Nicolas Anelka

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Nicolas Anelka

Anelka playing for Chelsea in 2010
Personal information
Full nameNicolas Sébastien Anelka[1]
Date of birth (1979-03-14) 14 March 1979[2]
Place of birthLe Chesnay, France
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[3]
Playing positionStriker
Club information
Current clubWest Bromwich Albion
Number39
Youth career
1983–1993Trappes Saint-Quentin
1993–1995Clairefontaine[4]
1995–1996Paris Saint-Germain
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
1996–1997Paris Saint-Germain10(1)
1997–1999Arsenal65(23)
1999–2000Real Madrid19(2)
2000–2002Paris Saint-Germain39(10)
2001–2002→ Liverpool (loan)20(4)
2002–2005Manchester City89(37)
2005–2006Fenerbahçe39(14)
2006–2008Bolton Wanderers53(21)
2008–2012Chelsea125(38)
2012–2013Shanghai Shenhua22(3)
2013→ Juventus (loan)2(0)
2013–West Bromwich Albion11(2)
National team
1997France U203(0)
1998–2010France69(14)
Teams managed
2012Shanghai Shenhua (player-coach)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10 January 2014.
† Appearances (Goals).

Nicolas Sébastien Anelka (French pronunciation: ​[ni.kɔ.la a.nɛl.ka]; born 14 March 1979) is a French footballer who currently plays for West Bromwich Albion.[5] Prior to his retirement from international football, Anelka was also a regular member of the French national team. Former Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti has described him as a quick player with good aerial ability, technique, shooting, and movement off the ball.[6] Anelka began his career at Paris Saint-Germain, but soon moved to Arsenal. He became a first team regular and won the PFA Young Player of the Year Award the following season. Real Madrid signed him for £22.3 million in 1999, a record fee at the time, but he did not settle in well and returned to Paris Saint-Germain in a £20 million deal. Despite regular first team football in Paris, Anelka set his eyes upon the Premier League once more; he went on loan to Liverpool in January 2002 but joined Manchester City for £13 million at the start of the 2002–03 season.

After three seasons in Manchester, he moved to Fenerbahçe for two seasons before returning to England to join Bolton Wanderers – in deals worth £7 million and £8 million, respectively. He transferred to Chelsea from Bolton for a reported £15 million in January 2008. During his transfers over the years, he has built an aggregate transfer cost of just under £90 million.[7] On 12 December 2011, Shanghai Shenhua announced that they had reached an agreement with Anelka to join the team in the winter transfer window.[8] After one season there, Anelka joined Italian side Juventus on a six-month loan deal in 2013.

Anelka has played 69 times at international level and won his first international honours with France at Euro 2000, and won the Confederations Cup the following year. His failure to settle at club level limited his international appearances, but he returned to the national team for the Euro 2008 competition. On 19 June 2010, Anelka was excluded by the French Football Federation from the 2010 World Cup in South Africa for "comments directed against the national coach, Raymond Domenech, unacceptable to the FFF, French football, and the principles they uphold."[9] Two months later, having failed to turn up to his disciplinary hearing, he was banned for France's next eighteen games by the FFF, effectively ending his international career.[10]

Anelka is also known for his controversial relationship with French comedian Dieudonné M'bala M'bala and notably attracted widespread condemnation after performing a hand gesture called the "quenelle", created by the latter and regarded by some as anti-Semitic, on the pitch when playing for West Bromwich Albion in 2013.[11] Anelka has responded that the gesture is anti-establishment, not anti-Semitic.[11]

Personal life

Anelka was born in 1979 in Le Chesnay, Yvelines, to parents who had migrated from Martinique in 1974. Thereafter they settled in Trappes, near Paris. His mother is a secretary in the local high school.[12][13][14]

Anelka is married to Barbara Tausia, a Belgian choreographer. Together, they have two sons, Kais born in 2008 and Kahil born in 2010.[15] He acted in the 2002 film Le Boulet as a footballer named Nicolas. He has stated that, when he retires from football, he would like to work in the film industry because he has a friend in the business.[16] He said: "I have a friend who's a producer, who makes lots of films. He recently did Astérix. So it's already agreed that I'm going to do other films. It helps to know actors and producers. It's different to football and it's something I enjoy very much because there's no ball. I like pretending to be somebody else, it's fun."

