Olivier Giroud Biography
Olivier Giroud is a French professional footballer born on 30th September 1986 in Chambéry, France. He plays as a forward for Premier League club Chelsea and the France national team.
He began his career in football 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.
In 2008 he joined Tours, in his second season at Tours he was the division’s top scorer with 21 goals, earning him a move to top-flight side Montpellier.
Olivier 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, 2015 and 2017, and totalled 105 goals in 253 games for the club. In January 2018, he transferred to Chelsea on an 18-month contract. 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.
Olivier Giroud Age
Giroud was born in Chambéry, France on 30 September 1986 (age 31) in the Rhône-Alpes region, and was raised in the nearby village of Froges, close to Grenoble. Giroud is of Italian descent through both of his grandmothers. 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.
Olivier Giroud Religion
- Giroud is a Catholic and has a tattoo on his right arm from Psalm 23.
Olivier Giroud Height
- 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Olivier Giroud Parents
Oliver Giround comes frpom an average family background. Little is known about his father and mother as they keep away from the spot light.
Olivier Giroud Brother
Olivier Giroud has an elder brother, Romain Giround who is 10 years older than him. He used to be a football but quit to become a nutritionist. He played at the Auxerre academy and represented France at under 15 and under 17 level.
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Olivier Giroud has been married to Jennifer since 2011. Their daughter Jade was born on June 18, 2013. Giroud is a Catholic and has a tattoo on his right arm from Psalm 23 in Latin: “Dominus regit me et nihil mihi deerit” (“The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want”). He describes himself as a “very believing person.
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Oliver Giround is not gay and is married to Jennifer Giroud but in June 2012 he posed for a gay magazine in France. He features on the front cover of the Paris-based monthly, proudly declaring: “I have no taboos.”
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Giroud said “I would be delighted if my gesture can help change the mentality of some people involved in football.I don’t see any difference between a gay person and a straight one. Tetu is a magazine just like any other.”
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On 26 June 2012, Arsenal won the race to sign Olivier Giroud on a long-term contract for a fee believed to be around £9.6 million (€12.4 million). He was given the number 12 shirt.
He made his debut on 18 August as a substitute for fellow debutant Lukas Podolski in a goalless home draw against Sunderland in the Premier League and scored his first goal for Arsenal on 26 September, in a 6–1 win against Coventry City in the League Cup. His first Premier League goal came on 6 October, with the equaliser in a 3–1 win against West Ham United, in which he also assisted a Theo Walcott goal.
On 30 October, he helped Arsenal to a historic comeback in a League Cup tie against Reading, as Arsenal were 4–0 down before coming back to win the game 7–5 after extra-time, with Giroud scoring Arsenal’s second goal.
Olivier Giroud scored his first UEFA Champions League goal for Arsenal in a 2–2 draw at Schalke 04 on 6 November and four days later he scored twice in a 3–3 draw at home to Fulham. Giroud’s form earned him a place in the Premier League team of the week.
On 17 November, Giroud scored the third goal in Arsenal’s 5–2 derby win over Tottenham. Four days later, Giroud assisted both Jack Wilshere’s and Lukas Podolski’s goals in Arsenal’s 2–0 victory over former club Montpellier, which allowed Arsenal to qualify for the knockout stages of the tournament.
The Arsenal fans have warmed to Giroud as he has started to pick up form after a shaky start; a run of goals in consecutive games has led to a chant mimicking The Beatles’ “Hey Jude” of ‘Na na na, Na na naaaa, Na na naaaa, Giroud’ echoing around the Emirates Stadium.
On 29 December 2012, Giroud scored a brace and hit the crossbar after coming on as a substitute for Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain in the 80th minute, as Arsenal beat Newcastle United 7–3 at the Emirates Stadium.
On 23 January, Olivier Giroud scored a brace as Arsenal beat West Ham 5–1, and did the same in a Man of the Match performance against Brighton & Hove Albion in the fourth round of the FA Cup three days later.
On 30 January, Giroud scored as Arsenal fought back to earn a 2–2 draw, from 2–0 down at home to Liverpool. Giroud scored a header from a Wilshere free kick, and provided an assist for Theo Walcott. For January, Giroud was awarded with the Arsenal Fan’s Player of the Month Award.
