Youri Raffi Djorkaeff ( hold 9 March 1968 ) is a french former professional football player who played as an attacking midfielder or forward. Throughout his golf club career, he played for teams in France, Italy, Germany, England, and the United States.
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At international charge, Djorkaeff scored 28 goals in 82 appearances with the french national team between 1993 and 2002. He won the 1998 FIFA World Cup, Euro 2000, and the 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup, besides taking part at Euro 1996 and the 2002 FIFA World Cup. He is the son of former actor Jean Djorkaeff. On hanging up his boots in 2006 and after having played in France, Italy, Germany, United Kingdom and the US, Youri devoted himself to social projects, which finally led him to establish the Youri Djorkaeff Foundation in 2014. He presently holds the situation of CEO of the FIFA Foundation, following his appointment in September 2019 .
early life [edit ]
Djorkaeff was born in Lyon, [ 6 ] to a french beget of polish and Kalmyk beginning, Jean Djorkaeff, and an armenian beget, Mary Ohanian, [ 7 ] in Lyon. [ 8 ]
Club career [edit ]
Djorkaeff started his career in 1984 with french cabaret Grenoble, before moving to RC Strasbourg in 1989, AS Monaco in 1990, and then Paris Saint-Germain in 1995. In 1994, Djorkaeff led Division 1 in goals with 20. He won the UEFA Cup Winners ‘ Cup with PSG in 1996. In 1996, he signed with italian cabaret Inter Milan. In his first season, he scored 17 goals in 49 appearances across all competitions, scoring 14 goals in 33 Serie A appearances ; with his excellent performances, [ 9 ] [ 10 ] he helped the baseball club to a third–place finish in Serie A, and besides reached the UEFA Cup Final, in which Inter were defeated by Schalke on penalties following a 1–1 draw on aggregate, although Djorkaeff was able to net his spot recoil. [ 12 ] During the naturally of the season, he besides scored a memorable goal from a bicycle kick in a 3–1 home gain against Roma in the league, on 5 January 1997, which is considered to be one of the greatest goals scored in the baseball club ‘s history. [ 13 ] [ 14 ] His following season was less successful individually, as he struggled to play well alongside the club ‘s newly sign Ronaldo, [ 15 ] [ 16 ] [ 17 ] although jointly Inter finished the season in second place in Serie A and won the UEFA Cup, defeating Lazio 3–0 in the final examination at the Parc des Princes. [ 18 ] In his third and final season with the team, following the sign of Roberto Baggio, he besides struggled to find space in the team, and suffered a far passing of form ; moreover, the club finally finished the temper in one-eighth home, outside of all potential european qualifying spots. [ 19 ] [ 20 ] [ 21 ] In 1999, he transferred to Germany and Kaiserslautern, helping them to the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup in 2001. Djorkaeff turned many heads when signing with English club Bolton Wanderers in 2002, but added a batch of class to the team during his three seasons there, resulting in the creation of an external “ dream-team ” alongside the slippery nigerian Jay-Jay Okocha, and erstwhile Real Madrid midfielder Iván Campo. He was a extremity of the police squad that reached the final of the 2003–04 League Cup. [ 22 ] He then transferred to Blackburn Rovers but left the baseball club after playing in entirely three games. Djorkaeff then signed with the MetroStars of Major League Soccer in February 2005, turning down higher pay offers from early countries. He became the first french player to play in MLS and ended the temper as the team ‘s MVP with ten-spot goals and seven assists in league fun .
Djorkaeff announced from the beginning that he would hang-up his boots at the end of 2006 season, and played for the re-branded New York Red Bulls. [ 23 ] On 1 July 2006, he was spotted in the crowd with french fans at the FIFA World Cup quarter-final pit between France and Brazil after telling Red Bulls officials he left the club to attend to “ an unexpected, serious syndicate matter in France. ” Upon his refund, he revealed that the determination of his deviation was to be with his pale mother and downplayed watching the World Cup match. [ 24 ] He retired from professional football on 29 October 2006 .
