Nicolas Anelka

Nicolas Anelka
Nicolas Anelka (2010)
Personnel
Surname	Nicolas Sébastien Anelka
birthday	March 14, 1979
place of birth	Le Chesnay ,  France
size	186 cm
position	striker
Juniors
Years	station
1986-1993	Trappes-Saint-Quentin FC
1993-1995	INF Clairefontaine
1995-1996	Paris Saint-Germain
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1995-1997	Paris Saint-Germain B.	25 (18)
1995-1997	Paris Saint-Germain	10 0(1)
1997-1999	Arsenal FC	65 (23)
1999-2000	real Madrid	19 0(2)
2000-2002	Paris Saint-Germain	39 (10)
2001-2002	→  Liverpool FC  (loan)	20 0(4)
2002-2005	Manchester City	89 (38)
2005-2006	Fenerbahçe Istanbul	39 (14)
2006-2008	Bolton Wanderers	53 (21)
2008-2011	Chelsea FC	125 (38)
2012-2013	Shanghai Shenhua	22 0(3)
2013	Juventus Turin	2 0(0)
2013-2014	West Bromwich Albion	10 0(2)
2014-2015	Mumbai City	13 0(2)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
1994-1995	France U-16	8 0(3)
1995-1997	France U18	21 (12)
1997-1998	France U-20	10 0(4)
1998-2010	France	69 (14)
Stations as a trainer
Years	station
2012	Shanghai Shenhua (assistant coach)
2015	Mumbai City (player-coach)
1 Only league games are given. As of July 3, 2015

Nicolas Sébastien Anelka (born March 14, 1979 in Le Chesnay near Versailles ) is a former French football player . The 69-time national player and European champion from 2000 was successful in various top European leagues at top clubs. His collection of titles includes two Premier League trophies ( 1998 and 2010 ) and three FA Cup editions ( 1998 , 2009 and 2010 ) from his time in England, initially with Arsenal and later with Chelsea . In between, he won the Champions League with Real Madrid in 2000 and the Turkish championship five years later with Fenerbahçe Istanbul . After a short interlude from 2012 at the Chinese club Shanghai Shenhua with initial experience as an assistant coach, the striker moved to the future Italian champions Juventus Turin shortly after the turn of the year 2012/13 and to West Bromwich Albion in the summer of 2013 . In September 2014 the move to India to Mumbai City followed . There he was also promoted to head coach in July 2015 .

Career

In the club

Paris SG (1995–1997): The beginnings

As a C-youth , Nicolas Anelka, who played for an amateur club where he lived, came to the national training facility ( Institut National de Formation in the Center technique national Fernand-Sastre ) in Clairefontaine , where he worked with the two slightly older talents Louis Saha and Thierry Henry met. From there he was picked up by Paris Saint-Germain FC , for whom he played his first league game in Division 1 on February 7, 1996, when he was 16, against AS Monaco . The ambitious striker demanded a regular place for himself, but neither coach Luis Fernández nor his successor Ricardo Gomes wanted to promise him; after all, in the summer of 1996 PSG had strengthened themselves in the offensive area with Patrice Loko , Youri Djorkaeff , Xavier Gravelaine and the Panamerican Julio César Dely Valdés . A year later, Anelka moved to England for Arsenal , where Arsène Wenger had taken over as coach in October 1996 - he followed his fellow countrymen Rémi Garde and Patrick Vieira, who had recently been signed up . The transfer of the talented young national player in March 1997 was accompanied by some discord, as the signing of the professional contract in Paris was not possible before the age of majority and Wenger therefore “only” had to pay training compensation of a little more than 500,000  pounds . The matter was ultimately defused by Anelka's statement that he had not seen his sporting future in France and that he would have rejected the prospect of the six-year contract in any case. Anelka played a total of ten first division games for PSG, eight of them in the 1996/97 season when they scored a goal - plus one game each in the League Cup and the European Cup Winners' Cup .

