhead coach Vicente del Bosque. [ 46 ] After returning to the team, [ 47 ] Anelka scored in both legs of the Champions League semi-final to give Los Blancos a 3–2 aggregate victory over Bayern Munich and promote to the competition final. [ 48 ] [ 49 ] [ 50 ] [ 51 ] He started in the final examination, held at the Stade de France in his home city of Paris, as real Madrid ran out 3–0 winners over Valencia to win an eighth european Cup. [ 52 ]
hark back to Paris-Saint Germain [edit ]
Anelka signed a six-year professional narrow at Paris Saint-Germain in July 2000, a return key to the golf club at which he used to play as a youth actor, in a transmit deal worth £22 million. [ 53 ] The Paris cabaret had finished second in Ligue 1 that season, thereby qualifying for the 2000–01 UEFA Champions League. Anelka ‘s come back was met with much flourish. Canal Plus, which owned Paris Saint-Germain, financed the transfer, while PSG patron Nike covered a lot of Anelka ‘s compensation of £30–35,000 per workweek. [ 54 ] Anelka started well and was appointed captain of a team that was concisely at the top of 2000–01 french Division 1, but the team ‘s shape promptly dropped. [ 55 ] In December 2000, following a 5–1 loss to Sedan, Philippe Bergeroo was replaced as PSG director by Luis Fernández. PSG finished one-ninth in Ligue 1 that temper, earning a set in next season ‘s UEFA Intertoto Cup. PSG finished second in the first round of group stage, behind Bayern Munich, but finished bed of the second group stage, behind Deportivo de La Coruña, Galatasaray and Milan. [ 56 ] however, once again, Anelka developed issues with his heading coach, Luis Fernández ( who was already under press for benching Ronaldinho due to his work ethic ). [ citation needed ]
Liverpool ( loanword ) [edit ]
After two-and-a-half years, Anelka returned to the Premier League in December 2001 to join Liverpool on a short-run loan deal until the end of the temper. He contributed to Liverpool ‘s belated energy to come second in the 2001–02 FA Premier League, scoring goals against Everton, [ 57 ] Fulham, [ 58 ] Blackburn Rovers, [ 59 ] Ipswich Town, [ 60 ] and in the 2001–02 FA Cup against Birmingham City, [ 61 ] but director Gérard Houllier opted not to offer him a permanent cope after the end of the temper in favor of signing senegalese forth El Hadji Diouf. [ 62 ]
Manchester City [edit ]
Anelka joined Manchester City on 24 May 2002, with the £13 million transfer fee paid by director Kevin Keegan, then a club record high. [ 63 ] In his first season at City, Anelka was the club ‘s circus tent scorer with 14 goals, including a goal in the death ever Manchester Derby at Maine Road against Manchester United, against former club Arsenal and a last infinitesimal winner at Anfield after scoring a penalty precisely moments earlier. In his second season at City, he finished top scorer again, in the baseball club ‘s first temper at the City of Manchester Stadium, with 25 goals. On 16 October 2004, he won and scored a penalty against Chelsea, which led to José Mourinho ‘s first kill as Chelsea coach. [ 64 ]
Fenerbahçe [edit ]
In January 2005, Manchester City announced Anelka had completed a £7 million transfer to Turkish team Fenerbahçe. [ 65 ] He helped the turkish club win the Süper Lig championship in 2005, [ 66 ] and played with them in the UEFA Cup that season, arsenic well as the UEFA Champions League the season after. [ 67 ]
Bolton Wanderers [edit ]
On 25 August 2006, Bolton Wanderers signed Anelka on a four-year share for a club record transfer tip of £8 million. [ 68 ] He made his debut for Bolton against Watford on 9 September 2006. [ 69 ] He opened his account on 19 September in a League Cup match against Walsall, scoring the last goal of a 3–1 aside acquire. [ 70 ] After 11 matches without a goal in the Premier League, he scored his first gear goals – a couple – on 25 November to help down Arsenal 3–1. [ 71 ] He finished the 2006–07 Premier League season as Bolton ‘s top scorer with eleven goals. [ 72 ] In January 2007, Anelka stated he would be will to leave Bolton for a render to former club Arsenal. [ 73 ] however, he pledged his future to Bolton in July 2007 following talks with director Sammy Lee. [ 74 ] Anelka later said he would reluctantly consider leaving the cabaret if Bolton ‘s inadequate begin to the 2007–08 season continued, [ 75 ] but late signed a newfangled four-year shrink lasting until 2011 on 30 August. [ 76 ] In June 2020 Anelka admitted he signed the contract so that Bolton could get a bigger transfer fee when he left. [ 77 ]