International career [edit ]
Djorkaeff accumulated 82 caps and scored 28 goals for France at aged level between 1993 and 2002. other than the two major tournaments he won with the national side – the 1998 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2000 – Djorkaeff besides played for his state in UEFA Euro 1996 and the 2002 FIFA World Cup. In the 1998 FIFA World Cup Final in Paris, he set-up Zinedine Zidane ‘s second goal from a corner in an eventual 3–0 victory over defending champions Brazil. [ 25 ]
style of looseness [edit ]
Nicknamed The Snake, due to his ability to get past defenders and bend the ball, [ 26 ] [ 27 ] [ 28 ] Djorkaeff was a talented playmaker, who normally played as an attacking midfielder, although he was besides adequate to of playing in deep positions in midfield on occasion – namely as a central midfielder –, or in more assaultive roles, as a creative second gear striker, or even as an outright hitter, while he frequently featured in a wide function on the leave flank at international level. [ 9 ] [ 15 ] [ 20 ] [ 26 ] [ 28 ] [ 29 ] [ 30 ] [ 31 ] [ 32 ] [ 33 ] [ excessive citations ] An elegant and technically gifted musician, he was chiefly known for his dash, dribbling skills, and excellent affect on the ball ; he was besides known for his imagination, sink, composure, and class, and possessed a good shoot, which enabled him both to score and produce goals. [ 26 ] [ 34 ] [ 35 ] [ 36 ] [ 37 ] [ 38 ] He was known for his positional sense and intelligent campaign off the ball, adenine well as his ability to lose his markers with his attacking runs and create distance for himself, or provide depth to the team ; [ 28 ] [ 39 ] he was besides highly regarded for his accuracy from spare kicks and penalties with his right foot. [ 28 ] [ 34 ] [ 40 ] [ 41 ] A hard-working player, who was known for his defensive contribution off the ball, [ 9 ] [ 34 ] he had the ability to link the defense mechanism with the attack or drift out wide in a free character in midfield ; [ 26 ] [ 28 ] [ 42 ] as such, his playing manner and character has been described as that of a “ nine and a half, ” half-way between that of a midfielder and that of a forward, [ 35 ] which from a tactical point of view, however, occasionally made it difficult for managers to find the right put for him on the pitch that best suited his capabilities. [ 9 ] [ 15 ] [ 19 ] furthermore, despite his endowment and success, he was besides accused of being inconsistent at times in the media. [ 43 ]
personal biography [edit ]
Djorkaeff has a wife, Sophie, and three children : Sacha, Oan and Angelica. Djorkaeff released a whistle individual called “ Vivre dans Ta Lumière ”, translated to “ Living in Your light ” from french. [ 44 ] His forefather, Jean, and younger brother, Micha Djorkaeff, were besides professional football players. [ 26 ] On 15 November 2012 Djorkaeff hosted Phone-a-thon for Armenian charity held in Europe. The Phoneathon benefits the construction of community centres in villages throughout Nagorno Karabakh and comprehensive examination agricultural development in Armenia ‘s Tavush Region. In summation, a part of the proceeds will be dedicated to providing pressing help to the Syrian-Armenian community. [ 45 ]
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During his time in England, Djorkaeff opened a football educate in Armenia. [ 27 ] After retiring, he became the president of the united states of his childhood baseball club in Lyon, Union Generale Armenienne de Decines, in April 2007. [ 46 ] Djorkaeff presently besides runs the Youri Djorkaeff Foundation, a non-profit administration dedicated to providing football programs in New York City. [ 47 ]
career statistics [edit ]
clubhouse [edit ]
International [edit ]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team
Year
Apps
Goals
France[52]
1993
1
0
1994
5
3
1995
7
5
1996
12
5
1997
6
3
1998
18
3
1999
9
3
2000
11
4
2001
7
2
2002
6
0
Total
82
28
- Scores and results list France’s goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Djorkaeff goal.
Honours [edit ]
Monaco [ 53 ]
Paris Saint-Germain [ 53 ]
Inter Milan [ 53 ]
Bolton Wanderers
France [ 53 ]
Individual
Orders
References [edit ]
bibliography [edit ]
- Youri Djorkaeff, Snake, Paris, Grasset and Fasquelle, 2006, ISBN 22-46695-71-6. ( in French )[1]
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- ^Djorkaeff, Youri (25 April 2006). Snake (French Edition) (French): Paperback – by Youri Djorkaeff. ISBN 2246695716.