Nicolas Anelka

Quick Facts

Full Name	Nicolas Anelka
Occupation	Soccer Player
Date Of Birth	Mar 14, 1979(1979-03-14)
Age	45
Birthplace	Le Chesnay
Country	France
Birth City	Île-de-France
Horoscope	Pisces

Nicolas Anelka Biography

Nicolas Anelka is one of the most popular and richest Soccer Player who was born on March 14, 1979 in Le Chesnay, Île-de-France, France. A journeyman striker who spent over 17 years in top European teams, notably having 125 appearances with Chelsea between 2008 and 2012.

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Anelka was born in Le Chesnay, Yvelines, to parents who had migrated from Martinique in 1974. Thereafter, they settled in Trappes, near Paris. His mother is a secretary in the local high school.

Nicolas Sébastien Anelka (French pronunciation: ​[nikɔla anɛlka] ; born 14 March 1979) is a French professional football manager and former player who played as a forward. As a player, he regularly featured in his country’s national team, often scoring at crucial moments. Known for his ability to both score and assist goals, he has been described as a classy and quick player, with good aerial ability, technique, shooting, and movement off the ball, and was capable of playing both as a main striker and as a second striker.

His parents immigrated to Martinique in 1974. his mother was secretary at a nearby high school.

Nicolas Anelka Net Worth

Nicolas Anelka is one of the richest Soccer Player from France. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Nicolas Anelka 's net worth $22.5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He began his career in the youth department that is Paris Saint-Germain.

He was banned for 18 matches following an altercation against the head coach of the French national team which effectively ended his international football career.

With regard to his time with the Gunners, Anelka later said he believes he should have never left Arsenal, a club that he has great “love” for. Of his former boss at Highbury, Arsène Wenger, Anelka is a huge admirer and a strong supporter of him. Anelka also placed at 29th in the club’s compilation of the 50 Greatest Gunners of all-time. In all, he made 90 appearances for Arsenal, scoring 28 goals altogether for the club.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Nicolas Anelka Dating?

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Anelka started well and was appointed captain of a team that was briefly at the top of 2000–01 French Division 1, but the team’s form quickly dropped. In December 2000, following a 5–1 loss to Sedan, Philippe Bergeroo was replaced as PSG manager by Luis Fernández. PSG finished ninth in Ligue 1 that season, earning a place in next season’s UEFA Intertoto Cup. PSG finished second in the first round of group stage, behind Bayern Munich, but finished bottom of the second group stage, behind Deportivo de La Coruña, Galatasaray and Milan.

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Nicolas Ranked on the list of most popular Soccer Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in France. Nicolas Anelka celebrates birthday on March 14 of every year.

On 28 February 2000, Anelka scored his first La Liga goal in a 3–0 defeat of rivals Barcelona in El Clásico at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium. However, in March, he was suspended by club president Lorenzo Sanz after refusing to train, because of a disagreement with head coach Vicente del Bosque. After returning to the team, Anelka scored in both legs of the Champions League semi-final to give Los Blancos a 3–2 aggregate victory over Bayern Munich and advance to the competition final. He started in the final, held at the Stade de France in his home city of Paris, as Real Madrid ran out 3–0 winners over Valencia to win an eighth European Cup.

What is Nicolas Anelka doing now?

Initially Anelka joined the technical staff with Dutch side Roda JC in February 2017, before becoming a youth forwards coach at Lille in November

2018. More recently in February 2021 he became the sporting director of French fourth-tier side Hyères FC , under the new ownership of French businessman Mourad Boudjellal.

Why did Nicolas Anelka leave Arsenal?

Chelsea striker Nicolas Anelka has finally revealed that the reason behind his decision to leave Arsenal was because the Gunners fans did not appreciate him enough. Arsenal supporters were left in disbelief when Anelka, after just two seasons in the Premier League, left to join Real Madrid for £23million in 1999.

Why is Anelka called Le sulk?

He was nicknamed Le Sulk as early as 1999 for a perceived lack of enthusiasm, labelled as moody, unfriendly, disruptive and subdued. It was reputation he would never shake. Anelka’s nickname came partly from his unhappiness during his last season at Arsenal.

Did Anelka win the Champions League?

The forward started his career with Paris Saint-Germain FC but built his reputation under Arsène Wenger at Arsenal FC, with whom he landed an English double in 1997/98. He then won the 1999/2000 UEFA Champions League in his only campaign at Real Madrid CF and UEFA EURO 2000 with France that summer.

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Date of Birth:| August 17, 1977
Gender:| Male
Height:| 6 ft in (1.88m)
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