Jérémy Toulalan

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Personal information
Jérémy Toulalan
Full name	Jérémy Toulalan
Date of birth	September 10, 1983 (1983-09-10) (age 24)
Place of birth	Nantes, France
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Lyon
Number	28
Youth clubs
1998-2001	FC Nantes
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2001-2006 2006-	Nantes Lyon	94 (1) 62 (0)
National team²
2006-	France	14 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18 May, 2008. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 30 March, 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Jérémy Toulalan (born 10 September 1983 in Nantes) is a French footballer who plays central midfielder for Olympique Lyonnais and the France national football team.

1 Career
2 International Career
3 Honours
4 External Links

[edit] Career

Toulalan is a sole product of the FC Nantes youth academy, making his first-team debut during the 2001-2002 season against Rennes. He would stay at his hometown club until the end of the 2005-2006 season, when he agreed a transfer to the Olympique Lyonnais, who had just won their fifth consecutive Ligue 1 title.

Since joining Lyon, Toulalan has been one of the their most consistent performers, and whilst perhaps naturally a more attacking player, he has taken over the holding role vacated by Mahamadou Diarra's transfer to Real Madrid with great success.

Toulalan was 3rd in the Ligue 1 2007-08 player of the year awards along with a place in the team of the season.

[edit] International Career

Toulalan was a member of the French squad that participated in the 2006 UEFA U-21 Championship helping France reach the semi-finals before losing to the Netherlands. He was named in the Team of the Tournament as a left winger (to accommodate central midfielders Ismaïl Aissati and Rio Antonio Mavuba, also in that selection).

Toulalan has since become a regular selection of Raymond Domenech for the national team, surplanting Rio Mavuba, Alou Diarra, and Lassana Diarra as the eventual successor to Claude Makélélé.

[edit] Honours

French Ligue 1 championship in 2007 and 2008 with Olympique Lyonnais.
Coupe de France winner in 2008 with Olympique Lyonnais
Trophée Des Champions in 2006 and 2007 with Olympique Lyonnais.

[edit] External Links

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Olympique Lyonnais – current squad

1 Lloris • 2 Clerc • 3 Cris • 4 Müller • 5 Bodmer • 6 Källström • 8 Juninho • 9 Fred • 10 Benzema • 11 Grosso • 12 Pjanić • 14 Govou • 18 Ben Arfa • 19 Delgado • 20 Réveillère • 21 Crosas • 22 Anderson • 23 Keïta • 24 Beynié • 25 Hartock • 27 Mounier • 28 Toulalan • 29 Squillaci • 30 Vercoutre • 32 Boumsong • 33 Charvet • 35 Roux • -- Ederson • Manager: Perrin

v • d • e France squad - UEFA Euro 2008

1 Mandanda • 2 Boumsong • 3 Abidal • 4 Vieira • 5 Gallas • 6 Makélélé • 7 Malouda • 8 Anelka • 9 Benzema • 10 Govou • 11 Nasri • 12 Henry • 13 Evra • 14 Clerc • 15 Thuram • 16 Frey • 17 Squillaci • 18 Gomis • 19 Sagnol • 20 Toulalan • 21 Diarra • 22 Ribéry • 23 Coupet • Coach: Domenech