On 13 April 2013, Olivier Giroud played a big part of Arsenal’s 3–1 win against Norwich City at home, winning a penalty that led to the equalizer in the 85th minute. He then sent Arsenal ahead himself two minutes later and set up for Lukas Podolski. This victory sent Arsenal to third in the table, climbing past London-rivals Chelsea and Tottenham.
He received his first red card for Arsenal against Fulham, which meant he would miss three of Arsenal’s last four games of the season. He had his appeal rejected by the Football Association. Giroud finished the season with 17 goals and 11 assists in 47 appearances.
2013–14 season
Olivier Giroud scored in the opening game of the Premier League season against Aston Villa, a 3–1 loss for Arsenal. His scored the only goal in the North London derby against Tottenham Hotspur on 1 September.
On 26 October, Olivier Giroud scored the second goal in a 2–0 win at Crystal Palace, keeping Arsenal at the top of the Premier League, and almost a month later scored a double against Southampton, following a mistake from the Saints’ goalkeeper Artur Boruc, and then he converted a penalty in a 2–0 win.
Giroud’s last goal of 2013, and Arsenal’s last of the year, came against Newcastle United. His flicked header from Theo Walcott’s free kick gave Arsenal a narrow 1–0 win and placed them at the top of the table going into 2014. He then scored on his return to the first team against Aston Villa after an ankle injury, a match that ended 2–1 in Arsenal’s favour.
On 8 March 2014, Olivier Giroud scored twice against Everton in the FA Cup quarter-final, helping Arsenal to a 4–1 win. On 12 April, Giroud scored one of the penalties in the shootout against Wigan Athletic to send Arsenal to the final of the FA Cup at Wembley Stadium. On 17 May, Giroud started in the 2014 FA Cup Final as Arsenal beat Hull City 3–2 at Wembley Stadium and assisted Aaron Ramsey’s cup-winning goal.
2014–15 season
Olivier Giroud started the season by scoring the third goal in Arsenal 3–0 win against Manchester City in the 2014 FA Community Shield, a 25-yard shot which dipped over goalkeeper Willy Caballero, thus winning Giroud’s second title for Arsenal. Despite only coming on as a half-time substitute, he was named Man of the match. Shortly after scoring the equaliser in a 2–2 draw against Everton on 22 August, he broke his left tibia and was ruled out for four months.
On 30 September 2014, his 28th birthday, Giroud signed a new contract at Arsenal, keeping him at the club until 2018 and increasing his weekly wage to £80,000.
Olivier Giroud returned to action quicker than expected, replacing Aaron Ramsey for the last 13 minutes of a 1–2 home defeat against Manchester United on 22 November and scoring Arsenal’s consolation goal in added time. Later, he scored twice in a 4–1 home victory against Newcastle United on 13 December.
Thirteen days later, he was sent off in Arsenal’s 2–1 win over Queens Park Rangers for a headbutt on Nedum Onuoha after being pushed by the QPR defender. He later returned from his three-game suspension to feature in a 3–0 victory at home against Stoke City on 11 January.
On 18 January, he scored the second goal in a 2–0 victory against Manchester City, giving the gunners their first victory at the Etihad Stadium since 2010. Giroud carried on his Premier League form by opening the scoring and by setting up Mesut Özil for the second goal of the match as Arsenal beat Aston Villa 5–0.
On 15 February, he netted two goals in the space of three minutes as Arsenal defeated Middlesbrough 2–0 to reach the quarter-finals of the FA Cup. His first goal concluded a move in which every Arsenal player touched the ball without Middlesbrough taking possession.
On 25 February, Olivier Giroud was substituted 60 minutes into Arsenal’s 3–1 Champions League round of 16 loss to AS Monaco after missing several good chances for his club. Four days later, on 1 March, he scored Arsenal’s opening goal in a 2–0 Premier League defeat of Everton.
Olivier Giroud kept up his fine form by netting one goals each against Queens Park Rangers, West Ham United and two against Newcastle United in the Premier League while also scoring against Monaco in the Champions League. Giroud was announced as the Premier League Player of the Month for March. On 4 April, Giroud scored the fourth goal for his team in a 4–1 win over Liverpool.
