Anthony Le Tallec

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Anthony Le Tallec
Personal information
Full name Anthony Le Tallec
Date of birth October 3, 1984 (1984-10-03) (age 23)
Place of birth    Hennebont, Brittany, France
Height 1.84 m (6 ft +1⁄2 in)
Playing position Deep-lying forward
Club information
Current club Liverpool
Number  ?
Youth clubs
19??–2001 Le Havre
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
2001–2003
2003–
2004–2005
2005–2006
2006–2007
2007–2008		 Le Havre
Liverpool
→ Saint-Étienne (loan)
→ Sunderland (loan)
→ Sochaux (loan)
→ Le Mans (loan)		 54 (7)
17 (0)
07 (1)
27 (3)
25 (4)
22 (5)   
National team
2005– France U21 04 (5)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 19:00, 2 February 2008 (UTC).
* Appearances (Goals)

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 currently plays for Le Mans, on loan from Liverpool.

He was signed from Le Havre by Liverpool in 2003, 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 was not given a squad number by Rafael Benitez. 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 FC Sochaux on another loan deal. He won the 2007 French Cup scoring a late equaliser in the final, which led to Sochaux winning the match on penalties. Incidentally, a fellow Liverpool player out on loan, Djibril Cissé, scored two goals in the match for the opposition Olympique de Marseille.[1]

On 31 August 2007 it was reported that Hearts, the Scottish premier club were close to signing him.[2] However, it was announced that Le Tallec would join French club Le Mans on loan for the entire season with a view to a permanent deal.[3]

His younger brother Damien Le Tallec currently is a youth international footballer for France.

[edit] Honours

France
FC Sochaux

[edit] References

  1. ^ "CISSE'S BID FOR GLORY THWARTED BY FELLOW RED". Retrieved on 13 May. 
  2. ^ "Nade completes switch to Hearts". Retrieved on 31 August. 
  3. ^ "Anthony Le Tallec signe au MUC 72". Retrieved on 31 August. 

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