Anelka has two brothers, Claude and Didier.[17]

After discussing religion with some childhood friends, Anelka converted to Islam in 2004 in the United Arab Emirates, taking the Muslim name of Abdul-Salam Bilal.[18][19] Anelka has said that he initially fasted during daylight hours as is required for the Muslim month of Ramadan, but "I realised I often got injured just after the period of Ramadan, so I don't observe it strictly any more."[20] Initially, Anelka considered leaving European football to play in the UAE: "I am ready to stay here and to play for a club in the Emirates. I am not keen to go back to England or France." However, this did not come to pass and he briefly moved to Turkey instead, as well as three more English clubs.[21]

Club career

Paris Saint-Germain

Anelka started his career at Paris Saint-Germain as a youth player at age 16 and was said to have great potential for scoring goals.[citation needed]

Arsenal

In February 1997, at the age of 17, Anelka joined Premier League club Arsenal for a fee of £500,000[22] under newly appointed manager Arsène Wenger. His first team opportunities were limited in the 1996–97 season, but in the 1997–98 season, he broke into the first team, after a long-term injury to striker Ian Wright. In November 1997, Anelka scored his first goal for Arsenal in a 3–2 home win against Manchester United.[23] Anelka was a key player in Arsenal's "Double" win, of both the Premier League and FA Cup that season. Anelka scored the second goal in Arsenal's 2–0 win over Newcastle United in that season's FA Cup final.

Anelka was Arsenal's top scorer in the 1998–99 season with 17 Premier League goals. This form saw him voted the PFA Young Player of the Year, but Arsenal failed to defend their Premier League and FA Cup titles and made little progress in the UEFA Champions League. Fans turned on the striker amid transfer speculation and a perceived lack of enthusiasm, giving him the nickname "Le Sulk."[24] During the close season, Anelka stated a desire to leave Arsenal, claiming the British press was responsible for his unhappiness in England.[25] On August 2, 1999, Anelka joined Real Madrid.[26]

In all he made 90 appearances for Arsenal, scoring 28 goals.

Real Madrid

Anelka transferred to Real Madrid in the summer of 1999 for £22.3 million.[27] Anelka began brightly, arriving as a record signing to the Madrid side. He had initial success, but soon fell out of favour with fans, fellow players, and new coach Vicente del Bosque, at one point receiving a 45-day suspension for refusing to train. He eventually returned to favour and figured in the successful 1999-00 Champions League campaign[28] scoring vital goals in both legs of the semi-finals against Bayern Munich[29][30] and starting in the final.

Return to Paris-Saint Germain

Anelka signed a professional contract at Paris Saint-Germain, a return to the club at which he used to play as a youth player, in a transfer deal worth £22 million.[31] Once again Anelka developed issues with the team coach, Luis Fernandez (who was already under pressure for benching Ronaldinho due to his work ethic) and became unsettled despite good form on the pitch.

Liverpool

After 30 months, Anelka returned to the Premier League in December 2001 with Liverpool on a short-term loan deal until the end of the season. He contributed to Liverpool's late push to come second in the league, scoring goals against Everton,[32] Fulham,[33] Blackburn Rovers,[34] Ipswich Town,[35] and in the FA Cup against Birmingham City,[36] but manager Gérard Houllier decided not to offer him a permanent deal after the end of the season in favour of signing Senegalese forward El Hadji Diouf.[37]

