Jérémy Toulalan
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| Jérémy Toulalan | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jérémy Toulalan | |
| Date of birth | September 10, 1983 (age 23) | |
| Place of birth | Nantes, France | |
| Height | 1.83m | |
| Playing position | Attacking Midfielder | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Olympique Lyonnais | |
| Number | 28 | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| FC Nantes Atlantique | ||
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 2001-2006 2006- |
FC Nantes Atlantique Olympique Lyonnais |
94 (1) 11 (0) |
| National team2 | ||
| 2006- | France | 1 (0) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Jérémy Toulalan (born 10 September 1983 in Nantes) is a French footballer who plays central midfielder for Olympique Lyonnais and the France national football team. He was named in the UEFA U-21 Championship 2006 Team of the Tournament as a left winger (to accommodate central midfielders Ismaïl Aissati and Rio Antonio Mavuba, also in that selection). He is a product of the FC Nantes Atlantique youth academy, making his first-team debut during the 2001-02 season. He would stay at his hometown club until the end of the 2005-06 season, when he agreed a transfer to the Olympique Lyonnais, who had just won their fifth consecutive Ligue 1 title.
He earned his first cap for France in the 5-0 win against Faroe Islands on 11 October 2006.
Since joining Lyon, Toulalan has been one of the their most consistent performers, and whilst perhaps naturally a more attacking player, he has taken over the holding role vacated by Mahamadou Diarra's transfer to Real Madrid with great success. In doing so he is also keeping another of Lyon's big summer signings, Alou Diarra, out of the team.
| Olympique Lyonnais - Current Squad |
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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 |
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