On 30 May, Giroud scored Arsenal’s fourth goal after appearing as a substitute in the team’s 4–0 2015 FA Cup Final victory over Aston Villa at Wembley Stadium.
2015–16 season
Olivier Giroud scored Arsenal’s first goal of the season, a sideways scissor kick from an Özil assist at Crystal Palace in a 2–1 loss. On 20 October 2015, he came off the bench to score the first goal in a 2–0 win against Bayern Munich in the 2015–16 UEFA Champions League group stage. On 9 December, he scored his first competitive Arsenal hat-trick in a 3–0 away victory at Olympiacos helping the Gunners, who needed a two-goal win, make the last-16 of the Champions League.
Olivier Giroud scored the first goal in a 2–0 victory over Aston Villa four days later, becoming only the seventh Arsenal player to reach 50 Premier League goals for the club.[136] On 8 March, Giroud ended a 12-match scoreless run, with a brace in a 4–0 away victory over Hull City in a FA Cup replay.
On 8 May 2016, Giroud scored in a 2–2 against Manchester City at the City of Manchester Stadium to end a run of 15 Premier League matches without a goal. He also assisted the team’s second goal, scored by Alexis Sánchez. A week later, in the team’s final match of the season, Giroud scored a hat-trick against Aston Villa to end 2015–16 with 16 goals in the Premier League and 24 in all competitions.
2016–17 season
Olivier Giroud made only three appearances in Arsenal’s first nine matches of the 2016–17 Premier League, all of them coming on as a substitute. On 29 October 2016, after coming onto the pitch as a substitute in the 69th minute on matchday 10 of the Premier League, Giroud scored two goals with his first two touches in Arsenal’s 4–1 away win against Sunderland.
On 19 November, Giroud scored an 89th-minute equalising goal after appearing as a substitute in a 1–1 draw with Manchester United at Old Trafford. On 26 December, he scored in a 1–0 home defeat of West Bromwich Albion on his first Premier League start of the season.
On 1 January 2017, Giroud scored with a backheeled “scorpion kick” volley in a 2–0 win against Crystal Palace, a goal described by Arsène Wenger as the greatest he had seen at the Emirates Stadium. The goal later earned him the FIFA Puskás Award for the goal of the year.
On 12 January 2017, Giroud, alongside teammates Francis Coquelin and Laurent Koscielny signed a new long-term contract with Arsenal.
During the 2017 FA Cup Final against Chelsea at Wembley, Giroud came on in the 78th minute with the score 1–1, and a minute later he delivered an assist for Aaron to score the winning goal which saw Arsenal lift the Cup for a record-breaking thirteenth time.
2017–18 season
On 28 September 2017 during Arsenal’s Europa League group game away to BATE Borisov, Giroud scored his 100th goal for the club in a 4–2 victory.
Olivier Giroud Injury
And manager Antonio Conte has provided an update on how the Frenchman is getting along after picking up two bad knocks during the 3-0 win.
In the opening 10 minutes Giroud clashed heads in the opposition box and was forced to wear a bandage for the remainder of the match.
And then again on the stroke of half-time, West Brom defender Jonny Evans scythed the former Arsenal man down and picked up a booking for his troubles.
The striker was withdrawn on the hour mark to a standing ovation and Alvaro Morata came on as his replacement.
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- UEFA Champions League 5
- FA Cup 3
- EFL Cup 0
- 2014/2015 Arsenal 14
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And despite only being at Stamford Bridge five months, the France striker feels like he’s been at the club for years. Chelsea signed Giroud on an 18-month deal for around £18million on January deadline day. Giroud told the FA Cup final matchday programme: “Because of the circumstances, I needed to move from Arsenal, and I think the fans know that.
“I received a lot of nice messages from Arsenal and Chelsea fans and for me it was a view that I had to leave Arsenal, it was the end of the story. “I’m now so happy at Chelsea and for me it was the obvious solution to sign here. “I received a warm welcome and it feels like I’ve played here for a few years already, so that’s what means the most to me.”
Giroud will come up against one of his former team-mates in Alexis Sanchez when Chelsea meet Manchester United this afternon. On taking on the Chilean, Giroud said: “He’s beeen very efficient in this competition and he loves Wembley, too.