Sylvain Wiltord

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Sylvain Wiltord
Full name	Sylvain Wiltord
Date of birth	May 10, 1974 (age 32)
Place of birth	Neuilly-sur-Marne, France
Height	1.74 m (5' 9")
Nickname	Nino
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Olympique Lyonnais
Number	22
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1991-1997 1997-2000 2000-2004 2004-present	Stade Rennais FC Girondins de Bordeaux Arsenal F.C. Olympique Lyonnais	125 (31) 121 (55) 146 (34) 77 (20)
National team²
1999-	France	92 (26)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of April 1, 2007. ² National team caps and goals correct as of April 1, 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Sylvain Wiltord (born May 10, 1974 in Neuilly-sur-Marne) is a French football forward whose parents come from Guadeloupe, France. With the French national team, Wiltord has won Euro 2000 and reached the finals of the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

Wiltord played for Stade Rennais (1992-97), Girondins de Bordeaux (1997-2000), Arsenal F.C. (2000-04), and since 2004 has been a member of Olympique Lyonnais.

For France, Wiltord has been capped 90 times, scoring 26 goals. One of those goals came in the 94th minute of the Euro 2000 final, tying Italy. France then won the title on a golden goal by David Trézéguet. He also played for his country in the next two World Cups and in Euro 2004.

Wiltord was signed by English club Arsenal for a club-record £13,000,000 in August 2000, weeks after scoring at the Euro 2000 final. He played 175 times for the Gunners, occasionally pairing Thierry Henry up front or otherwise starting either from the bench or on the wing. When he's contract with Arsenal expired in the summer of 2004, Wiltord took the opportunity to return to France with Olympique Lyonnais. The highlight of his Arsenal career was scoring his goal at Old Trafford, a 1-0 win which clinched the 2002 FA Premier League title at the home ground of arch-rivals Manchester United. He scored a total of 49 goals for the club, and was part of Arsenal's 2003-04 unbeaten season, though did not feature much towards the end of the campaign and near the end of his Arsenal career.

Moving to Lyon, Wiltord found further success, winning two league titles and reaching the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League in successive seasons.

[edit] Honours

Euro 2000 with France
Confederations Cup in 2001 and 2003 with France
French Ligue 1 championship in 1999 with Girondins Bordeaux, in 2005 and 2006 with Olympique Lyonnais.
FA Premier League 2002 and 2004 with Arsenal
FA Cup in 2002 and 2003 with Arsenal
FA Community Shield in 2002 with Arsenal
Best striker of French Ligue 1 championship in 1999 with Girondins Bordeaux (22 goals)

[edit] External links

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Statistics at soccerbase.com

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	France squad - 2000 European Football Championship (2nd Title)
1 Lama \| 2 Candela \| 3 Lizarazu \| 4 Vieira \| 5 Blanc \| 6 Djorkaeff \| 7 Deschamps \| 8 Desailly \| 9 Anelka \| 10 Zidane \| 11 Pirès \| 12 Henry \| 13 Wiltord \| 14 Micoud \| 15 Thuram \| 16 Barthez \| 17 Petit \| 18 Leboeuf \| 19 Karembeu \| 20 Trézéguet \| 21 Dugarry \| 22 Ramé \| Coach: Lemerre

	France squad - 2002 FIFA World Cup
1 Ramé \| 2 Candela \| 3 Lizarazu \| 4 Vieira \| 5 Christanval \| 6 Djorkaeff \| 7 Makélélé \| 8 Desailly \| 9 Cissé \| 10 Zidane \| 11 Wiltord \| 12 Henry \| 13 Silvestre \| 14 Boghossian \| 15 Thuram \| 16 Barthez \| 17 Petit \| 18 Leboeuf \| 19 Sagnol \| 20 Trézéguet \| 21 Dugarry \| 22 Micoud \| 23 Coupet \| Coach: Lemerre

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	France squad - 2004 European Football Championship Quarter-finalists
1 Landreau \| 2 Boumsong \| 3 Lizarazu \| 4 Vieira \| 5 Gallas \| 6 Makélélé \| 7 Pirès \| 8 Desailly \| 9 Saha \| 10 Zidane \| 11 Wiltord \| 12 Henry \| 13 Silvestre \| 14 Rothen \| 15 Thuram \| 16 Barthez \| 17 Dacourt \| 18 Pedretti \| 19 Sagnol \| 20 Trézéguet \| 21 Marlet \| 22 Govou \| 23 Coupet \| Coach: Santini

	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