Manchester City

Anelka opted to join Manchester City on 24 May 2002, and the £13 million fee paid by manager Kevin Keegan was then a club record.[38] In his first season at City, Anelka was the club's top scorer with 14 goals, including a goal in the last ever Manchester Derby at Maine Road, against former club Arsenal and a last minute winner at Anfield after scoring a penalty just moments earlier. In his second season at City he finished top scorer again, in the club's first season at the City of Manchester Stadium, with 25 goals. On 16 October 2004, Anelka won and scored a penalty against Chelsea, which led to Jose Mourinho's first defeat as Chelsea manager.[39]

Fenerbahçe

In January 2005, Manchester City announced that Anelka had completed a £7 million transfer to Turkish team Fenerbahçe.[40] Anelka helped the Turkish club win the league title in 2005,[41] and played with them in the UEFA Cup that season, and the UEFA Champions League the next.

Bolton Wanderers

On 25 August 2006, Bolton Wanderers signed Anelka on a four-year deal for a club record of £8 million.[42] Anelka made his debut for Bolton against Watford on 9 September 2006.[43] He finished the 2006–07 season as Bolton's top scorer with 10 goals.

During January 2007, Anelka stated that he would be willing to leave Bolton for a return to former club Arsenal.[44] However, Anelka pledged his future to Bolton in July 2007, following talks with manager Sammy Lee.[45] Anelka later said he would reluctantly consider leaving the club if Bolton's poor start to the 2007–08 season continued,[46] but later signed a new four-year contract until 2011 on 30 August.[47]

Chelsea

On 11 January 2008, it was confirmed that Anelka would join Chelsea for £15 million.[48] Anelka made his début against Tottenham Hotspur on 12 January 2008,[49] and scored his first goal two weeks later in the FA Cup against Wigan Athletic. He scored his first league goal on 2 February against Portsmouth, but failed to score again for Chelsea during the 2007–08 season.[50]

Anelka with Chelsea

In the 2008 UEFA Champions League Final, Anelka delivered Chelsea's seventh penalty, which was saved by Edwin van der Sar, resulting in Manchester United winning the Champions League. Anelka later blamed manager Avram Grant for his penalty miss, claiming Grant brought him on to play as a late substitute without a proper warm up beforehand and also too late in the game to acclimatize himself in it.

On 3 August 2008, Anelka scored four goals in a 5–0 friendly win against A.C. Milan.[citation needed]

With Didier Drogba injured at the beginning of the 2008–09 season, Anelka made a very impressive start to the campaign. He scored 25 times – 19 of which in the Premier League, making the Frenchman the first player to reach 10 goals in the competition that season.[citation needed] For this, he was awarded with a Golden Boot Award on 14 November 2008 and was in the running for the end of season Golden Boot accolade.[51] Anelka scored his first competitive hat-trick for Chelsea against Sunderland, in a 5–0 home win on 1 November 2008, and followed this up with two braces against Blackburn Rovers, then West Bromwich Albion.[52] He established himself as an important member of the squad and maintained his place in the team despite the return to fitness of Drogba. After the arrival of Guus Hiddink, Anelka was more often played on the wing. Furthermore, he was ranked among the top goalscorers in the league for the season. He scored another hat-trick against Watford in the FA Cup to earn Chelsea a 3–1 victory at Vicarage Road.[53] On 10 May, he scored one goal and set up another in a 4–1 away win against former club Arsenal. A goal in Chelsea's final Premier League game of the season at Sunderland put him as top goal scorer for the season in the Premier League, earning him the Golden Boot with 19 goals in total.[54]