Arsenal FC (1997–1999): The breakthrough

Anelka made her debut for Arsenal as a substitute for Chelsea . In doing so, he immediately played out his strengths, which lay in speed and good ball handling, and was rewarded with three more "Joker" bets before the end of the 1996/97 season . The sporting breakthrough followed in the 1997/98 season when he won the double from the English championship and the FA Cup with Arsenal . He was an important factor, especially after Christmas 1997, when he had to represent the injured Ian Wright and contributed nine competitive goals. These included decisive goals, including against Manchester United (3-2) and Coventry City (2-2). His goal in the FA Cup quarter-finals against West Ham United saved his team, which had been decimated from the 32nd minute onwards, from penalties and laid the foundation for the subsequent triumph over Newcastle United (2-0) - there he scored the final score. Due to his characteristic style of play, with which he caught opposing defenders more often on the wrong foot through body deception, he was nicknamed "French Maradona ".

With clearly increased self-confidence, Anelka completed the next development steps in the 1998/99 season . The achievements he showed brought him the title of the best young professional in England in 1999 and the nomination for Team of the Year ( PFA Team of the Year ). After Wright's departure, he formed an offensive tandem with Dennis Bergkamp and scored 17 times in league games, including crucial goals in close games and a hat-trick against Leicester City . In addition to his striker qualities, he impressed with his ball conquering qualities by attacking opposing defenders more often than was usual for scorer at the time.

Real Madrid (1999–2000): Problems with a sporty happy ending

For the 1999/2000 season Anelka went to Real Madrid in the Spanish Primera División . With this move to René Petit (during the First World War ), Louis Hon and Raymond Kopa in the 1950s, Lucien Muller in the 1960s and then Christian Karembeu, he became the sixth French player in the club history of Real Madrid. With Karembeu and his Cameroonian teammates Samuel Eto'o and Geremi , he quickly found connections and contacts in the new area, but the problems also became obvious. From the start, Anelka could not meet the high expectations that were fed by a high transfer fee, especially since the results under coach John Toshack were disappointing overall. In addition, there was Anelka's refusal to learn the Spanish language sustainably, which isolated him from his teammates. From a sporting point of view, it seemed to be difficult for him to adjust to the Spanish game and so the sense of achievement remained for a long time. It was not until early January 2000, under Toshack's successor Vicente del Bosque , that he drew attention to himself at the Club World Cup with three goals, including a brace against Corinthians São Paulo (2-2). In the subsequent game against Raja Casablanca, however, he injured his knee so badly that he was out for six weeks.

He returned to the Clásico against FC Barcelona , where he scored his first league goal for Real. However, this changed little in terms of his underdog position and the problems resulted in Anelka refusing to take part in training for three days. Del Bosque then suspended Anelka for 45 days and also imposed a heavy fine on the “sinner”. The affair, which had a media-effective intermediate episode with a strange escape in the trunk from Madrid and by plane to his home in Paris , ended with Anelka's apology, after which Del Bosque lifted the club's internal ban after a third of the time - the club had injury concerns in the attack plagued. The 1999/2000 season finally came to an end for him, when he scored two important goals in the Champions League semi-final duel with Bayern Munich - both the first goal in the first leg to win the 2-0 as well as the decisive away goal at 1: 2 in Munich. After that, he was in the starting line-up in the final, which he made victorious with his men 3-0 against Valencia CF, although he failed to score one of his own and was substituted for Manolo Sanchís after 79 minutes .

Paris Saint-Germain (2000–2001): The Return

Anelka left Madrid after only a year. French club officials had been working on the return to Paris since the beginning of Anelka's problems in the Spanish capital, and in the end PSG's main shareholder Pierre Lescure performed the necessary persuasion to get Anelka to sign a seven-year contract. At the end of July 2000, the parties came to an agreement and Anelka initially found her way in a rejuvenated PSG team, which raised hopes for the club to win the first championship after 1994 . However, new disagreements quickly came to the fore and the local media began to see the problems in the players from the banlieues . When coach Philippe Bergeroo was replaced by Luis Fernández after a defeat against CS Sedan , this marked the beginning of the end for a club for Anelka. Tensions with the new coach, who was employed by Anelka leaving PSG in 1996, there were so overt that the satirical program Les Guignols de l'info from Canal + this frequently about the parody "et Nico Luis" themed. As it became clear, as it were, that Anelka was unable to cope with the new system and the public pressure led to media hype, it was agreed that Anelka would go to England for six months at the end of December 2001 after only two league goals in the 2001/02 season the Liverpool should be borrowed.

