Laurent Koscielny

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Laurent Koscielny
Koscielny Arsenal.jpg
Laurent Koscielny (2018)
Personnel
birthday September 10, 1985
place of birth Tulle ,  France
size 186 cm
position Central defender
Juniors
Years station
1993-1995 Tulle Corrèze Foot
1995-1997 ESA Brive
1997-1998 Tulle Corrèze Foot
1998-2002 ESA Brive
2002-2003 Limoges FC
2003-2004 EA Guingamp
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
2003-2007 EA Guingamp B 42 0(5)
2004-2007 EA Guingamp 41 0(0)
2007-2009 FC Tours 67 0(6)
2009-2010 FC Lorient 35 0(3)
2010-2019 Arsenal FC 255 (22)
2018 Arsenal FC U23 1 0(0)
2019– Girondins Bordeaux 0 (0)
National team
Years selection Games (goals) 2
2011-2018 France 51 0(1)
1 Only league games are given.
Status: end of season 2018/19

2 Status: end of career

Laurent Koscielny (born September 10, 1985 in Tulle ) is a French football player . He is under contract with the French first division club Girondins Bordeaux .

Career

societies

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Koscielny began his professional career in 2004 as a defender at the first division relegated EA Guingamp . In 2007/08 he moved to the third division , which was relegated to the third division, FC Tours , with whom he immediately rose again after a season and was elected to the top eleven of the second division by the UNPF in May 2009.

For the 2009/10 season he signed the first division club FC Lorient , where he signed a four-year contract on June 16, 2009. Koscielny made his first division debut on August 9, 2009 (1st matchday) in a 2-1 win in the away game against OSC Lille ; his first of three league goals was the goal of the 2-2 final score in the 90th minute in the home game against HSC Montpellier on August 15, 2009 (2nd matchday).

After 35 of 38 league games, Koscielny moved to Arsenal for £ 9.7 million . He played his first competitive game for Arsenal on August 15, 2010 (1st matchday) in a 1-1 away game against Liverpool . His debut ended in the fifth minute of stoppage time with his suspension with a yellow-red card . He has been a regular since then and regularly plays with Arsenal in the Champions League and Europa League . He won the FA Cup and the Supercup with the team in 2014, 2015 and 2017 . In the 2018/19 Europa League season , Koscielny reached the final with Arsenal, which was lost 4-1 to city rivals Chelsea .

On August 6, 2019 it was announced that Koscielny would move to Ligue 1 to Girondins Bordeaux after 9 years at Arsenal FC.

National team

Koscielny would have been eligible to play for Poland because of his Polish ancestors ; he has only French citizenship.

In February 2011 it to the French national team coach called Laurent Blanc for the first time in the senior team . Koscielny was not used in the international test match against Brazil . He made his debut on November 11, 2011 in a 1-0 home win against the USA in the opening eleven.

At the European Championships in 2012 in Poland and Ukraine , Koscielny was part of the French squad and came in the quarterfinals against the then defending champion Spain for his only tournament appearance; with a 2-0 defeat against the eventual title holder, the French were eliminated from the competition. Coach Didier Deschamps , who followed Blanc after the tournament, nominated Koscielny to the squad for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil . He was used in four games and was eliminated with the national team in the quarter-finals against Germany . The 2016 European Football Championship in France was his third major tournament. As a regular player in central defense, he was included in the French squad and was on the starting line-up in all seven games, including the final. The final was lost to Portugal 1-0 after extra time.

On October 15, 2018, he resigned from the national team.

successes

Arsenal FC

Web links

Commons : Laurent Koscielny  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Meilleurs joueurs de L2. (No longer available online.) In: France Football. May 24, 2009, formerly in the original ; accessed on October 15, 2018 (French).  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.francefootball.fr
  2. ↑ Koscielny presque Gunner. In: L'Équipe . June 29, 2010, archived from the original on May 25, 2012 ; accessed on October 15, 2018 (French).
  3. ^ Gunners close on Koscielny. In: Sky Sports. June 29, 2010; Archived from the original on July 2, 2010 ; accessed on October 15, 2018 .
  4. ↑ Mandeep Sanghera: Liverpool 1-1 Arsenal. In: BBC Sports. August 15, 2010, accessed October 15, 2018 .
  5. ↑ Arsenal FC: Captain Laurent Koscielny moves to Girondins Bordeaux. August 6, 2019, accessed August 6, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Laurent Koscielny's entire interview with L'Équipe Magazine , getfootballnewsfrance.com
  7. ^ Koscielny songe lui aussi à prendre la nationalité polonaise. In: RMC.fr. August 19, 2009, archived from the original on August 22, 2009 ; accessed on May 24, 2019 (French).
  8. ↑ Arsenal Defender Laurent Koscielny Has Heart Set On Call Up To France National Team Despite Interest From Poland , goal.com
  9. ↑ Laurent Koscielny handed first France call-up as Patrice Evra shunned despite being eligible again. In: dailymail.co.uk . February 3, 2011, accessed October 15, 2018 .
  10. ↑ Equipe de France A - Amical Stade de France in Saint-Denis - France 1-0 USA In: fff.fr . November 11, 2011, archived from the original on July 20, 2012 ; accessed on October 15, 2018 (French).
  11. ↑ France star announces resignation. In: Sport1.de . October 15, 2018, accessed October 15, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Koscielny, Laurent
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH September 10, 1985
PLACE OF BIRTH Tulle , France