Olivier Giroud
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Giroud with Arsenal in 2013
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| Full name | Olivier Giroud | ||||||||
| Date of birth | 30 September 1986 | ||||||||
| Place of birth | Chambéry, France | ||||||||
| Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||||||||
| Playing position | Striker | ||||||||
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Current team
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Arsenal | ||||||||
| Number | 12 | ||||||||
| 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– | Arsenal | 153 | (65) | ||||||
| National team‡ | |||||||||
| 2011– | France | 59 | (21) | ||||||
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Honours
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:44, 04 March 2017 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15 November 2016 |
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Olivier Giroud (French pronunciation: [ɔlivje ʒiʁu]; born 30 September 1986) is a French footballer who plays for English club Arsenal and the France national team.
He began his career at Grenoble in Ligue 2 before joining Tours in 2008. In his second season at Tours, he was the division's top scorer with 21 goals, earning him a move to top-flight Montpellier. Giroud was again the top scorer with 21 goals in the 2011–12 season, giving the club their first ever Ligue 1 title before moving to Arsenal. Giroud won the FA Cup with Arsenal in 2014 and 2015, and is one of only seven players to score 50 Premier League goals for the club.
Giroud made his full international debut for France in 2011. He has earned over 50 caps, and was part of the teams which reached the quarter-finals at UEFA Euro 2012 and the 2014 FIFA World Cup, as well as the final of UEFA Euro 2016, in which he finished as the joint second-highest goalscorer of the competition, and was awarded the Bronze Boot.
Giroud was born in Chambéry, France in the Rhône-Alpes region, but was raised in the nearby village of Froges, close to Grenoble. Giroud began his football career playing for his hometown club, Olympique Club de Froges. He spent six years training at the club before joining professional club Grenoble at the age of 13.
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