Liverpool FC (2001–2002): short episode on loan

Anelka made his debut for the "Reds" on Boxing Day 2001 against Aston Villa and after the first goal against Birmingham City in the FA Cup , the appearance in the Merseyside Derby against Everton was remembered when he scored the equalizer in stoppage time. In an attacking formation with Emile Heskey and Michael Owen , he fought for a long time with Liverpool for the English championship , which then went to Arsenal despite nine wins from the last ten games of the season. Anelka's impeccable performance did not prompt coach Gérard Houllier to convert the loan business into a permanent position. While Liverpool decided on El Hadji Diouf from Senegal, who was conspicuous at the 2002 World Cup , Kevin Keegan from rival and newly promoted Manchester City decided to spend the necessary £ 13 million to "kick off" Anelka from PSG.

Manchester City (2002-2005): The goalscorer

In Manchester, Anelka was a regular player straight away and in the 2002/03 season he played all games. He scored fourteen league goals, most of them at the beginning of the round, before he and his new team-mates “ran out of breath”. The two goals against his former club Liverpool FC in Anfield were particularly spectacular , including the winning goal in stoppage time.

He was more constant in the following season 2003/04 , in which Anelka scored 25 competitive goals. This made him the best scorer in his team, which only finished 16th in the Premier League . During his third year for Manchester City, it became clear that the team performance did not meet Anelka's standards. While he was still in good shape, speculation increased about a possible departure and so he moved to Fenerbahçe Istanbul in Turkey shortly before the end of the transfer period as part of the winter transfer period at the end of January 2005 .

Fenerbahçe Istanbul (2005–2006): Turkish champion

In the rest of the second half of the season, Anelka contributed to Fenerbahçe with four goals to win the Turkish championship in 2005 . It fell to him less the role of the sole goalscorer, which was more tailored to the Brazilian center forward Mert Nobre . In contrast to his time in Manchester, Anelka was able to prove himself regularly in the Champions League with Fenerbahçe and although he was not granted a goal of his own there, after a three-year break he played himself back in the focus of the French national team .

In the summer of 2006 rumors arose again that Anelkas had another change on the subject. The fact that the comparatively “small” Bolton Wanderers were awarded the contract for eight million pounds at the end of August 2006 primarily underlined the ambitions that had grown there after qualifying for the UEFA Cup the previous year .

Bolton Wanderers (2006-2008): The Leading Player

In Bolton, where the club's record for the transfer fee paid was also broken, Anelka introduced himself with a goal in the league cup against FC Walsall , and although he experienced a temporary lull of ten league games without a goal in the 2006/07 season , he continued the habit of scoring against prominent opponents or ex-clubs, as demonstrated by two goals each against Arsenal (3-1) and Manchester City (2-0). Ultimately, with eleven league goals, he was largely responsible for the fact that Bolton again succeeded in qualifying for the UEFA Cup.

In the UEFA Cup competition itself, he helped the team survive the group stage, but since he only played for relegation in everyday league and he continued to set some personal highlights - including the decisive 1-0 against champions Manchester United - , speculation about bills arose again. Since Chelsea were still represented in four competitions after the turn of the year 2007/08 and were urgently looking for reinforcement on the offensive, the choice fell on Anelka in mid-January. Bolton was "sweetened" by the departure of the service provider with proceeds of 15 million pounds. At the same time, this meant that, adding up all transfer fees ever paid for him, Anelka was the most expensive player in the world with around 134.6 million euros until 2010, when Zlatan Ibrahimović surpassed him .

Chelsea FC (2008-2011): The top scorer

In Chelsea he met a team that had former teammates in Ashley Cole , Shaun Wright-Phillips and Tal Ben Haim, as well as colleagues from the French national team in Claude Makélélé and Florent Malouda . After a good performance in the semi-final second leg against Everton in the League Cup, he was also in the starting line-up in the final. There he was used on the unfamiliar right wing and the game against Tottenham Hotspur ended with a disappointing 2-1. Usually he was only a substitute player in the remaining games of the 2007/08 season , although he was in the league against Arsenal and in the Champions League semi-final against Liverpool “on point” and prepared important goals from Didier Drogba . The final in the Champions League ended bitterly for Anelka when he missed on penalties for Joe Cole after his substitution in extra time against Manchester United .

