Eugénie Le Sommer

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Eugénie Le Sommer
Personal information

Full name	Eugénie Anne Claudine Le Sommer^[1]
Date of birth	(1989-05-18) 18 May 1989
Place of birth	Grasse, France
Height	5 ft 3 in (1.60 m)
Playing position	Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current club	Lyon
Number	9
Youth career
1994–1998	Trélissac
1998–2004	AS Guermeur
2004–2007	Lorient
2007	CNFE Clairefontaine
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2007–2010	Stade Briochin	71	(38)
2010–	Lyon	100	(84)
National team^‡
2004–2005	France U17	4	(0)
2006–2008	France U19	26	(11)
2008–2009	France U20	8	(5)
2009–	France	78	(28)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15 May 2013 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11:41, 23 July 2013 (UTC)

Eugénie Anne Claudine Le Sommer (born 18 May 1989 in Grasse) is a French football player who plays for French club Olympique Lyonnais of the Division 1 Féminine. Le Sommer plays as a creative attacking midfielder, but often plays as a second striker for the France women's national football team. She was awarded the Bronze Ball for her performance at the 2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.^[2] Le Sommer made her first major tournament appearance for her nation at UEFA Women's Euro 2009. On 30 June 2010, Le Sommer announced she would be joining the four-time defending champions Olympique Lyonnais departing her former club, Stade Briochin, after three seasons.^[3]

Career

Eugénie Le Sommer with OL

Club career

Le Sommer began playing football at the age of five joining the women's section of Trélissac FC.^[4] After a four-year stint at the club, she joined AS Guermeur in the Brittany region. She later played at one of the biggest clubs in the region, FC Lorient, and earned many honors in the youth section of the club helping her youth sides win the Coupe Fédérale 16 ans in 2005 and the Mozaïc Foot Challenge in 2006, with the latter being held at the prestigious Clairefontaine academy. Le Sommer was later selected to attend CNFE Clairefontaine, the women's section of the Clairefontaine academy. After a short stint there, she joined D1 Féminine club Stade Briochin. In her debut season with Saint-Brieuc, Le Sommer appeared in all 22 league matches scoring four goals. The 2008–09 season saw her score 10 goals in 22 matches. For her efforts, she was nominated for the UNFP Female Player of the Year losing out to Lyon player Louisa Necib. Le Sommer got off to a fast start for the 2009–10 season scoring ten goals in her first seven league matches, which included a hat trick against Toulouse in a 4–5 defeat. She finished the season as the league's top scorer and was awarded the UNFP Female Player of the Year following the season.

International career

Le Sommer has been active with the women's section of the national team. She has earned caps with the women's under-17, under-19, and under-20 teams. With the under-19 team, she participated in both the 2007 and 2008 editions of the La Manga Cup, as well as both the 2007 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship, as an underage player, and 2008 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship, with the latter being held on home soil. France reached the semi-finals at the 2007 finals and lost in the group stage in 2008. Le Sommer later featuring with the under-20 team at the 2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, held in Chile. In the tournament, Le Sommer scored a team-leading four goals, which included a brace against Argentina in the final group stage match, which sent France through to the knockout rounds, where they faced Nigeria. In the match against Nigeria, with France trailing 1–2, Le Sommer converted an equaliser in the 49th minute. France later won 3–2 with a late goal from Nora Coton-Pélagie. Unfortunately, Le Sommer and France suffered elimination in the next round to North Korea. For her efforts, Le Sommer was awarded the Bronze Ball as the tournament's third best player.

On 12 February 2009, Le Sommer made her international debut in a 2–0 win over the Republic of Ireland coming on as a substitute. After appearing consistently with the national team, which including scoring two goals over the course of four matches at a tournament in Cyprus, Le Sommer was selected by coach Bruno Bini to play at UEFA Women's Euro 2009, despite the player not appearing with the team during the qualification process. During the tournament, Le Sommer played in all four matches her nation contested. France reached as far as the quarterfinals losing to the Netherlands 4–5 on penalties with Le Sommer converting her penalty shot. On 23 September 2009, Le Sommer scored her third international goal against Serbia in a 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification match.

