Carl Medjani
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| Carl Medjani | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | May 15, 1985 (age 21) | |
| Place of birth | Lyon, France | |
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.84 m) | |
| Playing position | Centre Back | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Lorient | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| –2003 | Saint-Étienne | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 2003–2006 2004–2005 2005–2006 2006— |
Liverpool Lorient loan Metz loan Lorient |
0 (0) 25 (0) 23 (0) 2 (0) |
| National team | ||
| 2005(?)–2006 | France U21 | |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Carl Medjani (Arabic: كارل مدجاني) (born May 15, 1985 in Lyon) is a French football player with Lorient. His parents are of Algerian origin.
After spending his youth development years at Saint-Étienne he was signed by Liverpool's manager Gérard Houllier in August 2003. Liverpool beat off stiff competition from Premiership rivals Arsenal, Manchester United and German giants Bayern Munich to secure his services.
Medjani struggled to break in the first team was sent on loan to Lorient for the whole 2004-05 season by new Liverpool manager Rafael Benítez. Despite impressing in the Toulon under-20 tournament in summer 2005, Benítez deemed it necessary for him to gain more experience and so he spent 2005-06 on loan at FC Metz. During the season he made 23 appearances for a struggling Metz team, who were eventually relegated from the French Ligue 1.
He captained the France U21 team in the 2006 Toulon tournament [1]. At the start of the 2006-07 season, he rejoined Lorient, this time on a permanent basis [2].
[edit] Statistics
| Club | Season | Ligue 1 | French Cup | Ligue Cup | Europe | Others | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | ||
| Metz | 2005-06 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| Club | Season | Premiership | FA Cup | League Cup | Europe | Others | Total | ||||||
| App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | ||
| Liverpool FC | 2005-06 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Club | Season | Ligue 2 | French Cup | Ligue Cup | Europe | Others | Total | ||||||
| App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | ||
| Lorient | 2004-05 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| Club | Season | Premiership | FA Cup | League Cup | Europe | Others | Total | ||||||
| App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | ||
| Liverpool FC | 2004-05 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 39 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 0 | |
| FC Lorient - Current Squad |
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1 Cappone | 2 Ciani | 3 Boutruche | 4 Recorbet | 5 Genton | 6 Abriel | 7 Ewolo | 8 Moullec | 9 Bourhani | 10 Pedron | 11 Le Pen | 12 Marlet | 13 Saïfi | 14 Fiorèse | 15 Morel | 16 Audard | 17 Madinho | 18 Barry | 19 Taïder | 20 Medjani | 21 Gignac | 22 Ayari | 23 Mansouri | 24 Jallet | 25 Pinard | 26 Barrientos | 27 Namouchi | 28 Yesso | 29 Marchal | 30 Riou | 31 Talhaoui | Manager: Gourcuff |