Anelka did not want to be satisfied with the status of “second choice” and since a joint effort with Drogba did not normally seem to work, a duel crystallized out. When Drogba was absent for long stretches of the 2008/09 season due to knee problems, Anelka used the chance as the only striker. Ultimately he was the Premier League top scorer with 19 league goals ; at the earliest point in time, he had reached double digits for all relevant "title holders". Further personal successes for Anelka were the second award for Footballer of the Month in November 2008 (after February 1999 still in the service of Arsenal FC) and the appointment to the “Team of the Year”. Eleven years after his last cup triumph, he won the second FA Cup trophy when he was in the starting line-up (together with Drogba) in the final against FC Everton and won 2-1 there. His biggest contribution to the title was previously made in the fifth main round against Watford FC , when he hat-tricked a deficit into a 3-1 win in the last 15 minutes.

Although he lost the scorer role in the following season 2009/10 to the again permanently operational Drogba, he found a new role in the team of the new coach Carlo Ancelotti immediately behind Drogba. In doing so, he often created spaces in the middle by deliberately using the outer lanes, which in turn could be used for allusions to Drogba. In addition, Anelka scored decisive goals in three Champions League games and during the absence of Drogba and Salomon Kalou at the Africa Cup 2010 he himself acted as the sole striker. Between January and April 2010 he was granted a goal, but his winning goal against Bolton ultimately led to a four-point lead over the championship leader. By defending his title in the FA Cup alongside the English championship , he won (together with Ashley Cole) a second English double with two different clubs. In his last full season 2010/11 for Chelsea Anelka stood out for his seven goals in the Champions League , which even exceeded the league yield from 32 appearances (six goals there).

For the 2011/12 season, the Portuguese André Villas-Boas took over the coaching position at Chelsea and Anelka's sporting perspective deteriorated as a result. At the beginning of December 2011, Villas-Boas confirmed that Anelka, who now trained separately from the first team with the youth department, had asked for the transfer clearance. A week later, Chelsea confirmed their upcoming move to Chinese club Shanghai Shenhua .

Shanghai Shenhua & Juventus Turin (2012–2013): Via China to the Italian champion

Anelka signed a two-year contract in Shanghai until the end of 2013. In April 2012, Shanghai Shenhua put the coaching team together again due to the bad start to the season. The contracts of three assistant trainers were terminated. Four new assistant coaches from Great Britain and France have been hired. As player-coach, Anelka took over the position of assistant coach at the side of head coach Jean Tigana , who was confirmed in office. Tigana was later replaced by Sergio Batista , so that Anelka only acted as a player from then on.

At the end of January 2013, Anelka returned to Europe and signed with Juventus Turin . He got a contract until the end of the season with the option for another year. However, the option was not drawn and after winning the Italian championship, to which he made only marginal contributions, Anelka's move back to England to West Bromwich Albion was announced on July 5, 2013 .

West Bromwich Albion (2013-2014)

In a WBA game against West Ham United , Anelka celebrated one of his goals with the Quenelle salute . This was popularized by the government-critical comedian Dieudonné M'bala M'bala , who was convicted several times for anti-Semitic attacks and is considered a representative of right-wing extremism . Anelka later stated that she dedicated the gesture to his friend Dieudonné. However , he denied that it was an anti-Semitic or racist gesture; rather, he expressed his "opposition to the system", as the Quenelle is also used by many young people in the suburbs . As a result of the scandal, the shirt sponsor Zoopla announced that it would no longer extend its sponsorship contract until summer 2014. Anelka was banned from the English Football Association (FA) for five games and also had to pay a fine of £ 80,000. In mid-March 2014, he announced on Twitter that he would terminate his contract with Albion. He was then dismissed by his employer with immediate effect.

