Youri Djorkaeff

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Youri Djorkaeff
Youri Djorkaeff 2011.jpg
Youri Djorkaeff in 2011
Personnel
birthday March 9, 1968
place of birth Lyon ,  France
size 178 cm
position attacking midfielder
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1984-1989 Grenoble Foot 38 56 (19)
1989-1990 Racing Strasbourg 35 (25)
1990-1995 AS Monaco 155 (60)
1995-1996 Paris Saint-Germain 35 (13)
1996-1999 Inter Milan 87 (30)
1999-2002 1. FC Kaiserslautern 55 (14)
2002-2004 Bolton Wanderers 75 (20)
2004 Blackburn Rovers 3 0(0)
2005-2006 MetroStars / RBNY 45 (12)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1993 France B 3 0(2)
1993-2002 France 82 (28)
1 Only league games are given.

Youri Djorkaeff (born March 9, 1968 in Lyon ) is a former French football player .

Career

society

The offensive midfielder played as a youth in Villeurbanne and FC Grenoble (1984-1989), then a season with Racing Strasbourg . In 1990 he moved to AS Monaco and stayed there until 1995; this was followed by a year at Paris Saint-Germain (1995/96). In France's top division Djorkaeff played 190 games and scored 73 goals.

He then moved abroad and played for Inter Milan (1996-1999), 1. FC Kaiserslautern (1999-2002), Bolton Wanderers (2002-2004) and finally for three months with Blackburn Rovers . In 2005 he moved to the US professional league for MetroStars . On October 29, 2006 Djorkaeff declared his playing career over. He intended to remain in football - "as a manager or club president".

During his time at 1. FC Kaiserslautern there was a considerable falling out between Djorkaeff and his coach Andreas Brehme , who the French 1998 World Cup winner had the impression that he (who had become world champion himself in 1990) was jealous of him: "In his eyes there was one world champion too many in this club". On the club side, the player was accused of showing a lack of commitment and a lack of willingness to communicate due to his refusal to learn German. That is why Djorkaeff only made 55 Bundesliga appearances and 14 goals in the three years at Betzenberg .

During his career, Djorkaeff has played in a large number of finals - he won three titles: with AS Monaco under coach Arsène Wenger he won the 1990/91 cup , with Paris Saint-Germain in 1995/96 in the European Cup Winners' Cup and with Inter Milan he won the UEFA Cup under Luigi Simoni in 1997/98 .

He was also the top scorer in French Division 1 in the 1993/94 season with 20 goals.

National team

Youri Djorkaeff played 82 international matches for the French national team between October 1993 and June 2002, scoring 28 goals. At the 1998 World Cup , the 2000 European Championship and the 2001 Confederations Cup , he was part of the victorious French national team.

Life after the active time

In 2006 he published his autobiography under the title "Snake". Since April 2007 Youri Djorkaeff has been president of the amateur club Union Générale Arménienne de Décines , a club from the suburb of Lyon , in which his father Jean "Tchoucki" Djorkaeff - who was also a French international and World Cup participant - (as manager) and two his brothers (as vice-president or player) are active.

Djorkaeff has Armenian roots on his mother's side ; his paternal grandfather was a Cossack of Kalmyk - Polish descent who emigrated to France after 1917.

successes

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ France Football of November 7, 2006, p. 39
  2. ^ Source of the literal quotation and article "Pfälzer Komödienstadl: Brehme jealous of Djorkaeff" on Spiegel-online from June 1, 2001
  3. ↑ Djorkaeff: "Envie de m'ouvrir". In: L'Équipe . May 3, 2006, archived from the original on December 6, 2006 ; accessed on April 10, 2015 (especially last paragraph Brehme a tenu à réagir ).


personal data
SURNAME Djorkaeff, Youri
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH March 9, 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH Lyon