Youri Djorkaeff
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Youri Djorkaeff (born March 9, 1968 in Lyon) is a French football (soccer) player, who usually plays as a forward or as an attacking midfielder. With the French national team, Djorkaeff won the 1998 FIFA World Cup and Euro 2000.
Djorkaeff, an ethnic Kalmyk (through his father) and Armenian (through his mother), has played all over Europe. He started his career in 1984 with French club Grenoble, before moving to Strasbourg in 1989, Monaco in 1990, and then PSG in 1995. In 1994, Djorkaeff led Ligue 1 in goals with 20.
In 1996, he signed with Italian giants Inter Milan, and in 1999 went over to Germany and Kaiserslautern. Djorkaeff turned many heads when signing with then-unfashionable English club Bolton Wanderers in 2002, but added a lot of class to the team during his two seasons there. He transferred to Blackburn Rovers for the 2004-05 season, but left the club after playing in only 3 games. Djorkaeff then signed with the MetroStars of Major League Soccer in February 2005. He became the first French player to play in MLS and ended the season as the team's MVP, with ten goals and seven assists in league play. He continued to play for the re-branded Red Bull New York in 2006. Djorkaeff announced that he will hang-up his boots after the 2006 season.[link] On July 1, 2006, he was spotted in the crowd with French fans at the FIFA World Cup quarterfinal match between France and Brazil after telling Red Bulls officials he left the club to attend to "an unexpected, serious family matter in France".[link]
Djorkaeff won the Cup Winners' Cup with PSG in 1996 and the UEFA Cup with Inter in 1998. He accumulated 82 caps and scored 28 goals for France. Other than the two major tournament wins already mentioned, Djorkaeff also played for his country in Euro 96 and the 2002 FIFA World Cup. For his country he won the World Cup, European Championship & Confederation Cup.
Djorkaeff's father, Jean, played for France in the 1966 FIFA World Cup and also coached the Armenian national team.
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1 Meola |
2 Wynne |
3 O'Rourke |
4 Mendes |
5 Jolley |
6 Stammler |
7 Magee |
8 Lisi |
9 Peguero |
10 Djorkaeff |
11 Buddle |
12 Camp |
14 Vide |
17 Altidore |
18 Conway |
19 Henderson |
20 Guevara |
21 Canero |
22 Behonick |
23 Parke |
25 Cila |
26 Graham |
27 Ikangu |
28 Laventure |
33 Arvizu
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