Sylvain Legwinski

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Sylvain Legwinski
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Legwinski in 2007
Personal information
Date of birth (1973-10-06) 6 October 1973 (age 50) [1]
Place of birth Clermont-Ferrand, France
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) [2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1992–1999 Monaco 135 (13)
1999–2001 Bordeaux 49 (2)
2001–2006 Fulham 128 (8)
2006–2008 Ipswich Town 47 (7)
2009 St Neots Town 2 (0)
Total361(30)
International career
1996 France U21/Olympic 4 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Sylvain Legwinski (born 6 October 1973) is a French former professional footballer, who played as a midfielder. He is now assistant coach at AS Monaco in France.

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Having made a name for himself at AS Monaco and Bordeaux, he played seven years of his professional career in England, collecting more than 200 official appearances for Fulham and Ipswich Town.

Club career

Legwinski was born in Clermont-Ferrand. The son of a basketball player with Polish descent who settled at Vichy, he joined AS Monaco FC's youth system at 18, as Arsène Wenger was the main squad's manager, giving the player his first team debuts shortly after. He developed into a midfield force under Jean Tigana's guidance, scoring nine league goals in 1996–97, as Monaco won the national title.

After two seasons and four games into 2001–02 with FC Girondins de Bordeaux, Legwinski rejoined Tigana at Fulham. At the beginning of the 2006–07 season, new Fulham boss Chris Coleman made it clear that Legwinski did not fit into the side's future plans and, in August 2006, following a successful trial with Ipswich Town, the player signed a two-year contract.

In his first year at the club, Legwinski won the supporter's and manager's Player of the Year Award for 2006–07, netting five league goals. During the campaign, he became the only Ipswich player to have scored against all East Anglian opposition during one season (Norwich City, Colchester United, Southend United and Luton Town).

However, Legwinski found himself out of the picture for much of the following season, still managing to find the net twice, in draws against Queen's Park Rangers and Burnley. Due to the team's extensive midfield, he was told he would not be offered a new contract and, as Town teammate Fabian Wilnis, started looking to the future, working towards his coaching badges. [3]

In September 2008, Legwinski underwent an unsuccessful trial with Swedish team IFK Göteborg. Early in the following year, he had another tryout in the country, with Örgryte IS, which had just won promotion to the top flight.

In March 2009, Legwinski joined St Neots Town as a player/assistant manager, joining player-manager Steve Lomas. [4] Shortly after, definitely retired, he moved to Crystal Palace as a youth coach. He is now assistant coach at AS Monaco in France.

International career

An under-21 international, Legwinski scored once in four matches for the 1996 Summer Olympics quarter-finalists.

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational CupLeague CupContinentalTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Monaco 1992–93 French Division 1 200000–20
1993–94 000000–00
1994–95 2110000–211
1995–96 292000010302
1996–97 3790000213910
1997–98 220000020240
1998–99 1410000–141
1999–2000 100000021121
Total1351300007214215
Bordeaux 1999–2000 French Division 11312000–151
2000–01 32100–40361
2001–02 400000–40
Total492200040552
Fulham 2001–02 Premier League 3335121–405
2002–03 354300012 [lower-alpha 1] 2506
2003–04 3204010–370
2004–05 1515020–221
2005–06 1301010–150
Total12881816112216412
Ipswich Town 2006–07 Championship 3254000–365
2007–08 1520010–162
Total477401000527
Career total359302417123441336
  1. ↑ Seven appearances and two goals in UEFA Intertoto Cup, five appearances in UEFA Cup

Honours

Club

Monaco

Fulham

Individual

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References

  1. ↑ Sylvain Legwinski at Olympedia OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. ↑ Sylvain Legwinski at Soccerbase OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  3. ↑ "Klug: Fab playing his part". Club Fanzine. 16 April 2008. Archived from the original on 12 August 2014. Retrieved 16 April 2008.
  4. ↑ "Legwinski à St Neots" [Legwinski at St Neots]. L'Équipe . 3 April 2009. Archived from the original on 12 August 2014. Retrieved 24 July 2010.
  5. ↑ "France - First Division Results and Tables 1932-1998". 23 February 2005. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  6. ↑ "Ligue 1 Archive". World Football. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  7. ↑ "Fulham clinch Euro glory". BBC Sport. 27 August 2002. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
  8. 1 2 "Legwinski Players' Player". TWTD. 1 May 2007. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
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