Career statistics

Club

Statistics accurate as of match played 10 April 2013^[5]

Club	Season	League		Cup		Continental		Total
Club	Season	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Stade Briochin	2007–08	22	4	1	0	0	0	23	4
	2008–09	21	10	3	2	0	0	24	12
	2009–10	22	19	2	3	0	0	24	22
	Total	65	33	6	5	0	0	71	38
Lyon	2010–11	20	17	3	1	9	5	32	23
	2011–12	21	22	5	6	9	9	35	37
	2012–13	20	20	7	10	9	1	36	31
	Total	61	59	15	17	27	15	103	91
Career total		126	92	21	22	27	15	174	129

International

(Correct as of 4 April 2012)^[6]

National team	Season	Apps	Goals
France	2008–09	7	2
	2009–10	15	5
	2010–11	18	2
	2011–12	22	11
	2012–13	8	6
Total		71	26

International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	5 March 2009	Ammochostos Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus	Scotland	2–0	2–0	2009 Cyprus Cup
2	10 March 2009	Makario Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus	South Africa	1–0	3–2	2009 Cyprus Cup
3	23 September 2009	Stadion NK Inter Zaprešić, Zaprešić, Croatia	Croatia	0–5	0–7	2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
4	27 March 2010	Stade de la Libération, Boulogne-sur-Mer, France	Northern Ireland	3–0	6–0	2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
5	31 March 2010	Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland	Northern Ireland	0–3	0–4	2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
6	20 June 2010	Stade Léo Lagrange, Besançon, France	Croatia	2–0	3–0	2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
7	23 June 2010	Kadrioru Stadium, Tallinn, Estonia	Estonia	0–4	0–6	2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
8	19 November 2010	Stade Jean Bouin, Angers, France	Poland	1–0	5–0	Friendly
9	7 March 2011	GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus	New Zealand	3–1	5–2	2011 Cyprus Cup
10	14 September 2011	Ness Ziona Stadium, Ness Ziona, Israel	Israel	4–0	5–0	UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying
11	22 September 2011	Turner's Cross, Cork, Republic of Ireland	Republic of Ireland	0–3	1–3	UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying
12	22 October 2011	Parc y Scarlets, Llanelli, Wales	Wales	1–2	1–4	UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying
13	16 November 2011	Stade René Serge Nabajoth, Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe	Uruguay	5–0	8–0	Friendly
14	16 November 2011	Stade René Serge Nabajoth, Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe	Uruguay	7–0	8–0	Friendly
15	16 November 2011	Stade René Serge Nabajoth, Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe	Uruguay	8–0	8–0	Friendly
16	15 February 2012	Stade des Costières, Nîmes, France	Netherlands	1–1	2-1	Friendly
17	1 March 2012	GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus	Finland	0–1	1–2	2012 Cyprus Cup
18	4 July 2012	Stade de la Source, Orléans, France	Romania	2–0	6–0	Friendly
19	4 July 2012	Stade de la Source, Orléans, France	Romania	4–0	6–0	Friendly
20	6 August 2012	Wembley Stadium, London, England	Japan	1–2	1–2	2012 Summer Olympics
21	15 September 2012	Stade du Roudourou, Guingamp, France	Republic of Ireland	2–0	4–0	UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying
22	15 September 2012	Stade du Roudourou, Guingamp, France	Republic of Ireland	3–0	4–0	UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying
23	19 September 2012	Tynecastle Stadium, Edinburgh, Scotland	Scotland	0'–2	0–5	UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying
24	19 September 2012	Tynecastle Stadium, Edinburgh, Scotland	Scotland	0–3	0–5	UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying
25	24 October 2012	Philips Stadion, Eindhoven, Netherlands	Netherlands	1–1	1–1	Friendly

