Yoann Gourcuff

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Yoann Gourcuff
Personal information
Full name Yoann Gourcuff
Date of birth July 11, 1986 (1986-07-11) (age 21)
Place of birth    Ploemeur, France
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current club Bordeaux
(on loan from A.C. Milan)
Number TBD
Youth clubs
2000–2001
2001–2003		 FC Lorient
Rennes
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
2003–2006
2006–
2008–		 Rennes
A.C. Milan
→ Bordeaux (loan)		 66 (6)
36 (2)
00 (0)   
National team2
2006– France U-21 17 (4)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of May 18, 2008.
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of February 5, 2008.
* Appearances (Goals)

Yoann Gourcuff (born July 11, 1986) is a French footballer who is presently playing with Bordeaux on loan from AC Milan.

[edit] Career

Gourcuff was born in Ploemeur, Morbihan, Brittany. Having started out with FC Lorient (whose manager is his father Christian Gourcuff) at a young age, Gourcuff signed a youth contract with Stade Rennais in 2001, followed by a professional contract two years later.

Making only 9 appearances in the 2003-04 season, the following seasons were more successful, with him scoring 6 goals in the 2005-06 season, helping Rennes to finish 7th in Ligue 1 and winning them a place in the 2006 Intertoto Cup.

Having been linked with a host of big name European clubs such as Ajax Amsterdam, Valencia CF and Arsenal F.C., at the end of the 2006 season, Gourcuff moved to A.C. Milan where his contract runs until the 2010-11 season. He started his Milan career by scoring a goal and being one of the best players on view in Milan's first UEFA Champions League match against AEK Athens. On 31 May 2008 Adriano Galliani revealed Milan would loan Gourcuff to Bordeaux for the 2008/2009 season, to enable him more playing time

He has been capped for France at schoolboy level and was part of the winning French team at the 2005 European Under-19 Football Championship.

[edit] Career statistics

Team Season Domestic League Domestic
Cup		 European
Competition1		 Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Rennes 2003-04 9 0 - - - - 9 0
2004-05 21 0 - - - - 21 0
2005-06 36 6 - - 5 0 41 6
Total 66 6 - - 5 0 71 6
A.C. Milan 2006-07 21 1 4 0 9 1 34 2
2007-08 16 1 2 0 3 0 21 1
Total 37 2 6 0 12 1 55 3
Career Total 103 8 6 0 17 1 126 9

1European competitions include the UEFA Cup and UEFA Champions League.

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