Bruno Cheyrou

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Bruno Cheyrou
Personal information
Full name Bruno Olivier Cheyrou [1]
Date of birth (1978-05-10) 10 May 1978 (age 46) [2]
Place of birth Suresnes, France
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) [2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1998–2002 Lille 111 (31)
2002–2006 Liverpool 31 (2)
2004–2005 → Marseille (loan) 23 (2)
2005–2006 → Bordeaux (loan) 28 (1)
2006–2009 Rennes 107 (14)
2010 Anorthosis 12 (2)
2010–2012 FC Nantes 41 (1)
Total353(53)
International career
2002–2004 France 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Bruno Olivier Cheyrou (born 10 May 1978) is a French former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

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Club career

Cheyrou was born in Suresnes, Hauts-de-Seine. [2] After success with Lille OSC, where he scored against Manchester United in the UEFA Champions League, Cheyrou attracted interest from a number of clubs around Europe, most notably Liverpool. Gérard Houllier had the player scouted for several months by scout David Murray before deciding to sign him in the summer of 2002 for £4.5 million (€6.5m [3] ).

On signing him, Houllier dubbed Cheyrou the "new Zidane". [4] Over time this tag proved to be a burden as he failed to live up to expectations. His first Liverpool goal came against Spartak Moscow in the Champions League, [5] however this would be his only goal of the 2002–03 season. Despite being left out of Liverpool's squad for the victorious 2003 Football League Cup Final [6] he contributed in the earlier rounds, and was on the pitch as Liverpool secured their place in the final by beating Sheffield United. [7]

A spell of four goals in five games over the Christmas period of the 2003–04 season at one time suggested his Liverpool career may make a turn for the better. Arguably, the highlight of Cheyrou's Liverpool career was the winning goal he scored in the 33rd minute at Chelsea during the 2003–04 season. [8] He only scored once more in the league for Liverpool, in the 1–1 draw at Wolves in January 2004. [9] Three days later Cheyrou had another memorable game for Liverpool in the FA Cup where he scored twice to help Liverpool beat Newcastle 2–1. [10]

At the beginning of the 2004–05 season, new manager Rafael Benítez deemed Cheyrou surplus to requirements and immediately loaned him to Marseille in a season-long deal. He played 20 times for the club, scoring one goal. In the 2005–06 season, he was once again sent on a season-long loan, this time to Bordeaux, with a view to a permanent move; however, this failed to materialise. Ahead of the following season, he made a permanent move to Rennes and played there for three and a half seasons, scoring some goals. In January 2010 Anorthosis Famagusta signed the midfielder from Stade Rennes. After six months with Anorthosis, the 32-year-old midfielder returned to France and signed a two-year contract for FC Nantes. [11]

International career

Cheyrou has been capped three times by the France national team between 2002 and 2004, making his senior international debut on 21 August 2002 in a 1–1 draw against Tunisia.

Personal life

Bruno has a younger brother, Benoît Cheyrou, who played for Toronto FC. Cheyrou and his wife Constance have a son born 2007 in France.

Career statistics

ClubSeasonLeagueNational CupLeague CupEuropeOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Lille 1998–99 Division 2 20620––226
1999–2000 Division 22151010––235
2000–01 Division 1 2860000––286
2001–02 Division 12711000011 [a] 4–3815
Total86283010114–10132
Liverpool 2002–03 Premier League 19020205 [b] 11 [c] 0291
2003–04 Premier League12242003 [d] 0–194
Total31262208110485
Marseille (loan) 2004–05 Ligue 1 1911000––201
Bordeaux (loan) 2005–06 Ligue 12611030––301
Rennes 2006–07 Ligue 11731020––203
2007–08 Ligue 127010206 [d] 2–362
2008–09 Ligue 123440102 [e] 0–304
2009–10 Ligue 1800010––90
Total757606082–959
Career total239391721202771029648
  1. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  2. ↑ Appearances and goal in UEFA Champions League, appearances in UEFA Cup
  3. ↑ Appearance in FA Community Shield
  4. 1 2 Appearances in UEFA Cup
  5. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa League

Honours

Lille

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