Johan Micoud

Johan Micoud
Micoud in 2006
Personal information
Full name Johan Cédric Micoud[1]
Date of birth (1973-07-24) 24 July 1973 (age 51)
Place of birth Cannes, France
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) 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)
International career
1999–2004 France 17 (1)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  France
UEFA European Championship
Winner 2000
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Johan Cédric Micoud (born 24 July 1973) is a French former professional 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 in France, Italy and Germany.

Micoud gained 17 caps for France, and represented the nation at Euro 2000 and the 2002 FIFA World Cup, winning the former tournament.

Club career

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Cannes

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Born in Cannes, Micoud grew up in Vallauris.[2]

He was a youth product of local AS Cannes' youth system, becoming the side's playmaker after Zinedine Zidane's departure to 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.[3][4]

Bordeaux

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Playing behind a strike partnership of Lilian Laslandes and Sylvain Wiltord, Micoud played a pivotal role as the club were crowned Ligue 1 champions in 1998–99, beating Olympique de Marseille to the title on the final day of the season.[5][6]

The following season he helped the club to the UEFA Champions League's second group stage. He also reached two Coupe de la Ligue finals with Bordeaux, losing to RC Strasbourg in 1997 and Paris Saint-Germain in 1998.[7]

Parma

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In the 2000 summer he moved abroad, initially joining Parma AC where he stayed for two seasons. Although Micoud and Parma won the Coppa Italia, he lost his starting place to Hidetoshi Nakata, and was forced out of the club, linked with moves to Aston Villa, Liverpool, Schalke 04 and Olympique Marseille.[8][9][10]

Werder Bremen

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In August 2002, Micoud moved to Germany, signing for Werder Bremen.[11] He made his debut for the club in a 3-1 win over 1. FC Nürnberg, scoring one of Bremen's goals.[12]

Micoud was one of the key players in Bremen's surprise double win in 2004, and scored in the decisive game against Bayern Munich where Bremen secured the Bundesliga title.[13] Micoud also scored in every round of the 2003–04 DFB-Pokal, except the final.[14] He ended the season with ten goals and eight assists.[15]

After the season, Micoud signed a new contract with Bremen until 2007, and was described by the club's sporting director Klaus Allofs as 'the best midfielder in the Bundesliga'.[16] It had previously been speculated that Micoud could leave, as he criticised the club for allowing two other key players in Aílton and Mladen Krstajić to join Schalke.[17] The following season saw Bremen finish third in the league.[18]

In his final season with Bremen, Micoud scored five times in the Champions League, including winners against Udinese in the group stage and Juventus in the knockouts.[14][19] He also scored eight goals and managed fourteen assists in the Bundesliga as Bremen finished runners-up.[19][20]

Micoud left Bremen to return to former club Bordeaux in 2006, with Klaus Allofs stating that they would not have agreed to sell Micoud to any other club.[21] A friendly match in Bremen's Weserstadion between the two teams was also organised, where Micoud scored the only goal for Bordeaux and was given a standing ovation by the Bremen fans.[22]

Return to Bordeaux

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In June 2006, aged 32, rejoined Bordeaux, costing three million euros.[21][23]

He quickly became a key player in the squad, scoring the winner in his first league match back at the club, at FC Lorient.[24]

Micoud helped Bordeaux win the 2007 League Cup and fight for the title the following season. In February 2008, Micoud scored his 50th Ligue 1 goal in a 6-0 win against AS Monaco, Bordeaux's record away win.[25] In March, Micoud was involved in a controversy after being accused of diving to help win a penalty in a crucial game with third-placed Nancy, which Bordeaux would win 2-1.[26][27]

However, after two seasons, Laurent Blanc announced on 10 May 2008 that the player's contract would not be renewed, and he retired from the sport.[28]

International career

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Despite being called up in the France national team on several occasions, Micoud never managed to secure a regular starting role, mainly due to the presence of Zidane who occupied the same position.[5]

Courtesy of his stellar championship performances with Bordeaux, he made his debut on 17 August 1999 in a friendly match with Northern Ireland, and was subsequently picked for the squad which won UEFA Euro 2000. Micoud only played in one of the six matches of the tournament, in the group match against the Netherlands, effectively a dead rubber given that both nations had already qualified both the group. He assisted Christophe Dugarry's opening goal from a corner, although France eventually lost 3-2.[29]

He was also selected for the FIFA World Cup campaign of 2002, and replaced the injured Zidane for the second game, a 0-0 draw with Uruguay.[30]

Regardless of his consistently high level of performance at club level, Micoud found himself subsequently marginalised by the following national bosses. After the World Cup, he was not picked for France again for two years, before Jacques Santini selected him for a friendly against Holland in March 2004, recognising Micoud's form with Bremen.[31][32]

Santini included Micoud in his preliminary squad for Euro 2004 but he did not make the final squad.[33] Under Raymond Domenech Micoud did win a single call up for the 2006 World Cup qualifiers, and Micoud publicly criticised Domenech for ignoring his Bremen performances, suggesting that Domenech's refusal to pick him may be influenced by Micoud's star sign.[34]

Career statistics

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Club

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Europe League Cup Total Ref.
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Cannes 1992–93 Division 2 28 2 1 0 – – 29 2 [35]
1993–94 Division 1 34 3 1 0 – – 35 3 [35]
1994–95 Division 1 33 7 1 0 4 1 1 0 39 8 [35]
1995–96 Division 1 32 5 1 1 – 3 0 36 7 [35]
Total 127 17 4 1 4 1 4 0 139 19
Bordeaux 1996–97 Division 1 36 8 4 1 – 4 0 44 9 [36]
1997–98 Division 1 29 4 1 0 1 0 5 3 36 7 [35]
1998–99 Division 1 31 9 1 0 8 3 1 0 41 12 [35]
1999–2000 Division 1 31 6 5 1 12 2 2 0 50 9 [35]
Total 127 27 11 2 21 5 12 3 171 37
Parma 2000–01 Serie A 29 4 6 2 4 1 – 39 7 [36]
2001–02 Serie A 18 5 6 1 2 0 – 26 6 [36]
Total 47 9 12 3 6 1 0 0 65 13
Werder Bremen 2002–03 Bundesliga 28 5 3 0 4 2 0 0 35 7 [36]
2003–04 Bundesliga 32 10 6 4 4 1 – 42 15 [36]
2004–05 Bundesliga 33 8 5 2 8 1 2 0 48 11 [36]
2005–06 Bundesliga 30 8 2 1 10 5 2 0 44 14 [36]
Total 123 31 16 7 26 9 4 0 169 47
Bordeaux 2006–07 Ligue 1 32 5 1 0 6 0 4 0 43 5 [36]
2007–08 Ligue 1 29 5 3 2 6 1 0 0 38 8 [36]
Total 61 10 4 2 12 1 4 0 81 13
Career total 485 94 47 15 69 17 24 3 625 129

International

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Appearances and goals by national team and year[37]
National team Year Apps Goals
France 1999 2 0
2000 7 1
2001 3 0
2002 4 0
2004 1 0
Total 17 1
Scores and results list France's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Micoud goal.
List of international goals scored by Johan Micoud
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 15 November 2000 BJK İnönü Stadium, Istanbul, Turkey  Turkey 3–0 4–0 Friendly

Honours

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Bordeaux

Parma

Werder Bremen

France

Individual

References

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