Chelsea [edit ]
On 11 January 2008, it was confirmed Anelka would join Chelsea for £15 million. [ 78 ] He made his Chelsea debut against Tottenham Hotspur on 12 January 2008, [ 79 ] and scored his first finish two weeks subsequently in the FA Cup against Wigan Athletic. He scored his first league goal on 2 February against Portsmouth, but failed to score again for Chelsea during the 2007–08 season. [ 80 ]
Anelka with Chelsea In the 2008 Champions League final, Anelka delivered Chelsea ‘s seventh penalty which was saved by Edwin vanguard five hundred Sar, resulting in Manchester United winning the competition. Anelka late blamed director Avram Grant for his penalty girl, claiming Grant brought him on to play as a former substitute without a proper ardent up ahead and besides excessively late in the bet on to acclimatize himself in it. [ 81 ] On 3 August 2008, Anelka scored four goals in a 5–0 friendly succeed against Milan. [ 82 ] With Didier Drogba injured at the beginning of the 2008–09 season, Anelka made a very impressive startle to the campaign. His goalscoring spree won him the Golden Boot Award on 14 November 2008 for being the first base musician that season to score ten Premier League goals. [ 83 ] Anelka scored his first base competitive hat-trick for Chelsea against Sunderland, in a 5–0 home acquire on 1 November 2008, and followed this up with two braces against Blackburn Rovers, then West Bromwich Albion. [ 84 ] He established himself as an important member of the team and maintained his identify in the team despite the reappearance to fitness of Drogba. After the arrival of Guus Hiddink, Anelka was more much played on the wing. furthermore, he was ranked among the lead goalscorers in the league for the season. He scored another hat-trick against Watford in the FA Cup to earn Chelsea a 3–1 victory at Vicarage Road. [ 85 ] On 10 May, he scored one finish and set up another in a 4–1 aside win against former baseball club Arsenal. Anelka did not celebrate the goal which he scored in the game, as he disclosed “ he even loved Arsenal ”. [ 86 ] A goal in Chelsea ‘s concluding Premier League game of the season at Sunderland put him as exceed goal scorekeeper for the season in the Premier League, earning him the Golden Boot with 19 goals. [ 87 ]
Anelka warming up for Chelsea Anelka scored his beginning goal of the 2009–10 season against West London rivals Fulham in a 2–0 gain at Craven Cottage, before continuing his fine shape with the opening goal in Chelsea ‘s 3–0 winnings over Burnley the following weekend. He scored his third goal of the temper in the open match of the 2009–10 Champions League group stage in the 1–0 victory over Porto. [ 88 ] Anelka scored one of the best goals of his season against APOEL in the Champions League with the ball being passed into the net from outside the box. Anelka scored his third base league goal of the season against Liverpool at Stamford Bridge in a 2–0 succeed with the second goal coming from compatriot Florent Malouda. [ 89 ] Anelka continued his fine marking function in the Champions League with the winner in the 1–0 victory over Porto at the Estádio do Dragão, making Chelsea only the second ever english side to win at Porto ‘s home flat coat. He continued his marking in the season by scoring Chelsea ‘s beginning goal in a 3–3 draw against Everton in the Premier League, his first goal in the competition since October. [ 90 ] He followed that up with another goal in Chelsea ‘s 2–1 victory over Portsmouth. [ 91 ] On 16 January 2010, on his return from injury, Anelka scored doubly in an amaze 7–2 victory over Sunderland. [ 92 ] He continued this ticket form into the following match grade in an FA Cup tie against Preston North End, bringing his tally in the previous four matches to five goals. After the return of Didier Drogba from the african Cup of Nations, Anelka had been playing on the wing to support him. Anelka scored his first goal since January in a 1–0 gain over his former club Bolton in April 2010, putting Chelsea four points ahead of second-place Manchester United. [ 93 ] On the final day of the season, Anelka