Olivier Monterrubio

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Olivier Monterrubio
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Monterrubio with Lorient in 2010
Personal information
Date of birth (1976-08-08) 8 August 1976 (age 48)
Place of birth Gaillac, France
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Midfielder, winger
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1996–2001 Nantes 91 (28)
2001–2006 Rennes 215 (41)
2007–2008 Lens 67 (12)
2008–2009 Sion 35 (11)
2009–2011 Lorient 20 (4)
Total428(96)
International career
1999–2007 France B 3 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Olivier Monterrubio (born 8 August 1976) is a French former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He played for Nantes, Rennes, Lens, Sion in Switzerland, and Lorient.

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Club career

Nantes

Monterrubio started his professional career at Nantes in 1996. Product of the famed "Centre of Formation" of Nantes, he was in the same crop of players such as Mickaël Landreau. He was an essential part of the squad in the 1998–99 season, and his winning penalty handed Nantes the Coupe de France title in 1999. [1] He also scored the winning goal in the 1999 Trophée des Champions [2] and played as a substitute when Nantes won the 2000 Coupe de France Final. [3] Finally, in 2001, Monterrubio became a Ligue 1 winner with Les Canaries.

Rennes

In the summer of 2001, Monterrubio signed for fierce rivals Rennes. Despite having a quiet start to his spell at the club, he became one of their key players, establishing a deadly partnership with Swiss striker Alexander Frei. In the 2004–05 season, he led Ligue 1 in assists while Frei was the top scorer. Such was his influence, that he has inherited the captain's armband from Cyril Jeunechamp.

Lens

In the last few hours of the January 2007 transfer window, Monterrubio signed for RC Lens as a replacement for Olivier Thomert, who moved in the opposite direction. On 3 February 2007, he played his first Ligue 1 match for Lens against Valenciennes. [4] During this period, he had to fight for his first team place with the Ivorian midfielder Kanga Akalé. He struck up a strong partnership with Nadir Belhadj upon the Algerian left-back's arrival at the club in January 2008, but the team were relegated to Ligue 2 at the end of the season despite Monterrubio's fine form. [5]

Sion

Monterrubio signed a two-year contract with Swiss side Sion during the summer of 2008. [6]

Lorient

On 28 June 2009, Monterrubio signed a contract between 30 June 2011 with Lorient leaving Sion after one year.

International career

Born in France, Monterrubio is of Spanish descent. [7] In his prime, Monterrubio was among the finest players of his unique kind. Although he did not win a single national team cap, he did receive three call-ups to the France B team, scoring in all 3 of his appearances. [8]

Style

Monterrubio was an accomplished left winger, but had also been featured as a striker and attacking midfielder in the early of his career. He specialized in set-pieces, especially at penalty-taking. He led Ligue 1 in assists in 2004–05 and 2005–06 and was runner-up in 2006–07.

Honours

Nantes

Sion

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References

  1. ↑ "Nantes : seule la victoire est belle". ladepeche.fr. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  2. ↑ "Girondins de Bordeaux - FC Nantes". ligue1.com. Archived from the original on 22 April 2019. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  3. ↑ "France Cup 1999/2000". RSSSF . Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  4. ↑ "Tactical Formation". Football-Lineups.com. Retrieved 5 February 2007.
  5. ↑ http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11807_3578252,00.html Sky Sports' Ligue 1 Round-up, 18 May 2008
  6. ↑ "Olivier Monterrubio vers Sion | RC Lens". Archived from the original on 3 September 2008. Retrieved 29 October 2008. RC Lens News
  7. ↑ "Monterrubio à... ballons rompus". ladepeche.fr.
  8. ↑ "Olivier Monterrubio". Stade Rennais Online.
  9. ↑ "Switzerland Cup Details". RSSSF . Retrieved 18 August 2022.
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