Failed move to Brazil and move to India (since 2014)

In April 2014 Anelka should sign a contract with the Brazilian first division club Atlético Mineiro . The contract did not materialize, however, because Anelka did not appear in Belo Horizonte and instead went on a "religious trip" to Kuwait .

In September 2014, Anelka announced that he was joining Mumbai City FC in the Indian Super League . In January 2015, through his friendship with club president Mahfoud Ould Zemirli, he was considering a move to the Algerian newcomer NA Hussein-Dey . Shortly afterwards, however , the Algerian Football Association announced that the regulations did not allow Anelka to become involved, as only foreign players under the age of 27 could be signed in the Algerian league . At the beginning of February he was finally hired by the club as sporting director until the end of the 2014/15 season. In July 2015, the club promoted him to the role of player-coach.

On February 1, 2017, the Dutch first division club Roda JC Kerkrade introduced him as an advisor to the club. He is supposed to take care of the football academy, i.e. the club's youth department, and in particular to sound out the French football market.

In the national team

Anelka in the national jersey

Nicolas Anelka made his debut for the French national team on April 22, 1998 in a game against Sweden . He took part with France in the EM 2000 and was used in all games of the French - except in the final won. He was either substituted on or off in all of these games.

In 2001 he took part in the Confederations Cup , where he won the title again with France. Anelka was used in five games and scored one goal. At the end of 2002, national coach Jacques Santini suspended the player who was considered difficult and " enfant terrible of French football ". A good decade later, Anelka's reputation in her own country is still negative; France Football lists him as one of six French people in its cover story about footballers who are “talented but unreliable, vain, complacent and sometimes rowdy”.

Even when Raymond Domenech took over the position of team manager in 2004 , Anelka was initially disregarded, but was called up again in November 2005 due to good performance. For the 2006 World Cup Anelka however, was not in the squad included the French, for it but in those of the EM-2008 finals . At the EM, Anelka was substituted in the first game against Romania after 72 minutes. In the 4-1 loss to the Netherlands , he played 15 minutes when he came on for Sidney Govou . In the decisive group game against Italy , he was the last substitute for the French in the 66th minute, again for Govou. France were disappointed in the group stage as the bottom of the group.

At the 2010 World Cup in South Africa there was a verbose dispute between Anelka and national coach Domenech during the half-time break in the preliminary round match between the Bleus and Mexico (0: 2). After he had demanded tactical changes from Anelka, Anelka is said to have responded with an insult, the wording "Va te faire enculer, sale fils de pute" in French is a violent insult. The President of the French Football Association , Jean-Pierre Escalettes , demanded an apology from Anelka, but the latter refused. As a consequence of this " Knysna scandal ", the striker was sent home early. On August 17, 2010, he was expelled from the national team by the French Association's disciplinary committee for 18 senior internationals. In a reaction, Anelka mocked the association's decision and described its officials as " clowns ".

Personal

In 2004 , Anelka converted to Islam in the United Arab Emirates and privately took the name Bilal Abdul Salam . He now lives in Saudi Arabia.

His older brother, Claude Anelka, coached the USSF D2 Pro League team AC St. Louis until the end of June 2010 . Before that he trained the Raith Rovers and the Trappes SQ FC.

Anelka has been married to the Belgian dancer and singer of the Italian - Canadian Eurodance band Eu4ya Barbara Tausia since November 9, 2007 . The wedding took place in Marrakech , Morocco .

Others

Nicolas Anelka made a guest appearance in the French film Ball & Chain - Two Rivets and Six Corrects .

successes

With the national team

• European Champion : 2000
• Confederations Cup Winner : 2001

With his clubs

• European Cup Winner : 1995/96
• English champion : 1997/98 , 2009/10
• English Supercup winner : 1998
• English cup winner : 1997/98 , 2008/09 , 2009/10
• Champions League winner : 1999/2000
• Turkish champion : 2004/05
• Italian champion : 2012/13

Awards

• PFA Young Player of the Year : 1999
• FIFA Club World Cup top scorer : 2000
• Premier League top scorer : 2008/09
• PFA Team of the Year : 1998/99, 2008/09
• England's Footballer of the Month : February 1999, November 2008

