Mickaël Landreau

Mickaël Landreau
Personal information
Full name Mickaël Vincent André-Marie Landreau
Date of birth 14 May 1979 (1979-05-14) (age 32)
Place of birth Machecoul, France
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club Lille
Number 1
Youth career
1995–1996 Nantes
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1996–2006 Nantes 421 (0)
2006–2009 Paris Saint-Germain 114 (0)
2009– Lille 66 (0)
National team‡
2001– France 11 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 29 May 2011.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17 October 2007

Mickaël Vincent André-Marie Landreau (born May 14, 1979 in Machecoul) is a French professional football goalkeeper, who currently plays for French Ligue 1 side Lille OSC. He has 11 caps for the French national team.

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Club career

Landreau graduated from the Nantes Atlantique "Centre of Excellence" in La Jonelière. His first professional match for Nantes was a 0–0 draw against Bastia in 1996. Since 1996, he remained a mainstay in the Nantes starting line-up, and consistently produced excellent performances. He was selected to represent the France youth national team at the 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship.

Having won two consecutive French Cup trophies in 1999 and 2000, Landreau and Nantes were crowned 2001 Ligue 1 champions. In the semi-final of the 2004 French Cup, Landreau produced several saves, but to no avail as the team could not score and were eliminated from the competition. At the end of the 2005–06 Ligue 1 season, Landreau's contract with Nantes was set to expire. He gave a press conference and announced that after thirteen years, he would leave FC Nantes to meet new challenges in a more important team. He then joined Paris Saint-Germain on a free transfer, signing a four-years contract on 15 May 2006. Five days after signing for Lille, he suffered a massive blow by damaging cruciate ligaments during a training session which will keep him out of action for around six-months.

International career

Landreau was called up to the French squad for the 2006 World Cup by French national team manager Raymond Domenech. He wore the number 1 shirt for France at the tournament, despite being third-choice keeper behind Fabien Barthez and Grégory Coupet. Landreau later became the second choice behind Coupet even though Barthez, who had retired after the World Cup, returned to professional football in December 2006. Landreau was surprisingly not named to the French squad for Euro 2008, with Steve Mandanda and Sébastien Frey being named ahead of him.[1] Hugo Lloris has since emerged as the country's first-choice goalkeeper.

Honours

Club

Nantes

Paris Saint-Germain

Lille

Country

References

  1. ^ French Euro 2008 Squad

External links

Lille OSC – current squad