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Antoine Griezmann

Antoine Griezmann
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Griezmann playing for France during UEFA Euro 2016
Personal information
Full name Antoine Griezmann
Date of birth (1991-03-21) 21 March 1991 (age 25)
Place of birth Mâcon, France
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current team
Atlético Madrid
Number 7
Youth career
1997–1999 Mâcon
1999–2005 Mâconnais
2005–2009 Real Sociedad
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2014 Real Sociedad 180 (46)
2014– Atlético Madrid 96 (53)
National team
2010 France U19 7 (3)
2011 France U20 8 (1)
2010–2012 France U21 10 (2)
2014– France 39 (14)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 08:57, 13 February 2017 (UTC).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11:05, 13 November 2016 (UTC)

Antoine Griezmann (French pronunciation: ​[ɑ̃twan ɡʁijɛzman]; born 21 March 1991) is a French professional footballer who plays for Spanish club Atlético Madrid and the France national team as a forward.

He began his career at Real Sociedad, making his debut in 2009 and winning the Segunda División title in his first season. Across five seasons there, he scored 52 goals in 201 official matches. In 2014, he transferred to Atlético Madrid for €30 million.

Griezmann was a French youth international, who represented his country at under-19, under-20 and under-21 level. In 2010, he was part of the team that won the 2010 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship on home soil. He made his debut for the senior national team in 2014 and played at that year's World Cup, helping France to the quarter-finals. Griezmann was the top scorer and Player of the Tournament at UEFA Euro 2016, where the French were runners-up on home soil, after a 1–0 defeat to Portugal.

For his performances during the course of 2016, he was shortlisted for the Ballon d'Or 2016 Award in which he finished in third place.


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