Nicolas Anelka
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1979 (47 years old)
Le Chesnay, FrancePosition
Centre-Forward
Status
Retired
Ethnicity
Black
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Height
186 cm
Weight
77 kg
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2006171
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Nicolas Sébastien Anelka (born 14 March 1979) is a French professional football manager and former player who played as a forward. As a player, he regularly featured in his country's national team, often scoring at crucial moments. Known for his ability to both score and assist goals, he has been described as a classy and quick player, with good aerial ability, technique, shooting, and movement off the ball, and was capable of playing both as a main striker and as a second striker.
Anelka began his career at Paris Saint-Germain, but soon moved to Arsenal. At Arsenal, he won the 1997–98 Premier League and FA Cup double. He became a first team regular and won the PFA Young Player of the Year Award the following season. He moved to Real Madrid for £22.3 million in 1999. He was part of the Real Madrid team that won the 1999–2000 UEFA Champions League, but he did not settle in well and returned to PSG in a £20 million deal. Despite regular first team football in Paris, Anelka set his eyes upon the Premier League once more, moving on loan to Liverpool in January 2002 before joining Manchester City for £13 million at the start of the 2002–03 season.
After three seasons in Manchester, he moved to Turkish club Fenerbahçe for two seasons, before returning to England to join Bolton Wanderers in deals worth £7 million and £8 million respectively. He was then transferred to Chelsea from Bolton for a reported £15 million in January 2008. At Chelsea, he won one Premier League title and two FA Cup trophies, as well as played in the 2007–08 UEFA Champions League final. In 2009, he won the Premier League Golden Boot award as the league's top goalscorer. During his transfers over the years, he has built an aggregate transfer cost of just under £90 million. After leaving Chelsea, he had brief stints at Shanghai Shenhua, Juventus, West Bromwich Albion and Mumbai City.
Anelka played 69 times at international level and won his first international honours with France at UEFA Euro 2000, also winning the 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup the following year. His failure to settle at club level limited his international appearances, but he returned to the national team for Euro 2008. On 19 June 2010, he was excluded by the French Football Federation (FFF) from the 2010 World Cup in South Africa for "comments directed against the national coach, Raymond Domenech." He did not play again for the national team.
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 Italian Serie A |  Juventus | 2012-2013 | |
 English FA Community Shield |  Chelsea | 2010 | |
 English FA Cup | Chelsea | 2009-2010 | |
 English Premier League | Chelsea | 2009-2010 | |
| English FA Community Shield | Chelsea | 2009 | |
 English Premier League Golden Boot |  Bolton | 2008-2009 | |
| English FA Cup | Chelsea | 2008-2009 | |
 Turkish Super Lig |  Fenerbahce | 2004-2005 | |
 FIFA Confederations Cup |  France | 2001 | |
 UEFA Intertoto Cup |  Paris SG | 2001 | |
 UEFA European Championship | France | 2000 | |
 UEFA Champions League |  Real Madrid | 1999-2000 | |
| English FA Community Shield |  Arsenal | 1999 | |
 English PFA Young Players Player of the Year | Arsenal | 1998-1999 | |
| English FA Community Shield | Arsenal | 1998 | |
| English FA Cup | Arsenal | 1997-1998 | |
| English Premier League | Arsenal | 1997-1998 |
Milestones
 Ligue 1 2 Goals | Paris SG | 2000-08-27 |
Former Youth Teams
| Paris SG | 1995-1996 | Youth | - | - |
Former Senior Teams
| Paris SG | 1996-1997 | Permanent | - | - | |
 Arsenal | 1997-1999 | Permanent | - | - | |
 France | 1998-2010 | International | - | - | |
| Real Madrid | 1999-2000 | Permanent | - | - | |
| Paris SG | 2000-2002 | Permanent | - | - | |
 Liverpool | 2001-2002 | Loan | - | - | |
 Manchester City | 2002-2005 | Permanent | - | - | |
| Fenerbahce | 2005-2006 | Permanent | - | - | |
| Bolton | 2006-2008 | Permanent | - | - | |
| Chelsea | 2008-2012 | Permanent | - | - | |
 Shanghai Greenland Shenhua | 2012-2013 | Permanent | - | - | |
 West Brom | 2013-2014 | Permanent | - | - | |
 Juventus | 2013 | Permanent | - | - | |
 Mumbai City | 2014-2016 | Permanent | - | - |
Former Club Staff
 Shanghai Greenland Shenhua | 2012-2013 | Assistant Manager | - | - | |
 Mumbai City | 2015 | Coach | - | - | |
 Hyères | 2021 | Manager | - | - |
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| Goals | English Premier League | 2011-2012 | 1 |
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| Appearances | English Premier League | 2011-2012 | 9 |
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| Goals | English Premier League | 2010-2011 | 6 |
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| Appearances | English Premier League | 2010-2011 | 32 |
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| Assists | English Premier League | 2010-2011 | 6 |
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| Goals | English Premier League | 2009-2010 | 11 |
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| Appearances | English Premier League | 2009-2010 | 33 |
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| Goals | English Premier League | 2008-2009 | 19 |
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| Appearances | English Premier League | 2008-2009 | 37 |
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| Goals | English Premier League | 2007-2008 | 1 |
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| Appearances | English Premier League | 2007-2008 | 14 |
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| Goals | English Premier League | 2007-2008 | 10 |
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| Appearances | English Premier League | 2007-2008 | 18 |
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| Goals | English Premier League | 2006-2007 | 11 |
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| Appearances | English Premier League | 2006-2007 | 35 |
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| Goals | Turkish 1 Lig | 2005-2006 | 10 |
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| Goals | Turkish 1 Lig | 2004-2005 | 4 |
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| Appearances | Turkish 1 Lig | 2004-2005 | 14 |
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| Goals | English Premier League | 2004-2005 | 7 |
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| Appearances | English Premier League | 2004-2005 | 19 |
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| Goals | English Premier League | 2003-2004 | 16 |
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| Appearances | English Premier League | 2003-2004 | 32 |
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| Goals | English Premier League | 2002-2003 | 14 |
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| Appearances | English Premier League | 2002-2003 | 38 |
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| Goals | English Premier League | 2001-2002 | 4 |
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| Appearances | English Premier League | 2001-2002 | 20 |
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| Goals | French Ligue 1 | 2000-2001 | 8 |
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| Appearances | French Ligue 1 | 2000-2001 | 27 |
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| Goals | UEFA Champions League | 1999-2000 | 2 |
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| Appearances | UEFA Champions League | 1999-2000 | 10 |
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| Goals | Spanish La Liga | 1999-2000 | 2 |
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| Appearances | Spanish La Liga | 1999-2000 | 19 |
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| Appearances | Copa del Rey | 1999-2000 | 1 |
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| Goals | FIFA Club World Cup | 1999-2000 | 3 |
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| Appearances | FIFA Club World Cup | 1999-2000 | 3 |
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| Goals | English Premier League | 1998-1999 | 17 |
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| Appearances | English Premier League | 1998-1999 | 35 |
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| Goals | English Premier League | 1997-1998 | 6 |
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| Appearances | English Premier League | 1997-1998 | 26 |
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| Appearances | English Premier League | 1996-1997 | 4 |
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