scored two goals against Wigan Athletic, including the first Chelsea goal in the sixth infinitesimal, [ 94 ] to help Chelsea win their one-third Premier League entitle and their first in four years. [ 95 ] Anelka ( along with Ashley Cole ) joined Henning Berg in the exclusive ring of players who have won the Premier League style with two different clubs. [ 96 ] On 24 June 2010, Chelsea announced Anelka had signed a new annual extension to his existing condense that will keep him at the club until 2012. [ 97 ] Anelka started the 2010–11 campaign in finely form for Chelsea. He assisted Florent Malouda ‘s last goal against West Brom on the opening day of the Premier League season, scored a double in the future game against Wigan Athletic, then won a penalty against Stoke City in Chelsea ‘s third plot of the season. He continued this fine form in Chelsea ‘s first gear Champions League match, scoring a first one-half brace against MŠK Žilina. further goals against Marseille and Spartak Moscow ensured this was the first gear season since playing for Paris Saint-Germain he had scored at least four goals in a Champions League season. On 19 October, during Chelsea ‘s Champions League group stage meet against Spartak, Anelka continued his impressive finish scoring form in the Champions League, scoring the moment goal of the match and his fiftieth goal for Chelsea in the 43rd minute of the game. He ended the 2010–11 season with 16 goals from 45 appearances in all competitions. Anelka scored Chelsea ‘s first goal of the 2011–12 season against West Brom in a 2–1 Premier League victory. This would prove to be Anelka ‘s final examination finish for Chelsea, however, as he failed to find the net in 14 far appearances in 2011. On 3 December 2011, after Chelsea ‘s 3–0 victory against Newcastle United, director André Villas-Boas confirmed to the media that Anelka, along with centre-back Alex, had submitted transplant requests to the club and would be detached to leave Chelsea in January. [ 98 ] On 12 December, Chelsea confirmed Anelka would join chinese club Shanghai Shenhua. Zhu Jun, owner of Shanghai Shenhua, confirmed his baseball club had sealed a deal with Anelka in his Weibo on 12 December 2011. [ 99 ] This consider was later officially announced by both clubs and was finalized the like day. [ 100 ] [ 101 ]
In total, Anelka scored 59 goals for Chelsea in 184 appearances. [ 102 ]
Shanghai Shenhua [edit ]
On 1 January 2012, Anelka moved to taiwanese clubhouse Shanghai Shenhua, with his annual wage reported to be around €12 million. [ 103 ] Following his move, Anelka revealed he turned down the find to join his early club PSG the previous calendar month in prefer of signing for Shanghai Shenhua, and explained that his move was because he did not have attractive offers to remain within Europe. [ 104 ] On 21 February 2012, he scored his debut finish in a pre-season friendly match against Hunan Billows, precisely 40 seconds after the start of the equal. Anelka failed to make his chinese Super League ( CSL ) introduction due to ankle injury on the open league match of the season against Jiangsu Sainty. [ 105 ] He finally made his CSL introduction and scored his first CSL goal on 16 March 2012, in a 3–2 aside get the better of against bitter rivals Beijing Guoan. [ 106 ] On 11 April 2012, Anelka was named as partially of the coaching staff to help struggling director Jean Tigana. [ 107 ] On 19 June 2012, it was confirmed that Anelka ‘s former Chelsea teammate Didier Drogba would join Shanghai Shenhua. [ 108 ] On 7 June 2012, it was claimed Anelka was keen on a motion back to the Premier League after he was involved in a heated exchange with a winnow for refusing to bow in front of the travelling Shenhua fans with his teammates. [ 109 ] Anelka provided two assists for Drogba and headed in a deep equalizer to earn Shenhua a point in a 3–3 draw with Shandong Luneng Taishan on 25 August. [ 110 ] [ 111 ]
Juventus ( loan ) [edit ]
On 26 January 2013, Anelka joined italian side Juventus on a five-month loanword softwood. [ 112 ] He made his introduction for Juventus against Celtic in the Champions League. [ 113 ] Anelka made two far appearances for Juventus, both in Serie A, as the club won the league style. [ 114 ]
West Bromwich Albion [edit ]
