Frédéric Piquionne

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Personal information
Frédéric Piquionne
Full name	Frédéric Piquionne
Date of birth	December 8, 1978 (age 28)
Place of birth	Nouméa, New Caledonia, France
Height	1.88 m
Position	Forward
Club information
Current club	AS Saint-Étienne
Youth clubs
	Golden Star
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
2000-01 2001-04 2004-	Nîmes Olympique Rennes AS Saint-Étienne	8 (3) 83 (18) 84 (22)
National team**
2002-	Martinique	? (?)
* Professional club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of November 25, 2006. ** National team caps and goals correct as of July 1, 2006.

Frédéric Piquionne (born December 8, 1978 in Nouméa, New Caledonia) is a French football player who plays in the forward position, currently for AS Saint-Étienne in France.

This "International Espoir" previously played for Golden Star (division of honor in Martinique), Nîmes Olympique (second division, 2000-2001) and Rennes (first division, 2001-2004).

He is 1.88m tall, weighs 77kg and wears the number 9 shirt. His qualities are his velocity, and technique, but the positioning, head play and tactical sense are his weak points. ^{[citation needed]}

On the whole, he has played 138 matches in the first division and scored 33 goals. This season, he played 17 matches as a holder and 1 as a substitute, scored 4 goals, was on the peek for a period of 1407 minutes, and had 1 warning.

[edit] Career

Regarding his career, Frédéric Piquionne used to play in the suburbs of Paris, at Charenton and Paris FC, then he went to Martinique and joined the Metropolitan France in 2000 at Nîmes Olympique, where he played some few matches in second division.

He was soon pointed out by Rennes. The first time he played in the French first division was the 28th of July 2001 in the match Rennes-Auxerres (0-5). In his first season in the first division, Piqionne scored 3 goals in 20 matches. The second one (2002-2003), trustful, he scored 10 goals under the coaching of Vahid Halilhodzic. But a new coach, Laszlo Bölöni, arrived, and the agreement between them wasn't good, and nor with his fellow-member Alexander Frei. So the season 2003-2004 wasn't a good one for him.

When Saint-Etienne was interested by him, he didn't have any hesitation and accepted to play for this new team. He has been there for two years and now, he is well with the coach Elie Baup, the other players, and the supporters.

Season	Club	Division	Matches	Goals
2000-2001	Nîmes	2	8	3
2001-2002	Rennes	1	20	3
2002-2003	Rennes	1	31	10
2003-2004	Rennes	1	32	5
2004-2005	Saint-Etienne	1	37	11
2005-2006	Saint-Etienne	1	18	4

Piquionne represented the Martinique national football team at the 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup.

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AS Saint-Étienne - Current Squad
1 Viviani \| 4 Hognon \| 5 Perquis \| 6 Camara \| 7 Tiéné \| 8 Ilan \| 9 Piquionne \| 10 Guarín \| 11 Dernis \| 13 Diatta \| 14 Feindouno \| 15 Sakho \| 16 Janot \| 17 Hautcoeur \| 18 Gomis \| 19 Landrin \| 20 Heinz \| 21 Dabo \| 22 Diawara \| 23 Ilunga \| 24 Perrin \| 25 Piatti \| 26 Bayal Sall \| 27 Sablé \| 29 Bilos \| 30 Moulin \| Manager: Hašek