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Key facts
- Full name
- Yoann Miguel Gourcuff
- Date of birth
- ( 1986-07-11 ) 11 July 1986 (age 39)
- Place of birth
- Ploemeur , France
- Height
- 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
- Position
- Attacking midfielder
- 1992 2001
- Lorient
- 2001 2003
- Rennes
- Years
- Team
- 2003 2006
- Rennes
- 2006 2009
- AC Milan
- 2008 2009
- → Bordeaux (loan)
- 2009 2010
- Bordeaux
- 2010 2015
- Lyon
- 2015 2018
- Rennes
- 2018 2019
- Dijon
- 2004 2005
- France U19
- 2006 2008
- France U21
- 2008 2013
- France
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Gourcuff
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Lorient
- Occupation
- association football player
- Languages spoken
- French
- Native language
- French
- Participant in
- 2010 FIFA World Cup
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- Dijon FCO
- Position played
- midfielder
- Country for sport
- France
- Mass
- 79
- Image
- Stade rennais vs USM Alger, July 16th 2016 - Yoann Gourcuff 1.jpg
- Height
- 185
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- Commons category
- Yoann Gourcuff
- date of birth
- 1986-07-11
- sport number
- 28
- name in native language
- Yoann Gourcuff
- birth name
- Yoann Miguel Gourcuff
- start of work period
- 2003-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Yoann Miguel Gourcuff (born 11 July 1986) is a French former professional footballer who played mainly as an attacking midfielder. He could also be utilized as a withdrawn striker; he was described as a "playmaker of real quality", "an accomplished passer of the ball". He was widely characterized as one of the most promising French youth talents of his generation. His talent, playing style, tenacity on the pitch, technical skills, as well as precocious ability drew comparisons to Zinedine Zidane.
Yoann Gourcuff is the son of Christian Gourcuff. In 2001, he followed in his father's footsteps and joined Rennes. After progressing through the youth ranks and making the senior team, Gourcuff quickly became a fan favorite among supporters and his individual achievements soon led to interest from clubs abroad, which resulted in a move to Italian club AC Milan. He 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. Following a successful season, in which Bordeaux captured the league and league cup double and Gourcuff attained several individual honours, he signed with the club permanently. Gourcuff was named Ligue 1 Player of the Year 2008–09 and the French Player of the Year for the 2009 calendar year.
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