Olivier Giroud

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Olivier Jonathan Giroud (French pronunciation: [ɔlivje ʒɔnatɑ̃ ʒiʁu]; born 30 September 1986) is a French professional footballer who plays as a striker for Ligue 1 club Lille. He is the all-time top goalscorer of the France national team. Giroud began his senior club career playing for hometown club Grenoble, before he signed with Tours in 2008, aged 21. He was named Ligue 2 Player of the Year in 2010 after finishing as the league's top goalscorer. He was subsequently the subject of a then-club record football transfer when he moved to Montpellier in a transfer worth €2 million, winning the club's first Ligue 1 title and finishing as league top goalscorer in 2012. He then joined Arsenal, where he won three FA Cups to help end Arsenal's nine-year trophy drought, and is the club's eighteenth-highest all-time goalscorer. Giroud signed for crosstown rivals Chelsea in 2018 in a transfer worth £18 million (€20.7 million), winning the FA Cup, the UEFA Champions League, and the UEFA Europa League, finishing as top goalscorer in the latter in 2019. Giroud then signed for AC Milan in 2021, helping them win the 2021–22 Serie A, which ended the club's 11-year league title drought. After a one-year stint in the United States, playing for Major League Soccer side for Los Angeles FC, he made his return to France and Ligue 1, joining Lille. Giroud made his senior international debut for the France national team in 2011 at age 25, and went on to earn 137 caps, including appearing in seven major tournaments. He is his country's all-time top goalscorer, receiving the Bronze Boot as joint second-highest goalscorer as France finished runner-up at UEFA Euro 2016. He later won the 2018 FIFA World Cup and finished runner-up at the 2022 World Cup, where Giroud again received the Bronze Boot.

Career

1. 1986
   Born
2. 2005
   Joined Grenoble Foot 38
3. 2007
   Joined FC Istres
4. 2008
   Joined Tours FC.
5. 2010
   Joined Montpellier Hérault Sport Club
6. 2010
   Joined Tours FC.
7. 2011
   Joined France men's national association football team
8. 2012
   Joined Arsenal F.C.
9. 2018
   Joined Chelsea F.C.
10. 2018
    Won Knight of the Legion of Honour
11. 2021
    Joined AC Milan
12. 2024
    Joined Los Angeles FC
13. 2025
    Joined Lille OSC

Trivia

• •Place of birth: Chambéry
• •Citizenship: France
• •Known as: association football player
• •Sport: association football