Honours

Club

Lyon

Division 1 Féminine (3): 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13
Coupe de France Féminine (2): 2011–12, 2012–13
UEFA Women's Champions League (2): 2010–11, 2011–12

International

France

Cyprus Cup (1): 2012

Individual

FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Bronze Ball: 2008
UNFP Female Player of the Year (1): 2009–10

References

↑ "Goalscorers". UEFA.com. Retrieved 18 September 2011.
↑ Eugénie Le Sommer dans la cour des grandes
↑ "Statut pro pour ces dames". Olympique Lyonnais (OLWeb.fr). 30 June 2010. Retrieved 30 June 2010.
↑ Le Sommer ready to make history
↑ "La Carriere de Eugénie Le Sommer". StatsFootoFeminin. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
↑ LE SOMMER Eugénie, French Football Federation, accessed 19 April 2013

External links

FFF profile

v t e UNFP Female Player of the Year

2001: Zenoni 2002: Pichon 2003: Soubeyrand 2004: Bompastor 2005: Pichon 2006: Abily 2007: Abily 2008: Bompastor 2009: Nécib 2010: Le Sommer 2011: Bussaglia 2012: Thiney 2013: Schelin

France squads

v t e France squad – 2009 UEFA Women's European Championship

1 Deville 2 Lepailleur 3 Meilleroux 4 Georges 5 Viguier 6 Soubeyrand 7 Franco 8 Bompastor 9 Herbert 10 Abily 11 Tonazzi 12 Thomis 13 Brétigny 14 Nécib 15 Bussaglia 16 Bouhaddi 17 Thiney 18 Henry 19 Le Sommer 20 Blanc 21 Diguelman 22 Stribick-Burckel Coach: Bini

v t e France squad – 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup

1 Deville 2 Renard 3 Boulleau 4 Georges 5 Meilleroux 6 Soubeyrand (c) 7 Franco 8 Bompastor 9 Le Sommer 10 Abily 11 Lepailleur 12 Thomis 13 Pizzala 14 Nécib 15 Bussaglia 16 Sapowicz 17 Thiney 18 Delie 19 Brétigny 20 Viguier 21 Philippe Coach: Bini

v t e France women's football squad – 2012 Summer Olympics – Fourth Place

1 Deville 2 Renard 3 Boulleau 4 Georges 5 Meilleroux 6 Soubeyrand (c) 7 Franco 8 Bompastor 9 Le Sommer 10 Abily 11 Delie 12 Thomis 13 Catala 14 Nécib 15 Bussaglia 16 Viguier 17 Thiney 18 Bouhaddi Coach: Bini

v t e France squad – 2013 UEFA Women's European Championship

1 Deville 2 Renard 3 Boulleau 4 Georges 5 Meilleroux 6 Soubeyrand 7 Franco 8 Bussaglia 9 Le Sommer 10 Henry 11 Soyer 12 Thomis 13 Catala 14 Nécib 15 Houara 16 Bouhaddi 17 Thiney 18 Delie 19 Brétigny 20 Asseyi 21 Benameur 22 Delannoy 23 Abily Coach: Bini

v t e Olympique Lyonnais (Ladies) – current squad

3 Renard (c) 4 Traoré 5 Kumagai 6 Henry 7 Rapinoe 8 Schelin 9 Le Sommer 10 Nécib 11 Agard 12 Thomis 13 Plaza 15 Bussaglia 16 Magnin-Peyraud 17 Franco 20 Viguier 21 Dickenmann 23 Abily 24 Tonazzi 25 Majri 26 Bouhaddi Manager: Lair

Persondata
Name	Le Sommer, Eugenie
Alternative names
Short description	Association footballer
Date of birth	18 May 1989
Place of birth	Grasse, France
Date of death
Place of death

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