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1.
Name: Nicolas Anelka (Fra)
Current Club: Real Madrid (Spa)
Date of Birth: 14/03/1979
Position: Striker
Previous Clubs: Paris-SG (Fra) & Arsenal (Eng)
Comment: Everybody knows him now. What could I add
that would be interesting?
2.
Name: Stéphane
Dalmat (Fra)
Current Club: Marseille
Date of Birth: 14/08/1979
Position: Midfield
Previous Clubs: Châteauroux (Fra) & Lens (Fra)
Comment: The most expensive French transfer in
France (70 MF), from Lens to Marseille. He's a very good
creator, making excellent passes to strikers, and very good
dribbler.
3.
Name: Mickaël
Landreau (Fra)
Current Club: FC Nantes (Fra)
Date of Birth: 14/05/1979
Position: Goalkeeper
Previous Clubs: None
Comment: This keeper started in French first
division at the age of 18, showing an amazing
maturity. In his first match, he stopped a penalty. He's
now 20 years and is already the captain of his team. He
won the French Cup last season. Maybe the next goalkeeper
of the French National Team.
4.
Name: Peter Luccin
(Fra)
Current Club: Marseille (Fra)
Date of Birth: 09/04/1979
Position: Midfield
Previous Clubs: Cannes (Fra) & Bordeaux (Fra)
Comments: A mature midfielder, who
loses very few balls. Moreover, he can play defender too.
He's the favourite of Courbis, Marseille's trainer. When
Courbis was in Bordeaux, he bought him from Cannes, and
brought him to Marseille a year later. Sometimes compared
to Rykaard.
5.
Name: Steed
Malbranque (Fra)
Current Club: Lyon (Fra)
Date of Birth: 06/01/1980
Position: Midfield
Previous Clubs: None
Comment: A very good midfield, very active, he can
drive defenders wild. But despite his obvious
qualities, he hasn't scored any goals in First Division
yet.
6.
Name: Sébastien
Frey (Fra)
Current Club: Inter Milan (Ita)
Date of Birth: 13/03/1980
Position: Goalkeeper
Previous Clubs: Cannes
Comment: 19 years old and he played last season in some
matches instead of Pagliuca. A great keeper.
7.
Name: Louis Saha
(Fra)
Previous Clubs: FC Metz (Fra)
Date of Birth: 08/08/1978
Position: Striker
Previous Clubs: Newcastle Utd (Eng,Loan)
Comment: He is the man of the beginning of the
season for Metz this year. In the Intertoto cup, he scored 8
times in 7 matches, the last one against West Ham in
London. Loaned at Newcastle last year, he seems to have
learnt a lot in England. He's the guy who scored in the
U18 European championship final won by France.
8.
Name: Jean-Alain
Boumsong (Fra)
Current Club: Le Havre (Fra)
Date of Birth: 14/12/1979
Position: Central Defender
Previous Clubs: None
Comment: A lot of clubs wanted to buy him this
summer, and it was Liverpool who won the battle. But
they decided to loan him to his current club, Le Havre.
He's a strong defender, tall, a bit like Desailly. He
will be a good player for Liverpool's defence.
9.
Name: Philippe
Christanval (Fra)
Current Club: Monaco (Fra)
Date of Birth: 31/08/1978
Position: Central Defender
Previous Clubs: None
Comment: Franck Dumas left to Newcastle, this
central defender will have the task to replace him in the
defence of Monaco. Despite his 21 years, he has enough
maturity but maybe not enough physical strength to win
against strong strikers.
10.
Name: Soufiane
Koné (Fra)
Current Club: Nancy (Fra)
Date of Birth: 08/06/1980
Position: Forward
Previous Clubs: None
Comment: He was last season one of the best
strikers of Nancy (6 goals), with Cascarino. He's a
strong striker, and I guess he won't stay a long
time in Nancy.
11.
Name: Pegguy
Luyindula (Fra)
Current Club: Strasbourg (Fra)
Date of Birth: 25/05/1979
Position: Striker
Previous Clubs: Niort (Fra)
Comment: A good season in Niort, then he left for
Strasbourg. But there, last season, he was not very good.
But he was revealed in the last U21 Toulon Tournament
where he became the best scorer with 6 goals, and then a
lot of clubs were after him. But Strasbourg managed to
keep him, and he could score this season a lot of goals.
12.
Name: Toifilou
Maoulida (Fra)
Current Club: Montpellier (Fra)
Date of Birth 08/06/1979
Position: Striker
Previous Clubs: None
Comment: A good striker, not very strong, but
quick and cunning. He recently scored a great goal for
Montpellier against Barthez (Monaco) with a fantastic
return.
13.
Name: Zoumana
Camara (Fra)
Current Club: Inter Milan (Ita)
Date of Birth: 03/04/1979
Position: Defender
Previous Clubs: St-Etienne (Fra)
Comment: A good defender, bought by Inter Milan
but loaned last year to Empoli. But I don't think he will
play a lot this year, with Laurent Blanc, Domoraud, etc...
14.
Name: Sébastien
Piocelle (Fra)
Current Club: FC Nantes (Fra)
Date of Birth: 10/11/78
Position: Midfield
Previous Clubs: None
Comment: Sometimes compared to Didier Deschamps,
this blond guy is, like the player of Chelsea, a good
tackler but can also make good passes to the strikers. He
won the French cup last year with Nantes.
15.
Name: Anthony
Reveillère (Fra)
Current Club: Rennes (Fra)
Date of Birth: 22/10/1978
Position: Wing-back
Previous Clubs: None
Comment: A good wing-back, he played 32 matches
last year with Rennes.
Martin Binet
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