Anelka warming up for Chelsea
Anelka scored his first goal of the 2009–10 season against West London rivals Fulham in a 2–0 win at Craven Cottage, before continuing his fine form with the opening goal in Chelsea's 3–0 win over Burnley the following weekend. He netted his third goal of the season in the opening game of the UEFA Champions League group stage in the 1–0 victory over F.C. Porto.[55] Anelka scored one of the best goals of his season against APOEL Nicosia in the Champions League with the ball being passed into the net from outside the box. Anelka scored his third league goal of the season against Liverpool at Stamford Bridge in a 2–0 win with the second goal coming from French team-mate Florent Malouda.[56] Anelka continued his fine scoring run in the Champions League with the winner in the 1–0 victory over Porto at the Estadio Dragao, making Chelsea only the second ever English side to win at Porto's home ground. He continued his scoring in the season by scoring Chelsea's first goal in a 3–3 draw against Everton in the Premier League, his first goal in the competition since October.[57] He followed that up with another goal in Chelsea's 2–1 victory over Portsmouth. On 16 January 2010 on his return from injury, Anelka scored twice in an astonishing 7–2 victory over Sunderland.[58] He continued this fine form into the next match scoring in an FA Cup tie against Preston North End bringing his tally in the previous 4 matches to 5 goals. Talks over his contract have stalled leading to rumours of yet another move to another club. After the return of Drogba from the African Cup of Nations, Anelka had been playing on the wing to support him. Anelka scored his first goal since January in a 1–0 win over his old team Bolton Wanderers in April 2010 putting Chelsea four points ahead of second place Manchester United.[59] On the final day of the season Anelka scored two goals against Wigan Athletic, including the first Chelsea goal in the sixth minute,[60] to help Chelsea win their third Premier League title and their first in four years.[61] Anelka (along with Ashley Cole) joined Henning Berg in the exclusive band of players who have won the Premier League title with two different clubs.[citation needed] On 24 June 2010, Chelsea Football Club announced that Anelka had signed a new one-year extension to his existing contract that will keep him at the club until 2012.[62]

Anelka started the 2010–11 campaign in fine form for Chelsea. He assisted Florent Malouda's last goal against West Bromwich Albion on the opening day of the season, scored a double in the next game against Wigan Athletic, and won a penalty against Stoke City in Chelsea's third game of the season. He continued this fine form in Chelsea's first Champions League game, scoring a first half brace against MŠK Žilina. Further goals against Marseille and Spartak Moscow ensured that this was the first season since playing for Paris Saint-Germain that he had scored at least four goals in a UEFA Champions League Season. On 19 October, during Chelsea's Champions League group-stage match against Spartak Moscow, Anelka continued his impressive goal scoring form in the Champions League, scoring the second goal of the match and his 50th goal for Chelsea in the 43rd minute of the game. He ended the 2010–11 season with 16 goals from 45 appearances in all competitions.

Anelka scored Chelsea's first goal of the 2011–12 season against West Bromwich Albion in a 2–1 victory. However, this would prove to be Anelka's final goal for Chelsea as he failed to find the net in 14 further appearances in 2011. On 3 December 2011 after Chelsea's 3–0 victory against Newcastle United, manager André Villas-Boas confirmed to the media that Anelka along with Alex had submitted transfer requests to the club and would be free to leave Chelsea in January.[63] On 12 December, Chelsea confirmed that Anelka would head to the Chinese club Shanghai Shenhua. It was rumored that his salary would be as high as £175,000 a week.[64] After being transfer-listed, Anelka revealed that Villas-Boas banned him from using the first-team car park, forced to use separate changing rooms and made to train with the youth team. He said "Ever since I was punished they put me with the youngsters.'I’ve got all the kit and equipment that professionals have but they put me in a separate changing room – that’s football for you."[65] Zhu Jun, owner of Shanghai Shenhua, confirmed that they had sealed a deal with Anelka in his weibo on 12 December.[66] The official websites of Shanghai Shenhua and Chelsea also confirmed this transfer later on the same day.[67][68]

Shanghai Shenhua

Anelka played with Giovanni Moreno and his former Chelsea teammate Didier Drogba at Shanghai Shenhua.

