Anthony Le Tallec
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| Anthony Le Tallec | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Anthony Le Tallec | |
| Date of birth | October 3, 1984 (age 22) | |
| Place of birth | Hennebont, Brittany, France | |
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.84 m) | |
| Playing position | Forward | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Sochaux (loan) | |
| Number | 21 | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| 19??–2001 | Le Havre | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 2001–present 2001–2003 2004–2005 2005–2006 2006– |
Liverpool Le Havre (loan) Saint-Étienne (loan) Sunderland (loan) Sochaux (loan) |
17 (0) 54 (7) 7 (1) 27 (3) 19 (2) |
| National team | ||
| 2005(?)–present | France U21 | 4 (5) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Anthony Le Tallec (born October 3, 1984 in Hennebont, Brittany, France) is a French football player, who plays as a forward or an attacking midfielder. He plays for Sochaux, on loan from Liverpool.
He was signed from Le Havre by Liverpool in 2001, along with his cousin Florent Sinama-Pongolle. This was after impressive performances for the French national youth team in the European Under-16 and World Under-17 Championships in 2001. He was awarded the 'Silver Ball' as the second best player (behind his cousin) as France won the latter tournament.
For the 2005-06 season he joined Sunderland on loan in a bid to gain some more first team football, saying that "I am a competitor and I want to play all the time, but with Liverpool it was impossible. I chose to come to Sunderland because I need to play every week". In a disappointing season for the club, he was its top scorer with only five goals in all competitions. He scored a header against Fulham that helped Sunderland pick up their only home win all season.
In May 2006, he completed his loan period and Sunderland announced they would not be looking to retain his services. He returned to Liverpool but has not been given a squad number by Rafael Benitez, which suggests he is likely to leave the club again. At the end of the month he joined up with the France U21 for the European U-21 Championship, which took place May 23–June 4, 2006 in Portugal. Le Tallec only featured in France's final group match, after they had already secured qualification, and he was substituted after 61 minutes.
In August 2006 he moved to Sochaux on another loan deal.
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| FC Sochaux-Montbéliard - Current Squad |
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1 Gavanon | 2 Afolabi | 3 Tošić | 5 Leroy | 6 Potillon | 7 Pitau | 8 Ziani | 9 Dagano | 10 Mezague | 11 Brunel | 12 Isabey | 13 Bréchet | 14 Lonfat | 15 Santos | 16 Richert | 17 Quercia | 18 N'Daw | 19 Séne | 20 Zerara | 21 Le Tallec | 23 El Bounadi | 24 Birsa | 26 Erding | 27 Daf | 28 Pichot | 29 Zaïri | 30 Deichelbohrer | Manager: Perrin |
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