Le milieu de terrain français Yoann Gourcuff réfléchirait très sérieusement à mettre un terme à sa carrière selon « Ouest-France ». France. [28] Gourcuff only started six matches with the latter team scoring no goals and providing one assist. Y. Gourcuff is a 32-year-old, 77-rated Attacking Midfielder from France. A brief moment of wild violence from a usually restrained and elegant individual; perhaps indeed ‘Le Successeur’. However, his father was best known for his time at Rennes, Lorient, and Le Mans. [97] He, subsequently, went scoreless for the next two months with his only statistical output being an assist on a Jimmy Briand goal in a 3–0 win over Lens on 10 April. Ploemeur, Position: [109] Gourcuff finished the season with the under-17 team accumulating twelve appearances and netting two goals as the squad failed to qualify for the 2003 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship. Attacking Midfield. Lorient. Persian Stars Ltd. Former International: He often attempted to emulate the skills of Brazilian legend Pelé.[20]. On 11 June 2010, Gourcuff made his FIFA World Cup debut in the team's opening group stage match against Uruguay. [76][77] However, three days later, Gourcuff returned to form scoring a goal and providing the assists on the other three goals in Bordeaux's 4–1 win over Lorient. [51] Gourcuff was also defended by his club president Jean-Louis Triaud at his former club Bordeaux who stated in response to Maldini's comments "Yoann is not like that. As a youth, the younger Gourcuff excelled at both football and tennis, becoming the top player of his age group (12), but eventually opted to focus on football. [11] Gourcuff achieved many club honours despite not being able to break into the starting eleven, which resulted in the player being sent on loan to Ligue 1 club Bordeaux in his home country of France. [26] Gourcuff made his second career start on the final match day of the season assisting on a goal in a 4–0 victory over Montpellier.[27]. On the Mailbag, the most recent episode of the On The Continent podcast, Andy Brassell remembers Gourcuff’s unfortunate journey: “He was such a beautiful footballer. He is awful angry. [33][34] In the latter part of the season, Gourcuff went on a scoring run netting three goals in a span of four weeks. Where he needed support and confidence at Milan, he was met with suffocating expectation. Gourcuff began his career with Lorient, who were, at the time, managed by his father Christian in 1992. Gourcuff scored the club's opening goal. Despite showing signs of injury, Gourcuff remained in the match until the end of the first half. Yoann Gourcuff (né le 11 juillet 1986 à Ploemeur, Morbihan) est un footballeur international français, évoluant actuellement aux Girondins de Bordeaux. He was named French Player of the Year by the magazine France Football in 2009. Gourcuff was a member of France's 23-man team that competed in the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Milan. Handball and VAR get an absolute shoeing from John Nicholson. In his final match with the club, he appeared as a substitute and assisted on the game-winning goal scored by Ciani in injury time. He plays for the France national team and Olympique Lyonnais in Ligue 1. Following the match against Uruguay, former international Just Fontaine stated that Gourcuff "was lost" during the match. His first appearance for the club came against local rivals FC Lorient in January 2016. Agent: In 2008 Goucuff was loaned to the French football team Girordins Bordeaux. He returned to the team for Bordeaux's back-to-back matches with German club Bayern Munich. [72][73] Bordeaux lost both matches. Gourcuff played his first game with the France national football team in August 2008. Yoann could see his path as though it was signposted in front of him. Update your browser to view this website correctly.Update my browser now, Yoann Gourcuff: Once the Successor, always the Outsider. In 2001, he followed in his father's footsteps and joined Rennes. [40] In the ensuing matches, Gourcuff rotated between the starting lineup and the bench and capped the season by scoring in Milan's final match of the Seria A season; a 3–2 defeat to Udinese. In the first match, which Bordeaux won 2–1, Gourcuff missed a penalty after attempting to cheekily chip the ball over goalkeeper Hans-Jörg Butt, however in the second match, he made amends scoring the game-winning goal in Bordeaux's 2–0 victory at the Allianz Arena. Gourcuff has won the UNFP Ligue Player of the Year award. Yoann Le Dantec; Album KOK2320A_Faces Of Africa CD1 ... Auf dem Nockherberg 2019: Fastenpredigt von Maximilian Schafroth | Die Starkbierprobe | BR Kabarett - Duration: 45:47. "[52], Christophe Dugarry, on Gourcuff's goal against PSG. Here's Yoann Gourcuff at his balletic best against PSG. He spent two years in the club's youth acade… Gourcuff has been compared to Zinedine Zidane because of his playing style and ability. He was also named in the organization's Ligue 1 Team of the Year. Gourcuff made only four appearances with the under-18 team scoring his only goal on 30 October in a 2–2 friendly draw with the Ukraine. He returned in February and gradually started to put together a run of games, during which his manager Rolland Courbis revealed that he was only operating at "60% of his capacity" and was getting better each week. On 5 September 2006, Gourcuff scored his first under-21 goal in a 2007 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship qualification match against Slovenia. A quick flick of the eyes to the left, back to the ball, then back to the left, and back to the ball. Le 8 juin 2019, Yoann Gourcuff et … The ball’s beautiful and delicate journey, from Gourcuff to the net, took about three seconds: left, right, right, left, right…goal.