Gregory Arnolin
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| Gregory Arnolin | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | November 10, 1980 | |
| Place of birth | Livry-Gargan, Paris, France | |
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | |
| Playing position | Defender | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | C.S. Marítimo | |
| Number | 17 | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| 1997 -2001 | Paris Saint-Germain | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 2001 - 2002 2002 - 2004 2004 - 2006 2006 - present |
Villemomble Sports F.C. Pedras Rubras Gil Vicente F.C. C.S. Marítimo |
0 (0) 44 (8) 53 (9) 29 (2) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Gregory Arnolin (born November 10, 1980 in Livry-Gargan, Paris, France) is a French football defender, currently playing for C.S. Marítimo in the Portuguese BWINLIGA and has previously played for Liga de Honra side Gil Vicente F.C. and for third division side F.C. Pedras Rubras.
At the age of 16, Gregory signed a semi-professional contract with the Parisian club, Paris Saint-Germain, during his subsequent 4 year spell at the club Gregory never played for the PSG first team, but made several appearances for the various youth teams connected to the club. During his stay he was loaned out on three separate occasions to different Paris based semi-professional teams, U.S. Torcy, F.C. Lilas and F.C. Livry. In the summer of 2001 when Gregory was 20 years old his contract with PSG ran out and the club decided not to renew it, leaving the player a free agent. He was quickly snapped up by Paris based semi-professional outfit Villemomble Sports who were playing in the French forth division, known as the Championnat de France Amateurs or CFA. Gregory never appeared in a league game for Villemomble and in the summer of 2002 was released by the team. He then moved to Portugal to play for semi-professional team F.C. Pedras Rubras, who play in the Portuguese third division. He played 44 times and scored 8 goals in his 2 year spell at the club and was attracting attention from numerous Portuguese clubs. He eventually signed his first professional contract with Liga de Honra side Gil Vicente in the summer of 2004. He played 53 times and scored 9 goals for the Barcelos based team in a 2 year spell. His impressive performances and superb goal scoring record brought Gregory to the attention of Madeira based BWINLIGA side C.S. Marítimo, and in the summer of 2006 he signed a 2 year contract for the club. He has enjoyed a reasonably successful first season with Marítimo playing in all but one of their league games and scoring 2 goals.
On the 12th June 2007 British sports channel Sky Sports reported that Gregory was preparing to sign for West Bromwich Albion of the English Championship after manager Tony Mowbray made it clear that the player was one of his summer transfer targets.
The players agent Rudi Vata speaking to the Birmingham Mail said;
"There is a good possibility that Gregory will join West Bromwich but there are still issues to be resolved. We should know more at the end of this month when people are back from holiday and all focus switches towards pre-season. I think there is a big chance he will be a West Bromwich player next season. He is well aware of how close they were to playing in the Premiership and the club's ambitions match his own. What we don't know yet is whether it would be a transfer for about £400,000 or a loan move - that is one of the issues we have to discuss".[1]
On the 7th, June 2008, he signed for another Portuguese team : Vitoria Guimaraes
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