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| Full name | Sylvain Wiltord | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
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| Current team | Olympique Lyon | ||
| ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of May 30, 2006 | |||
Sylvain Wiltord (born May 10, 1974 in Neuilly-sur-Marne) is a French football (soccer) forward. With the French national team, Wiltord won Template:Ec2.
Wiltord played for Rennes (1992-97), Girondins Bordeaux (1997-2000), Arsenal (2000-04), and Lyon (2004-current).
For France, Wiltord is capped 76 times, scoring 24 goals. One of those goals came in the 94th minute of Euro 2000 final, tying Italy. France then won the title on a golden goal by David Trezeguet. Other than that tournament win, he also played for his country at the
and Template:Ec2.
Wiltord signed English club Arsenal for a club-record £13,000,000 in August 2000, weeks after scoring the Euro 2000 final. He played 175 times for the Gunners, but could never oust Dennis Bergkamp or Thierry Henry as one of the clubs's two main strikers. Instead, Wiltord found himself either starting from the bench or on the wing. Eventually frustrated with lack of striking opportunities, he allowed his contract to expire without renewal, returning to France with Lyon. The highlight of his Arsenal career was scoring the goal at Old Trafford which clinched the 2002 FA Premier League title at the home of arch-rivals Manchester United. He scored a total of 49 goals for the club, and was part of Arsenal's 2003-04 unbeaten season.
Moving to Lyon, Wiltord found further success, winning two league titles and reaching the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League in successive seasons.
Honours
- Template:Ec2 with France
- Confederations Cup in 2001 and 2003 with France
- French Ligue 1 championship in 1999 with Girondins Bordeaux, in 2005 and 2006 with Olympique Lyonnais.
- FA Premier League 2002 and 2004 with Arsenal
- FA Cup in 2002 and 2003 with Arsenal
- FA Community Shield in 2002 with Arsenal
- Best striker of French Ligue 1 championship in 1999 with Girondins Bordeaux (22 goals)
External links
- Photos & stats at sporting-heroes.net
- Statistics at soccerbase.com
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