Sylvain Legwinski

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Sylvain Legwinski

Full name	Sylvain Legwinski
Date of birth	October 6, 1973 (1973-10-06) (age 34)
Place of birth	Clermont-Ferrand, France
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Ipswich Town
Number	8
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1992-1999 1999-2001 2001-2006 2006-	AS Monaco Bordeaux Fulham Ipswich Town	135 (13) 049 0(2) 128 0(8) 033 0(6)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:13, 20 October 2007 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Sylvain Legwinski (born October 6, 1973 in Clermont-Ferrand) is a footballer playing for Ipswich Town in the Championship. A member of the French team at the 1996 Summer Olympics, he is a defensive midfield player who can also play in a more attacking role on occasion.

He was amusingly given the nickname "Monica" by Fulham fans, a pun on the name of Monica Lewinsky, who is famous for having a relationship with former U.S. president Bill Clinton. Legwinski was popular at Fulham for his passion, work rate and custom of walking around the stadium after games to applaud the fans.

At the beginning of the 2006/07 season Chris Coleman made it clear that he did not fit into Fulham's future plans and in August 2006, following a successful trial with Ipswich, he signed a two-year contract.

He won the accolade of Town fans with the equaliser in the 3-1 win over rivals Norwich City. He also scored in the Derby against Colchester United. This led the crowd to chant "Legwinski, whoowhoo, Legwinski, whoowhoo, he scored against the scum, he'll score another one"

Legwinksi won the Supporter's and Manager's Player of the Year Award for the 2006/07 season. However, he has found himself out of the picture so far for much of the 2007/08 Championship season, but has still found the net twice in their draws against QPR and Burnley. Due to Town's extensive midfield, he has been told he will not be offered a new contract and like fellow Town senior Fabian Wilnis is looking to the future as he works towards his coaching badges. ^[1]

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Legwinski was the only Ipswich player to have scored against all East Anglian opposition during one season (Norwich City, Colchester United, Southend United and Luton Town) this happened during the club's 2006/07 season.