Back أوليفيه جيرو Arabic اوليفيه جيرو ARZ Olivier Giroud AST Olivye Jiru Azerbaijani الیویه ژیرو AZB Olivier Giroud BAN Аліўе Жыру Byelorussian Аліўе Жыру BE-X-OLD Оливие Жиру Bulgarian অলিভিয়ে জিরু Bengali/Bangla
 Giroud with France at the 2018 FIFA World Cup | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Olivier Jonathan Giroud[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 30 September 1986[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Chambéry, France | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)[3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Striker | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current team | AC Milan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1992–1999 | Froges | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1999–2005 | Grenoble | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005–2008 | Grenoble | 23 | (2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2008 | → Istres (loan) | 33 | (14) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2010 | Tours | 44 | (24) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2012 | Montpellier | 73 | (33) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010 | → Tours (loan) | 17 | (6) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2018 | Arsenal | 180 | (73) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2021 | Chelsea | 75 | (17) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021– | AC Milan | 97 | (39) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011– | France | 131 | (57) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 07:45, 26 May 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:54, 26 March 2024 (UTC) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Olivier Jonathan Giroud (French pronunciation: [ɔlivje ʒɔnatɑ̃ ʒiʁu]; born 30 September 1986) is a French professional footballer who plays as a striker for Serie A club AC Milan and the France national team. He is France's all-time highest goalscorer. He will join Major League Soccer club Los Angeles FC in July 2024.
Giroud began his senior club career playing for hometown club Grenoble, before he signed with Tours in 2008, aged 21. He was named Ligue 2 Player of the Year in 2010 after finishing as the league's top goalscorer. He was subsequently the subject of a then-club record football transfer when he moved to Montpellier in a transfer worth €2 million, winning the club's first Ligue 1 title and finishing as league top goalscorer in 2012. He then joined Arsenal, where he won three FA Cups to help end Arsenal's nine-year trophy drought, and is the club's eighteenth-highest all-time goalscorer. Giroud signed for crosstown rivals Chelsea in 2018 in a transfer worth £18 million (€20.7 million), winning the FA Cup, the UEFA Champions League, and the UEFA Europa League, finishing as top goalscorer in the latter in 2019. Giroud then signed for AC Milan in 2021, helping them win the 2021–22 Serie A, which ended the club's 11-year league title drought.
Giroud made his senior international debut for France in 2011 at age 25, and has since earned over 130 caps, including appearing in six major tournaments. He is his country's all-time top goalscorer, receiving the Bronze Boot as joint second-highest goalscorer as France finished runner-up at UEFA Euro 2016. He later won the 2018 FIFA World Cup, and appeared at UEFA Euro 2020 as well as the 2022 FIFA World Cup, where France finished as runners-up and Giroud again received the Bronze Boot.
- ^ "UEFA Champions League 2021/2022: Booking List before Group stage Matchday 5" (PDF). UEFA. 17 November 2021. p. 2. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 March 2022. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
- ^ "FIFA World Cup Russia 2018: List of Players: France" (PDF). FIFA. 15 July 2018. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 June 2019.
- ^ "Olivier Giroud". Chelsea F.C. Archived from the original on 5 October 2018. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
© MMXXIII Rich X Search. We shall prevail. All rights reserved. Rich X Search