Youri Djorkaeff
Djorkaeff in 2011
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Youri Raffi Djorkaeff | ||
| Date of birth | 9 March 1968 | ||
| Place of birth | Lyon, France | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Playing position |
Attacking midfielder Forward |
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| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1984–1989 | Grenoble | 82 | (23) |
| 1989–1990 | Strasbourg | 35 | (25) |
| 1990–1995 | Monaco | 155 | (59) |
| 1995–1996 | Paris Saint-Germain | 35 | (13) |
| 1996–1999 | Internazionale | 87 | (30) |
| 1999–2002 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 55 | (14) |
| 2002–2004 | Bolton Wanderers | 75 | (20) |
| 2004 | Blackburn Rovers | 3 | (0) |
| 2005–2006 | New York Red Bulls | 45 | (12) |
| Total | 581 | (196) | |
| National team | |||
| 1993 | France B | 2 | (3) |
| 1993–2002 | France | 82 | (28) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Youri Raffi Djorkaeff (born 9 March 1968) is a former French international footballer who played as an attacking midfielder or as a forward. With the French national team, Djorkaeff won the 1998 FIFA World Cup and Euro 2000. He is the son of former player Jean Djorkaeff. He currently runs the Youri Djorkaeff Foundation.
Djorkaeff was born to Kalmyk-Polish father Jean Djorkaeff and an Armenian mother Mary Ohanian in Lyon.
He started his career in 1984 with French club Grenoble, before moving to RC Strasbourg in 1989, AS Monaco in 1990, and then Paris Saint-Germain in 1995. In 1994, Djorkaeff led Division 1 in goals with 20.
In 1996, he signed with Italian giants Internazionale and in 1999, he transferred to Germany and Kaiserslautern. Djorkaeff turned many heads when signing with English club Bolton Wanderers in 2002, but added a lot of class to the team during his three seasons there, resulting in the creation of an international "dream-team" alongside the tricky Nigerian Jay-Jay Okocha, and former Real Madrid midfielder Iván Campo. He then transferred to Blackburn Rovers but left the club after playing in only three games. Djorkaeff then signed with the MetroStars of Major League Soccer in February 2005, turning down higher paid offers from other countries. He became the first French player to play in MLS and ended the season as the team's MVP with ten goals and seven assists in league play.
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