On 4 July 2013, Anelka joined West Bromwich Albion on a free transfer after being released by Shanghai Shenhua, marking another recurrence to the Premier League, the one-sixth Premier League cabaret he has played for in his career. [ 115 ] He said he would like to end his career in England, at West Brom. [ 116 ] On 22 August 2013, Anelka reportedly walked out of a training seance telling staff he was leaving the cabaret to retire. The reports were promptly denied by the golf club, which confirmed Anelka would miss one equal and that he had left the session early on feel for grounds following the death of his agent. [ 117 ] On 28 August 2013, it was announced that since completing his workweek of compassionate leave, Anelka had decided to remain with the baseball club and would begin training the follow day in readiness for West Brom ‘s forthcoming match against Swansea City. [ 118 ] He subsequently returned full-time to the team. [ citation needed ] Anelka scored his first goal for the club in a 3–3 hook with West Ham United on 28 December 2013, scoring a first-half brace in his beginning appearance in over two months. During his goal celebration he performed a quenelle, a hand gesture popularized by his comedian supporter Dieudonné, described by some critics as an invert Nazi salute. [ 24 ] The Football Association ( FA ) and anti-racism organisations investigated the incident following allegations of anti-semitism. [ 24 ] On 27 February 2014, an FA disciplinary hearing banned Anelka for five matches, fined him £80,000 and ordered him to complete an educational class. In the hearing, the FA disciplinary hearing panel concluded, “ [ W ] east did not find that Nicolas Anelka is an anti-semite or that he intended to express or promote anti-semitism by his manipulation of the quenelle. ” [ 25 ] Anelka and the FA both decided not to appeal this verdict. [ 119 ] In the 2020 objective Anelka: Misunderstood, Anelka said that the quenelle was entirely a protest at former West Brom director Steve Clarke, who is not jewish. [ 27 ] Anelka used sociable media to announce he was terminating his contract with West Brom. [ 120 ] West Brom responded that Anelka had given the golf club no official notification of his intention to leave, and late gave him 14 days notification of result from the club for gross misbehave. [ 121 ] [ 122 ]
Mumbai City FC [edit ]
On 15 September 2014, Anelka joined Mumbai City of the newly formed amerind Super League. [ 123 ] [ 124 ] Following a three-match global bachelor of arts in nursing, he made his debut on 28 October 2014 in a 5–1 defeat at Chennaiyin FC. [ 125 ] Five days late, in his first home pit at the DY Patil Stadium, Anelka scored the peer ‘s only goal to defeat Kerala Blasters. [ 126 ] On 5 November, he scored his only other goal of the season, for a home bet on of the like consequence against the Delhi Dynamos. [ 127 ] Anelka played a full of seven matches for Mumbai, as they finished seventh and did not qualify for the end-of-season play-offs. [ 128 ] In January 2015, Anelka had agreed a share to join algerian side NA Hussein Dey on an 18-month narrow. however, the move was blocked by the Algerian Football Federation as, “ only those aged under 27 and playing on the international flat for their countries are allowed to sign up with our clubs. ” [ 129 ] Anelka subsequently returned to Mumbai and was named the team ‘s player-manager on 3 July 2015. [ 130 ]
International career [edit ]
Anelka in action for France during a friendly equal against Colombia in April 2008. At youth level, Anelka played for the french under-20 team at the 1997 World Youth Championship, and made his senior team introduction for France in a scoreless draw with Sweden national team on 22 April 1998. Anelka was not selected for the 1998 FIFA World Cup -winning police squad, but cursorily became France ‘s first choice centre forward during the UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying campaign, scoring the opening goal in France ‘s 3–2 gain over Russia on his inaugural international begin [ 131 ] and scoring both goals in a comfortable 2–0 acquire over England at Wembley Stadium in February 1999. [ 132 ] Anelka made his first gear appearance in a major tournament at Euro 2000, which France went on to win. He besides formed part of the squad which won the 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup, where