References

Web links

Commons : Nicolas Anelka  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• The Guardian UK
• Le gros clash Anelka-Domenech - L'Équipe from June 19, 2010
• Nicolas Anelka in the weltfussball.de database

Individual evidence

1. ↑ U-16 deployment data from rlfoot.fr (French), accessed on May 3, 2013
2. ↑ U-18 mission data according to rlfoot.fr (1) and rlfoot.fr (2) (French), accessed on May 3, 2013
3. ↑ U-20 deployment data from rlfoot.fr (French), accessed on May 3, 2013
4. ^ Thierry Berthou: Histoire du Paris Saint-Germain Football Club (1904-1998). Pages de Foot, Créteil 1998, ISBN 2-913146-00-7 , p. 357
5. ^ Thierry Berthou: Histoire du Paris Saint-Germain Football Club (1904-1998). Pages de Foot, Créteil 1998, ISBN 2-913146-00-7 , p. 487
6. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The 1997-1998 Official PFA Footballers Factfile . Lennard Queen Anne Press, 1997, ISBN 978-1-85291-581-0 , pp. 14 .
7. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The 1998-1999 Official PFA Footballers Factfile . Lennard Queen Anne Press, 1998, ISBN 978-1-85291-588-9 , pp. 15 .
8. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The 1999-2000 Official PFA Footballers Factfile . Lennard Queen Anne Press, 1999, ISBN 978-1-85291-607-7 , pp. 15 .
9. ↑ "Madrid made me mad - Anelka" (BBC Sport)
10. ↑ "Football: A Real blow for Anelka" (The Mirror via thefreelibrary.com)
11. ↑ ^{a b} "Nicolas Anelka: From black sheep to folk hero" (SPIEGEL Online)
12. ↑ ^{a b} article "Prototype without soul" (DER SPIEGEL, edition 25/2000)
13. ↑ One-on-One: Nicolas Anelka ( Memento of the original from August 28, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (FourFourTwo) 
14. ↑ cf. on various video platforms such as B. this one
15. ^ "Anelka makes his mark" (BBC Sport)
16. ↑ "Nicolas ANELKA - Liverpool FC - Biography 2001/02" (Sporting Heroes)
17. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2002/2003 . Lennard Queen Anne Press, 2002, ISBN 978-1-85291-648-0 , pp. 19 .
18. ↑ "Nicolas Anelka: Liverpool FC" ( Memento of the original from January 21, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ( Liverpool FC website ) 
19. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2003/2004 . Lennard Queen Anne Press, 2003, ISBN 978-1-85291-651-0 , pp. 24 .
20. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2004/2005 . Lennard Queen Anne Press, 2004, ISBN 978-1-85291-660-2 , pp. 22 .
21. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2005/2006 . Lennard Queen Anne Press, 2005, ISBN 978-1-85291-662-6 , pp. 22 .
22. ↑ "Bolton sign Anelka in record deal" (BBC Sport)
23. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2007-2008 . Mainstream Publishing, 2007, ISBN 978-1-84596-246-3 , pp. 23 .
24. ↑ Most expensive player in the world: Anelka is more valuable than the national team  ( page can no longer be accessed , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . rp-online, January 24, 2008  
25. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2008–2009 . Mainstream Publishing, 2008, ISBN 978-1-84596-324-8 , pp. 24 .
26. ^ "Watford 1-3 Chelsea" (BBC Sport)
27. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2009-2010 . Mainstream Publishing, 2009, ISBN 978-1-84596-474-0 , pp. 23 .
28. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2010–2011 . Mainstream Publishing, 2010, ISBN 978-1-84596-601-0 , pp. 22nd f .
29. ↑ Nicolas Anelka and Alex submit Chelsea transfer requests (BBC Sport)
30. ↑ Anelka move agreed ( Memento of the original from July 1, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. chelseafc.com, December 12, 2011 
31. ↑ Nicolas Anelka to join Shanghai Shenhua on two-year deal bbc.co.uk, December 12, 2011 (English)
32. ↑ The announcement of the adjustment on coaching members , shenhuafc.com.cn of April 12, 2012 (English)
