Florent Malouda

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Florent Malouda
Personal information
Date of birth	June 13, 1980 (age 26)
Place of birth	Cayenne, French Guiana
Height	1.81 m (5' 11")
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Olympique Lyonnais
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1996-2000 2000-2003 2003-	Châteauroux Guingamp Lyon	59 (5) 92 (15) 129 (22)
National team2
2004-	France	28 (3)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of March 23, 2007. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of April 1, 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Florent Malouda (born June 13, 1980 in Cayenne, French Guiana) is a French football player. He is a midfielder, playing for Olympique Lyonnais and the French national team. Malouda is married to a Brazilian named Florencia, and they have one child, a son named Aaron born on November 30, 2005.

Contents 1 Clubs 2 National team 3 Honours 4 External link

[edit] Clubs

• 1998–2000 : Berrichonne de Châteauroux (France)
• 2000–2003 : En Avant Guingamp (France)
• 2003–2006 : Olympique Lyonnais (France)

Before joining Olympique Lyonnais, Malouda played 57 games in the French Ligue 1 championship with Châteauroux and 92 games with Guigamp where perhaps his undeniable talent first began to shine.

[edit] National team

He has 22 caps with the French national team, scoring 3 goals.

Malouda was included in the French squad for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. The French left wing has started all but the first game of the tournament. He has made a very good impact on the French national team. He won a controversial penalty for France in the World Cup final in 2006 against Italy, which was converted into a goal by Zinedine Zidane.

Malouda missed the first game of World Cup 2006 having to have an operation to remove 'piles'. Florent only wears red or blue boots for France and club.

[edit] Honours

• French Ligue 1 championship in 2004, 2005 and 2006 with Olympique Lyonnais.
• Trophée Des Champions in 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006 with Olympique Lyonnais.

[edit] External link

• Florent Malouda Tactical Formations at Football-Lineups.com

• Footballdatabase provides Florent Malouda's profile and stats

	France squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup Runners-up
1 Landreau | 2 Boumsong | 3 Abidal | 4 Vieira | 5 Gallas | 6 Makélélé | 7 Malouda | 8 Dhorasoo | 9 Govou | 10 Zidane | 11 Wiltord | 12 Henry | 13 Silvestre | 14 Saha | 15 Thuram | 16 Barthez | 17 Givet | 18 Diarra | 19 Sagnol | 20 Trézéguet | 21 Chimbonda | 22 Ribéry | 23 Coupet | Coach: Domenech

Olympique Lyonnais - Current Squad
1 Coupet | 2 Clerc | 3 Cris | 4 Müller | 5 Caçapa | 6 Källström | 7 Baroš | 8 Juninho | 10 Malouda | 11 Fred | 12 Réveillère | 14 Govou | 15 Diarra | 18 Ben Arfa | 19 Benzema | 20 Abidal | 21 Tiago | 22 Wiltord | 23 Berthod | 25 Hartock | 28 Toulalan | 29 Squillaci | 30 Vercoutre | 31 Hima | 34 Rémy | 36 Idangar | 38 Benhamida | 39 Bettiol | Manager: Houllier