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Florent Malouda

He is a French professional footballer. He plays as a left winger for Chelsea FC and France national team.

Florent Malouda (born June 13, 1980 in Cayenne, French Guiana) is a French professional football player. Malouda plays as a left winger for Chelsea F.C. in the Premier League and the national football team of France. Malouda is a pacy, attacking left winger who can also play as a second striker or behind the front two.
Malouda's performances at Guingamp began catching the attention of French giants Olympique Lyonnais who, after claiming their second consecutive title during the 2002-03 season, decided to sign Malouda. In an outstanding Lyon team containing Juninho Pernambucano, Michael Essien, Gregory Coupet, and Mahamadou Diarra, Malouda established himself on the left side of Lyon's attack, forming great link-ups with all of Lyon's strikers. His performances for Lyon finally earned him a much deserved call up to the French national football team.
The highlights of Malouda's career at Lyon were a man of the match display against Real Madrid in the UEFA Champions League and his 10 goals which led Lyon to their sixth consecutive Ligue 1 title, both during the 2006-07 season.
He also won the Ligue 1 Player of the Year that season, succeeding team-mate Juninho, Lille's Abdul Kader Keïta, Toulouse's Johan Elmander and Lens' Seydou Keïta to the accolade.
Malouda made public his wish to leave Lyon at the end of the 2006-07 season, with both Chelsea and Liverpool showing interest in the winger. On June 29, 2007, Malouda told Lyon based newspaper Le Progres that he has his heart set on a move to Chelsea, confirming that Chelsea had lodged a €17m bid for him. Malouda later repeated this comment in an interview with the Daily Star. On July 5, 2007, Chelsea chief executive Peter Kenyon told Sky Sports News that Chelsea had been in discussions with Lyon regarding Malouda's transfer and were hoping to tie up the deal before Chelsea's pre-season tour in the USA.
On July 8, 2007, Lyon president Jean-Michel Aulas announced that Lyon had accepted an undisclosed bid, rumoured to be around €20m/£13.5m, from Chelsea for Malouda. Chelsea later officially revealed that Malouda would be travelling to London on July 9 for a medical and to discuss personal terms. At 7pm on the same day, Malouda officially signed a three-year contract with the club. He was handed the number 15 shirt. Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho described Malouda as a mature and proven player who was up to the challenge of adapting to the fast pace of English football, and hinted that Malouda would be fielded in tandem with Dutch winger Arjen Robben.
In his debut for Chelsea, a pre-season friendly against Mexican side Club América, Malouda scored the equaliser and set up John Terry for the winning goal as Chelsea went on to win 2-1.
He made his debut for the French national football team on November 17, 2004 in a match against Poland. He then became a regular for his country, earning a call up to the 23-man squad named by coach Raymond Domenech for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. His first goal for France arrived on May 31, 2005 against Hungary.
After playing almost throughout France's qualifying campaign for the World Cup, he went on to start and star for France in Germany. He was an important figure in France's success in the World Cup, eventually losing on penalties to Italy in the final. He won a penalty for France in the final which was converted by Zinédine Zidane. To date, Malouda has scored three goals while earning 30 caps for the French national team.

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13 June 1980
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