Johan Micoud

Johan Micoud
Johan Micoud 2006
Personnel
birthday	July 24, 1973
place of birth	Cannes ,  France
size	185 cm
position	midfield
Juniors
Years	station
1983-1992	AS Cannes
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1992-1996	AS Cannes	127 (17)
1996-2000	Girondins Bordeaux	127 (27)
2000-2002	AC Parma	47 0(9)
2002-2006	Werder Bremen	123 (31)
2006-2008	Girondins Bordeaux	61 (10)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
1999-2004	France	17 0(1)
1 Only league games are given.

Johan Micoud [ ʒɔˈɑ̃ miˈku ] (born July 24, 1973 in Cannes ) is a former French football player . He played in the attacking midfield in the position of the so-called playmaker . Today he is a winemaker in the Pomerol region .

Career

society

Micoud began his professional career in 1992 in the French first division at AS Cannes . In 1996 he moved to Girondins Bordeaux , where he won his first title in 1999 with the French championship . In 2000 he moved to the Italian Serie A for AC Parma , with whom he won the Italian Cup in 2001/02 .

In 2002 Micoud then moved to the Bundesliga for Werder Bremen , where he quickly became an undisputed leader as “le chef”. The Frenchman made his first division debut in Germany on September 10, 2002 against 1. FC Nürnberg . In the same game he scored his first league goal for the SVW . During his time in Bremen he was one of the best midfielders in the Bundesliga. For four years he shaped the playful style of the Werder team and played a major role in their rise to the top team. With Johan Micoud, Werder won the so-called double in 2004 , that is the German championship and the DFB Cup , and qualified for the Champions League three times in a row . Especially in the Champions League games for Werder Bremen, Johan Micoud regularly grew beyond himself and shone as a strategist as well as a scorer of important goals.

Micoud was dangerous for goals and was involved in many goals as a preparer. His great strengths were the sophisticated technique, the brilliant overview of the game, the team friendliness and a quick grasp - all of this made him a key figure in the fast and technically demanding combination game. Werder coach Thomas Schaaf said of his former number 10: “I've never seen a player who can move the game so quickly.” In 2006 Micoud moved back to his home country, Girondins Bordeaux . On May 10, 2008, Laurent Blanc , coach of Girondins de Bordeaux, announced that Johan Micoud would not receive a new contract for the coming season.

On September 18, 2008, Johan Micoud announced the end of his 18-year professional career in an interview with the French sports newspaper L'Équipe . Despite some offers from French clubs, "this is the right time to quit".

After his career, Micoud bought a winery together with other players ( Matthieu Chalmé ) and brought out his first Merlot in 2009.

National team

Despite his class, Johan Micoud was unable to make his big international breakthrough, especially with his country's national team . One of the main reasons for this is called Zinédine Zidane . The three-time FIFA World Player of the Year played in the same position, played a similar style and was the same age as Micoud, in short: he blocked his development in the national team, so that Micoud only made 17 appearances here. At the European Football Championship 2000 he was in the squad of the French team and won the title with her (one use). Micoud was also in the French squad at the 2002 World Cup and played in two games. The midfielder made his World Cup debut on June 6, 2002 in the first round match against Uruguay , where he replaced the injured Zidane over the full 90 minutes.

After the 2002 World Cup, Micoud was not nominated for a year and a half despite strong performances at SV Werder Bremen, which was also due to the low status of the Bundesliga abroad. In the opinion of Fabrice Jouhaud, the football director of the sports magazine L'Équipe , the Bundesliga is “terribly old-fashioned”, “tactical imagination” is not available and the training places emphasis on perseverance and strength. On March 25, 2004 he was finally nominated by national coach Jacques Santini for the test match on March 29, 2004 in Rotterdam against the Netherlands and also used there. Despite this commitment and despite winning the German championship and the DFB Cup with SV Werder Bremen, he was not nominated for the French squad for the 2004 European Championship in Portugal , after which he resigned from the national team.

Others

• Micoud is seen as an idiosyncratic and public-shy player who is aloof from the mechanisms of the football business and the demands of the public. During his time at Werder Bremen, for example, he avoided interviews at times, especially with the German media. He often emphasizes the importance of the collective for success and is skeptical about his status as a star .
• The Bremen playmaker was - incomprehensible to many - not considered by equipe trainer Jacques Santini for the 2004 European Championship. In the quarter-final match between the French and Greece, team-mate Angelos Charisteas from Bremen was the only player to win. At the moment of success, he had a very special gesture ready. After the hit, he lifted his jersey and the name “Micoud” appeared on the t-shirt underneath.

successes

society

• 1999 French champion with Girondins de Bordeaux
• 2002 Italian cup winner with AC Parma
• 2004 German champion with Werder Bremen
• 2004 DFB Cup winner with Werder Bremen
• 2007 French league cup winner with Girondins de Bordeaux
• 2008 French runner-up with Girondins de Bordeaux

National team

• 2000 European champion with the French national team
• 2000 winner of the Hassan II Cup with the French national team

Web links

Commons : Johan Micoud  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Johan Micoud in the database of weltfussball.de
• Johan Micoud in the database of fussballdaten.de
• Johan Micoud in the database of the Fédération Française de Football (French)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Micoud, la dernière recrue du club des footballeurs-vignerons ( memento of the original dated April 2, 2009 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. 
2. ↑ Micoud set for Parma from May 18, 2000 at news.bbc.co.uk, English
3. ↑ Werder missed a higher win on fussballdaten.de.
4. ↑ Micoud leaves prematurely ( memento of the original from February 9, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) 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. from June 6, 2006 on stern.de. 
5. ↑ No contract for Micoud from May 16, 2005 on goal.com.
6. ↑ End of career: Adieu, Johan Micoud from September 19, 2008 on tagesspiegel.de.
7. ↑ Official homepage of the Chateau La Connivence winery on chateaulaconnivence.com.
8. ^ France: EM 2000 squad in Holland / Belgium on weltfussball.de.
9. ^ France: World Cup 2002 appearances on weltfussball.de.
10. ↑ Match report: France - Uruguay 0-0 (0-0) on weltfussball.de.
11. ↑ "I have better players for the position" . In: Stern . Gruner + Jahr GmbH. December 17, 2003. Retrieved December 25, 2019.
12. ↑ Der Spiegel (Ed.): Flying high: Micoud back in France's national team. March 25, 2004, accessed July 23, 2013 . 
13. ↑ RP-Online (ed.): Micoud closes the book National Team. Retrieved July 23, 2013 . 
14. ↑ Interview: "I am fascinated by the freedom of the spirit" on rund-magazin.de.
15. ^ Charisteas: Order from Micoud