Juan Pablo Francia

Juan Pablo Francia
Personnel
Surname	Juan Pablo Francia
birthday	3rd December 1984
place of birth	San Francisco ,  Argentina
size	179 cm
position	striker
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
until 2001	Sportivo Belgrano	6 0(0)
2001-2008	Girondins Bordeaux	82 (10)
2008–	Sportivo Belgrano	? 0(?)
1 Only league games are given.

Juan Pablo Francia (born December 3, 1984 in San Francisco , Argentina ) is an Argentine football player . Francia currently plays in his home country for the fourth division Sportivo Belgrano. Previously he was in the French Ligue 1 with Girondins Bordeaux under contract.

The striker began playing football for Sportivo Belgrano, a San Francisco club, in regional leagues in the province of Cordoba . Talent scouts from Girondins Bordeaux discovered him and brought him to Gironde when he was 15. After making his way through the youth, he made his debut for the Girondins first team in the last game of the 2001/2002 season against FC Nantes , which was lost 2-1. After he had to wait a whole season for his next assignment, he was allowed to play 24 league games in the 2003/04 season, in which he scored seven goals. In the following season he was in 36 games on the field, but could only score two goals. After the number of missions steadily decreased and he was initially captain under the new coach Laurent Blanc in preparation for the 2007/08 season, but then only sat on the bench in the first league game, he left France "for personal reasons" and returned to his Home back, where he played again for Sportivo Belgrano in the 2008/09 season.

successes

• French runner-up with Girondins Bordeaux : 2006, 2008
• French league cup winner with Girondins Bordeaux : 2007

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Juan Pablo Francia on playerhistory.com ( Memento from October 29, 2008 in the Internet Archive )