33. ↑ Anelka joins Shenhua's coaching staff , focus.de from April 12, 2012
34. ↑ Anelka completes Juventus switch ( Memento of the original from February 3, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , juventus.com from February 1, 2013 
35. ↑ Controversial Quenelle greeting: West Bromwich striker Anelka causes scandal Spiegel online, December 28, 2013
36. ↑ see the message "Anelka assume son geste" from December 29, 2013 at francefootball.fr
37. ↑ Zoopla to sever ties with West Brom over Nicolas Anelka 'quenelle' salute , Guardian article of January 21, 2014
38. ↑ Anelka banned five games because of "Quenelle" greeting. In: sport.orf.at. February 27, 2014, accessed October 22, 2017 . 
39. ↑ West Bromwich Albion fires Nicolas Anelka after Quenelle greeting sportal.de, accessed on March 15, 2014
40. ↑ Nicolas Anelka moves to Brazil watson.ch, accessed on April 11, 2014
41. ↑ Nicolas Anelka's move to Atlético Mineiro off after striker fails to arrive , Guardian article of April 16, 2014
42. ^ Announcement , Nicolas Anelka's official Twitter account, accessed and published on September 15, 2014
43. ↑ Anelka ne jouera pas en Algérie , article by l'équipe of January 12, 2015
44. ↑ Anelka, un rôle actif en Algérie , article by france football from February 5, 2015
45. ^ "Nicolas Anelka named Mumbai City player-Manager" (BBC Sport)
46. ↑ Nicolas Anelka advertises Roda JC as a consultant , club website from February 1, 2017
47. ↑ Quote from Denis Chaumier: Les Bleus. Tous les joueurs de l'équipe de France de 1904 à nos jours. , Larousse, op. 2004, ISBN 2-03-505420-6 , p. 18; Chaumier adds that in 2002 Anelka "turned her back on the national team with slamming doors" and also waged a "permanent guerrilla war against the world of officials" at many of his clubs, "talented in football, but obstinate and opinionated".
48. ↑ "Têtes à claques - La France tête de série" in France Football of June 4, 2013, pp. 16-22
49. ↑ Rien ne va plus . spiegel.de. Retrieved June 21, 2010.
50. ↑ L'Équipe.fr : Le gros clash Anelka-Domenech ( fr ) June 19, 2010. Archived from the original on June 28, 2010. Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved on June 30, 2010: "" Va te faire enculer, sale fils de pute "" 
51. ↑ SPIEGEL Online: Chaos among the French, players boycott training, manager throws down . June 20, 2010. Accessed on June 30, 2010: "The German literal translation can be found here"
52. ↑ Le Monde.fr : Quand Nicolas Anelka insulte Raymond Domenech ( fr ) June 19, 2010. Accessed June 30, 2010.
53. ↑ Guardian.co.uk : World Cup 2010: France fearful there can be no bounty after the mutiny ( en ) June 22, 2010. Retrieved June 30, 2010: “The Chelsea striker Nicolas Anelka lost his cool and told Raymond Domenech, the team manager, to "go fuck yourself, you son of a whore". "
54. ↑ WM 2010 - Anelka expulsion (stern.de)
55. ^ The decision of the disciplinary committee on the side of the FFF; in German also at Kicker.de
56. ↑ after this article ( Memento of the original from August 19, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. from France Football with the words "I laughed myself to death ... I play blue every weekend with Chelsea anyway, and that's enough for me!" 
57. ↑ Nicolas Anelka laughs off ban handed down by French "clowns" , Guardian article from August 18, 2010
58. ↑ Cf. In Trappes, all butcher shops are now halal , Die Welt, Feb. 4, 2018
59. ↑ IMSoccer News: Claude Anelka Fired From AC St. Louis
60. ↑ WAG No. 354: Barbara Tausia | The spoiler dated June 17, 2009
61. ↑ Nicolas Anelka Gets Married ( Memento of the original from January 6, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. published on June 9, 2007 on france.worldcupblog.org. 
62. ↑ IMDB.com
63. ↑ http://de.fifa.com/clubworldcup/archive/brazil2000/statistics/players/goal-scored.html