On 1 January 2012, Anelka moved to the Chinese club Shanghai Shenhua. His annual salary at Shanghai Shenhua was reported to be around €12 million.[69] Following his move to the club, Anelka revealed that he turned down the chance to join his former club Paris Saint-Germain the previous month in favour of signing for Shanghai Shenhua and explained that his move was because he did not have attractive offers to remain within Europe.[70] On 21 February 2012, Anelka scored a debut goal in a pre-season friendly match against Hunan Billows, just 40 seconds after the start of the game. Anelka failed to make his Chinese Super League debut due to ankle injury on the opening league game of the season against Jiangsu Sainty.[71] He eventually made his CSL debut and scored his first CSL goal on 16 March 2012, in a 3–2 away defeat against bitter rivals Beijing Guoan.[72] On 11 April 2012, Anelka was named as part of the coaching staff to help struggling manager Jean Tigana.[73]

On 19 June 2012, it was confirmed that Anelka's former Chelsea-teammate Didier Drogba would join Shanghai Shenhua.[74] On 7 June 2012 it was claimed that Anelka was keen on a move back to the Premier League after he was involved in a heated exchange with a fan for refusing to bow in front of the travelling Shenhua fans with his fellow team-mates.[75] Anelka provided two assists for Drogba and headed in a late equalizer to earn Shenhua a point in a 3–3 draw with Shandong Luneng on 25 August.[76][77]

Juventus

On 26 January 2013, Anelka joined Italian side Juventus on a five-month loan deal.[78] He made his debut for Juventus against Celtic in the Champions League.[79] Anelka made two further appearances for Juventus, both in Serie A, as the club won the league title.

West Bromwich Albion

On 4 July 2013, Anelka joined West Bromwich Albion on a Bosman transfer after being released by Shanghai Shenhua, marking another return to the English Premier League, the sixth Premier League club he has played for in his career.[5] He has since said that he would like to end his career in England, at West Bromwich Albion.[80] On 22 August 2013 Anelka reportedly walked out of a training session telling staff that he was leaving the club to retire. The reports were quickly denied by the club, which confirmed that Anelka would miss one game and that he had left the session early on compassionate grounds following the death of his agent.[81] On 28 August 2013, it was announced that since completing his week of compassionate leave, Anelka had decided to remain with the club and would begin training the following day in preparation for West Brom's forthcoming match against Swansea City.[82] He subsequently returned full-time to the team. He scored his first goal for the club in a 3–3 draw with West Ham United on 28 December 2013, scoring a first-half brace in his first appearance in over two months. Upon scoring, he performed a quenelle, a hand gesture popularized by his comedian friend Dieudonné and described by Jewish groups as an inverted Nazi salute.[11] The FA and anti-racism organisations are investigating the incident following allegations of anti-Semitism.[11]

International career

Anelka playing for France

At youth level, Anelka played for the French under-20 team at the 1997 World Youth Championship, and made his senior team debut for France in a goal-less draw with Sweden on 22 April 1998. Anelka was not selected for the 1998 World Cup winning squad but quickly became France's first choice centre forward during the Euro 2000 qualifying campaign, scoring the opening goal in France's 3–2 win over Russia on his first international start[83] and scoring both goals in a comfortable 2–0 win over England at Wembley in February 1999.[84][85] Anelka made his first appearance in a major tournament at Euro 2000; France went on to win the competition. He also formed part of the squad which won the 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup. Despite a promising start, Anelka lost his place in the national team from 2001–2007 as he was not playing much first team football at club level, mainly because he was frequently transferred between clubs.[86] When striker Djibril Cissé was forced out of 2006 World Cup due to injury, Olympique Lyonnais' striker Sidney Govou was called up as Cissé's replacement rather than Anelka, who described the decision as a "real shame... I was completely available and ready to play in this World Cup. I think I could have helped France."[citation needed]

Anelka came on as a substitute in the Euro 2008 qualifier against Lithuania on 24 March 2007, and scored the only goal in a 1–0 victory. Following his performance, Anelka was praised by Raymond Domenech: "It is the Nicolas I like to see... when he shows these qualities, he is a candidate for a permanent place."[87] He also scored in the 2–0 victory against Ukraine on 2 June 2007.[88]

