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Ludovic Giuly

Personal information
Full name	Ludovic Giuly
Date of birth	July 10, 1976 (1976-07-10) (age 33)
Place of birth	Lyon, France
Height	1.64 m (5 ft 4+1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Winger / Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current club	Paris Saint Germain
Number	7
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1994–1998	Olympique Lyonnais	100	(21)
1998–2004	Monaco	184	(47)
2004–2007	Barcelona	85	(19)
2007–2008	Roma	32	(6)
2008–	Paris Saint-Germain	57	(12)
National team
2000–2005	France	17	(3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 February 2010. † Appearances (Goals).

Ludovic Giuly (born 10 July 1976) is a French footballer who plays as a winger for Paris Saint-Germain.

Club career

Early career

After starting his career with Olympique Lyonnais in 1994, Giuly was signed by Monaco in January 1998.

Giuly captained Monaco on a run to the Champions League Final, where they lost to Porto in the 2003–04 season.

Barcelona

Barcelona paid €7 million to Monaco in order to sign him on 28 June 2004 with a contract until June 2008.^[1]

Giuly helped Barcelona to win La Liga in the 2004–05 season. He was the second top scorer for the club scoring 11 goals. Although his season was disrupted by several muscle injuries, Giuly was able to fulfil his promise to reach double digits in goals in his first year at his new club.

In 2005–06 he helped win the Spanish title again, as well as capture the second Champions League trophy for the Catalan club. Giuly propelled Barça into the Champions League Final by scoring the only goal in their semi-final against Milan.

In the 2006–07 season, Giuly, although still a key member of the Barça squad, eventually lost his starting spot in the team, when Lionel Messi was promoted from the club's youth ranks. This resulted in Giuly saying his farewell to Barça.

Roma

On July 17, 2007, Giuly signed with Roma for a salary of €1.8 million per year and €4.5 million to his former club. Giuly's only season at Roma had him scoring more than many starting players which made him in the top five scorers at the club for the season he spent at Stadio Olimpico.^[2]

Paris Saint-Germain

On July 18, 2008, Giuly signed with Paris Saint-Germain for a fee of €2.5 million.

International career

Giuly has been capped for France, but was removed from his country's Euro 2004 squad due to a leg injury he sustained in the 2004 Champions League Final.^[3]

Giuly was not selected for the French 2006 World Cup squad, as young Marseille playmaker Franck Ribéry was selected over Giuly.^[4] However, with Djibril Cissé having broken his leg in a World Cup warm-up match against China, Giuly could have been called up, but he asserted after the initial France squad was announced that he would go on holiday to Dubai and Kish instead of waiting idly in the stand-by squad, and Sidney Govou was called up instead.

International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	June 22, 2003	Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France	New Zealand	4 – 0	5 – 0	2003 FIFA Confederations Cup
2.	September 8, 2004	Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands	Faroe Islands	1 – 0	2 – 0	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
3.	October 12, 2005	Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France	Cyprus	4 – 0	4 – 0	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification

Style of play

During his career, Giuly has been employed as a wide midfielder and as a second striker playing behind and to the side of an out-and-out forward. He is known to play a direct style by running straight at defenders with pace. At Barcelona, Giuly played on the right side of a three man forward line, usually playing alongside Ronaldinho, Lionel Messi and Samuel Eto'o.

Honours

AS Monaco

• Ligue 1: 1
  

2000

• French League Cup: 1
  

2003

Barcelona

• La Liga: 2
  

2005, 2006

• Spanish Super Cup: 2
  

2005, 2006

• UEFA Champions League: 1
  

2006

Roma

• Italian Cup: 1
  

2008

• Italian Super Cup: 1
  

2007

International

• Confederations Cup: 1
  

2003

References

External links

• Official website
• Ludovic Giuly statistics and biography at FootballDatabase.com

France squad – 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup Winners (2nd Title) 1 Landreau • 2 Mexès • 3 Lizarazu • 4 Boumsong • 5 Gallas • 6 Dacourt • 7 Pirès • 8 Desailly • 9 Cissé • 10 Giuly • 11 Wiltord • 12 Henry • 13 Silvestre • 14 Rothen • 15 Thuram • 16 Barthez • 17 Kapo • 18 Pedretti • 19 Sagnol • 20 Marlet • 21 Dabo • 22 Govou • 23 Coupet • Coach: Santini