Johan Micoud
Micoud in 2006
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 24 July 1973 | ||
| Place of birth | Cannes, France | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1992–1996 | Cannes | 127 | (17) |
| 1996–2000 | Bordeaux | 127 | (27) |
| 2000–2002 | Parma | 47 | (9) |
| 2002–2006 | Werder Bremen | 123 | (31) |
| 2006–2008 | Bordeaux | 61 | (10) |
| Total | 485 | (94) | |
| National team | |||
| 1999–2004 | France | 17 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Johan Micoud (born 24 July 1973) is a French retired footballer who played mostly as an attacking midfielder.
He was considered a skilled midfielder and a dead-ball expert. During a 16-year career he played professionally, other than in his country, in Italy and Germany.
Micoud gained nearly 20 caps for France, and represented the nation at the 2002 World Cup and Euro 2000, winning the latter tournament.
Born in Cannes, Micoud was a youth product of local AS Cannes' youth system, becoming the side's playmaker after Zinedine Zidane's departure to FC Girondins de Bordeaux. He helped the club to promotion from the second division in 1993 and qualification to the UEFA Cup in the following season.
In the 1998–99 campaign, two years after also signing for Bordeaux, Micoud played a pivotal role as the club were crowned Ligue 1 champions, and helped it to the following season UEFA Champions League's second group stage.
In the 2000 summer he moved abroad, initially joining Parma AC where he stayed for two seasons. Micoud then switched to Germany, signing for SV Werder Bremen where he enjoyed a successful four-year stay, the peak of which being a major force in the league and cup double in 2004 as he scored ten goals in the former competition, the highest for a midfielder alongside Bayer 04 Leverkusen's Bernd Schneider.
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