Anelka featured in the France squad for Euro 2008 in Austria and Switzerland.[89] Anelka started France's first group game against Romania, but was substituted after 72 minutes.[90] He did not start either of France's remaining two games in the tournament against the Netherlands and Italy, coming on as a substitute in both games.[91][92]

Anelka played a key role in France's FIFA World Cup playoff against the Republic of Ireland. He scored the winning goal in the 72nd minute that put France in a good position with one away goal.[93]

During the 2010 World Cup, Anelka was sent home after reportedly abusing coach Raymond Domenech at half-time during the 2–0 defeat to Mexico.[94] Following criticism of his positioning by Domenech, Anelka is reported to have said, "Va te faire enculer, sale fils de pute"[95] meaning "Go fuck yourself, dirty son of a whore."[96] The incident was later reported by the media, and the player refused to publicly apologise when asked to by French Football Federation president Jean-Pierre Escalettes.[97] The next day, the squad refused to get to training in protest against Anelka's expulsion.[98] Anelka was subsequently hit by an 18-game suspension from international football by the FFF as punishment for his actions, effectively ending his international career. Anelka later claimed to be "dying with laughter" at the 18-match ban, as he had already decided to retire from international play.[99]

International goals

Scores and results list France's goal tally first:

Career statistics

Club

As of 28 December 2013[100][101][102][103][104][105]
Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Other[nb 1] Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
France League Coupe de France Coupe de la Ligue Europe Other Total
1995–96Paris Saint-GermainDivision 1200000000020
1996–978100101000101
England League FA Cup League Cup Europe Other Total
1996–97ArsenalPremier League40000000–40
1997–98266933020–409
1998–993517500051114619
Spain League Copa del Rey Copa de la Liga Europe Other Total
1999–00Real MadridLa Liga19210–10233337
France League Coupe de France Coupe de la Ligue Europe Other Total
2000–01Paris Saint-GermainDivision 1278001095–3713
2001–02122100073–205
England League FA Cup League Cup Europe Other Total
2001–02LiverpoolPremier League20421000000225
2002–03Manchester City38141020––4114
2003–043216442054–4324
2004–051970000––197
Turkey League Türkiye Kupası League Cup Europe Other Total
2004–05FenerbahçeSüper Lig14420–20–184
2005–06251062–60–3712
2006–070000–20–20
England League FA Cup League Cup Europe Other Total
2006–07Bolton WanderersPremier League35113011––3912
2007–081810000041–2211
Chelsea14131205000242
2008–0937195400122–5425
2009–103311410073104515
2010–11326311297104616
2011–1291002040–151
China League FA Cup CSL Cup Asia Other Total
2012Shanghai ShenhuaSuper League22310–––233
Italy Serie A Coppa Italia League Cup Europe Other Total
2012–13JuventusSerie A2000–100030
England League FA Cup League Cup Europe Other Total
2013–14West Bromwich AlbionPremier League9200–000092
Total France 49111020178006919
England 3591253915133531831467161
Spain 19210—10233337
Turkey 391482—100—5716
China 22310———233
Italy 200000100030
Career Total 4871545017153912864649206

International

As of 17 June 2010.[106][107]
France national team
YearAppsGoals
199831
199973
200010[A]2[A]
200171
200210
200300
200400
200521
200631
2007103
2008111
200992
201060
Total6914
Note

A Includes one appearance and one goal from the match against FIFA XI on 16 August 2000 which FIFA and the French Football Federation count as an official friendly match.[108]

Honours

Club

Arsenal
Real Madrid
PSG
Fenerbahçe
Chelsea
Juventus

Country

France

Individual

Notes

  1. ↑ Includes Trophée des champions, UEFA Super Cup, Community Shield (1998, 2009, 2010), Supercopa de España, FIFA Club World Cup (2000), Süper Kupa, Chinese Super Cup and Supercoppa Italiana.

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