he scored his only tournament goal in a 5–0 win over hosts South Korea in the hatchway bet on. [ 133 ] In November 2002, he rejected an hand brake call-up by Jacques Santini to face Serbia and Montenegro and was barred by the director ; in February 2004 he eyed a return for the UEFA Euro 2004 squad as Djibril Cissé was suspended. [ 134 ] [ 135 ] In November 2005, now under, Raymond Domenech, Anelka returned to the France team for a friendly against Costa Rica in Martinique. The match in the fatherland of Anelka ‘s parents was the team ‘s first in the french Caribbean. [ 136 ] He scored in the 3–2 win. [ 137 ] When Cissé was forced out of 2006 World Cup due to injury, Lyon hitter Sidney Govou was called up as Cissé ‘s refilling rather than Anelka. [ 138 ] Anelka came on as a substitute in the Euro 2008 modifier against Lithuania on 24 March 2007, and scored the only goal in a 1–0 victory. Following his operation, Anelka was praised by France coach Raymond Domenech : “ It is the Nicolas I like to see … when he shows these qualities, he is a campaigner for a permanent place. ” [ 139 ] He besides scored in the 2–0 victory against Ukraine on 2 June 2007. [ 140 ] Anelka featured in the France police squad for Euro 2008 in Austria and Switzerland. [ 141 ] Anelka started France ‘s beginning group game against Romania, but was substituted after 72 minutes. [ 142 ] He did not start either of France ‘s remaining two games in the tournament against the Netherlands and Italy, coming on as a substitute in both games. [ 143 ] [ 144 ] Anelka played a key role in France ‘s 2010 World Cup playoff against the Republic of Ireland. He scored the winning goal in the 72nd hour that put France in a adept position with one away finish. [ 145 ] During the 2010 World Cup, Anelka was sent home after reportedly abusing passenger car Raymond Domenech at half-time during the 2–0 get the better of to Mexico. [ 146 ] Following criticism of his aligning by Domenech, Anelka is reported to have said, “ Va te faire enculer, sale fils de pute, ” [ 147 ] meaning, “ Go fuck yourself, you dirty son of a whore. ” [ 148 ] The incident was late reported by the media, and the actor refused to publicly apologise when asked to do indeed by french Football Federation ( FFF ) president Jean-Pierre Escalettes. [ 149 ] The future day, the team refused to go to training in protest against Anelka ‘s extrusion. [ 150 ] Anelka was subsequently given an 18-game suspension from international football by the FFF as punishment for his actions, effectively ending his external career. Anelka late claimed to be “ dying with laughter ” at the 18-match ban, as he had already decided to retire from international play. [ 151 ] Anelka took L’Équipe to court for their front page, demanding €150,000 in compensation. He lost the case as he merely denied the give voice of the abuse that was attributed to him, and not the fact that he made an abuse. [ 152 ] In a 2018 documentary, Domenech said that Anelka only insulted his management, not him as a person or his mother. [ 153 ]
retirement [edit ]
After retiring as a player, Anelka joined the technical staff of Dutch Eredivisie side Roda JC in February 2017, claiming he wanted to help his friend and the club ‘s stockholder Aleksey Korotaev. [ 154 ] In November 2018, he joined Lille as a young forwards coach. [ 155 ] On 3 February 2021 he became the sports director of Hyères FC, under the new ownership of Mourad Boudjellal. [ 156 ] He departed three months late, on 4 May 2021, with no first gear team game taking place during his tenure due to the COVID-19 pandemic in France. [ 157 ]
career statistics [edit ]
club [edit ]
International [edit ]
Appearances and goals by national team and year[164][165]
National team
Year
Apps
Goals
France
1998
3
1
1999
7
2
2000
10[a]
2
2001
7
1
2002
1
0
2005
2
1
2006
3
1
2007
10
3
2008
11
1
2009
9
2
2010
6
0
Total
69
14
- ^[166] One appearance and one goal from the meet against FIFA XI on 16 August 2000 which FIFA and the french Football Federation count as an official friendly match .
- Scores and results list France’s goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Anelka goal.
Honours [edit ]
Arsenal
Real Madrid
Paris Saint-Germain
Fenerbahçe
Chelsea
Juventus
France U18
France
Individual
References [edit ]
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