Bruno N'Gotty

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Bruno N'Gotty

Full name	Bruno N'Gotty
Date of birth	June 10, 1971 (1971-06-10) (age 37)
Place of birth	Lyon, France
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Leicester City
Number	4
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1988-1995 1995-1998 1998-2000 1999 2001-2002 2001-2002 2002-2006 2006-2007 2007-	Olympique Lyonnais Paris Saint-Germain A.C. Milan → Venezia (loan) Olympique Marseille → Bolton Wanderers (loan) Bolton Wanderers Birmingham City Leicester City	143 (10) 080 0(7) 034 0(1) 016 0(0) 031 0(0) 026 0(1) 122 0(3) 025 0(1) 038 0(0)
National team²
1994-1997	France	006 0(0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:29, 29 May 2008 (UTC). ² National team caps and goals correct as of 18:06, 10 October 2006 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Bruno N'Gotty (born June 10, 1971 in Lyon, France) is a French football player of Cameroonian ancestry who currently plays for Leicester City in the English Championship.

Initially a player at his home team (Olympique Lyonnais), from the opening of season 1988/89 to the close of season 1994/95, he later played for Paris Saint-Germain, A.C. Milan, Venezia A.C., and Olympique de Marseille before moving on loan to Bolton in September 2001.

1 Club career
2 International career
3 Statistics
4 Honours/Achievements
5 References
6 External links

[edit] Club career

Bruno N'Gotty scored the winning goal which defeated Austrian club Rapid Vienna in the 1996 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup final, giving PSG their only cup triumph in the tournament. He was also included in the squad that reached the final again the next year, losing to Barcelona 1-0. N'Gotty was part of the A.C. Milan team that won the Serie A title in 1999, making 25 league appearances for the club. He played alongside the likes of Paolo Maldini during his time there.

N'Gotty originally rejected Bolton's loan offer, but later agreed to spend the rest of the season with the club. The move eventually became a permanent deal. He made his Bolton debut against Blackburn Rovers, in a match which finished in a 1-1 draw, on September 19, 2001, but didn't score his debut goal for the club until seven months later, his only goal of the season coming in a 3-1 defeat at Everton.^[1]

In January 2002, this move became permanent, N'Gotty being cited as one of the prime chances for Bolton success. His first full season for the club started in unfortunate style, as he received two yellow cards and one red card in his first six games. After this rather disappointing start he became a regular part of the first team and was voted supporters player of the year for the 2005 season. He originally wanted to end his career at the Reebok Stadium,^[2] but with manager Sam Allardyce wanting to reduce the average age of the squad, N'Gotty was released at the end of his contract in May 2006. N'Gotty was signed by Birmingham City on a one year deal on July 6. The team achieved promotion to the Premier League that same season, finishing as runners up.

N'Gotty decided not to take up the option of another year at Birmingham and on 4 June 2007 he moved to Leicester City on a free transfer, signing a two-year contract.^[3] Chairman Milan Mandarić revealed on 27 September that N'Gotty was in fact signed by him, and not former manager Martin Allen, during a face-to-face meeting with the club's fans.^[4] N'Gotty was named in the Championship Team Of The Week following the club's 1-1 draw against Stoke City on 29 September, together with teammate Márton Fülöp.^[5] He played his 500th game in an M69 Derby on January 12, 2008, in which Leicester won 2-0.^[6]

[edit] International career

Though many observers predicted that N'Gotty's international career was to be successful, he made only 6 appearances with Les Bleus, making his debut on August 17, 1994 against Czech Republic alongside Zinedine Zidane and Lilian Thuram, but while the two were soon able to secure a place in the national team, N'Gotty failed to impress Aimé Jacquet and played only 5 more matches until 1997, never being called up for a major event.

[edit] Statistics

**All-Time Club Performance**
Club	Season	Domestic League			Domestic Cups			Europe			Total
Club	Season	Apps	Goals	Assts	Apps	Goals	Assts	Apps	Goals	Assts	Apps	Goals	Assts
Olympique Lyonnais	1991–92	36	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	36	1	0
	1992–93	36	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	36	3	0
	1993–94	36	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	36	3	0
	1994–95	35	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	35	3	0
	Total	143	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	143	10	0
Paris Saint-Germain	1995–96	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	1	0
	1996–97	30	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	30	4	0
	1997–98	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	26	2	0
	Total	80	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	80	7	0
A.C. Milan	1998–99	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	1	0
	1999–00	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	10	1	0
	Total	34	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	35	2	0
S.S.C. Venezia	1999–00	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	0	0
S.S.C. Venezia	Total	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	0	0
Olympique de Marseille	2000–01	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	30	0	0
	2001–02	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	Total	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	31	0	0
Bolton Wanderers F.C.	2001–02	26	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	29	1	0
	2002–03	23	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	24	1	0
	2003–04	33	2	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	39	3	0
	2004–05	37	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	41	0	0
	2005–06	29	0	0	3	0	0	7	1	0	39	1	0
	Total	148	4	0	17	1	0	7	1	0	172	6	0
Birmingham City F.C.	2006–07	25	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	27	2	0
Birmingham City F.C.	Total	25	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	27	2	0
Leicester City F.C.	2007–08	27	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	32	0	0
	Total	27	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	32	0	0
	Career Total	504	23	0	24	2	0	8	2	0	535	27	0