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Nicolas Anelka
0Full Name	Nicolas Sébastien Anelka
0Date of Birth	14 March
0Place of Birth	Versailles, France
0Position	Striker Winger
0Chelsea career
0Debut	12 January
0Games (goals)	(59)
0Other clubs	Paris Saint-Germain Arsenal Real Madrid Liverpool (loan) Manchester City Fenerbahçe Bolton Wanderers Shanghai Shenhua Juventus (loan) West Bromwich Albion Mumbai City

Nicolas Sébastien Anelka (born 14 March in Versailles, France) is a French international striker who played for Chelsea from until He was Premier League topscorer during the season, winning the FA Cup in the same campaign, and was part of Chelsea's double winning side in He is one of only two players to have won the double with two different clubs, along with Ashley Cole.

Anelka's time in west London was the most settled period of a nomadic and often controversial career, though his time at the club came to an end acrimoniously when he fell out with manager André Villas-Boas and was frozen out of the first team. He left Chelsea to join Chinese side Shanghai Shenhua in January after almost four years at the club.

Before Chelsea

Anelka began his career at Paris Saint-Germain, but soon moved to Arsenal. He became a first team regular and won the PFA Young Player of the Year Award the following season. Real Madrid signed him for £ million in , a record fee, but he did not settle in well and returned to Paris Saint-Germain in a £20 million deal.

Despite regular first team football in Paris, Anelka set his eyes upon the English Premier League once more; he went on loan to Liverpool in January but joined Manchester City for £13 million for the start of the season. After two-and-a-half years in Manchester he made a £7 million move to Turkey, where he would spend two seasons with Fenerbahçe, before returning to England to sign for Bolton Wanderers for a club record fee of £8 million in

Chelsea career

On 11 January , it was confirmed that Anelka would join Chelsea for a reported £15 million.

Anelka made his debut against Tottenham Hotspur on 12 January ,[1] and scored his first goal two weeks later in the FA Cup against Wigan Athletic. He scored his first league goal on 2 February against Portsmouth, but failed to score again for Chelsea during the season. This was generally attributed to the fact that manager Avram Grant used him mainly as a substitute or played him in a wing position.

In the UEFA Champions League Final, Anelka's seventh and decisive penalty was stopped by Edwin van der Sar, ultimately resulting in Manchester United winning the Champions League.

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On 3 August , Anelka scored four goals against AC Milan in a friendly win.

With Didier Drogbainjured at the beginning of the season, Anelka made a very impressive start to the campaign. He scored 25 times — 19 of which in the Premier League, making the Frenchman the first player to reach 10 goals in the competition that season.

Anelka scored his first competitive hat-trick for Chelsea against Sunderland, in a home win on 1 November , and followed this up with two braces, against Blackburn Rovers, then West Bromwich Albion.

He established himself as an important member of the squad and maintained his place in the team despite the return to fitness of Drogba.

After the arrival of Guus Hiddink, Anelka was more often played on the wing.

Nicolas anelka muslim It was the World Cup. Torres and Anelka started together in a Champions League knock-out match against FC Copenhagen in February, and it was the Frenchman who took his opportunities, scoring twice in a win. Daily Express. Anelka says he regrets that.

Furthermore, he was ranked amongst the top goalscorers in the league for the season. He scored another hat-trick against Watfordin the FA Cupto earn Chelsea a 3–1 victoryat Vicarage Road. On 10 May, he scored one goal and set up another in a 4–1 away winagainst former club Arsenal, which resulted in their worst home defeat for 38 years.

A powerful strike in Chelsea's final Premier League game of the season at Sunderlandput him as top goal scorer for the season in the Premiership, earning him the Golden Boot with 19 goals in total.

Anelka scored his first goal of the season against West London rivals Fulham in a win at Craven Cottage, before continuing his fine form with the opening goal in Chelsea's win over Burnley the following weekend.

He netted his third goal of the season in the opening game of the UEFA Champions League group stage in the victory over FC Porto.

Anelka scored one of the best goals of his season, against APOEL Nicosia in the Champions League with the ball being passed in to the net from outside the box. Anelka scored his 3rd League goal of the season against Liverpool at Stamford bridge in a win with the second goal coming from French team-mate Florent Malouda.

Anelka continued his fine scoring run in the Champions League with the winner in the victory over FC Porto at the Estadio Dragao, making Chelsea only the second ever English side to win at Porto's home ground. He continued his scoring in the season by scoring Chelsea's first goal in a draw against Everton in the Premier League, his first goal in the competition since October.

He followed that up with another goal in Chelsea's victory over Portsmouth. On 16th of January on his return from injury, Anelka scored twice in an astonishing victory over Sunderland. He continued this fine form into the next match scoring in an FA Cup tie against Preston North End bringing his tally in the previous 4 matches to 5 goals.

After the return of Didier Drogba from the African Cup of Nations, Anelka had been playing on the wing to support him, and failed to score again until mid-April. He scored his first goal since January in a win over his old team Bolton Wanderers, increasing the gap ahead of second place Manchester United to 4 points. On the final day of the season Anelka scored two goals in an win against Wigan Athletic, including the first goal in the sixth minute, to help Chelsea win their first Premier League title in four years.

In June Anelka extended his contract by one year, taking it to the end of the season.

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Anelka scored his first two goals of the season against Wigan Athletic in a win, both goals coming shortly after the half time interval. Anelka continued his fine goalscoring form in the Champions League, scoring five goals in the group stage as Chelsea progressed as group winners. As Chelsea suffered a decline in form in the middle of the season, Anelka's form also suffered, as the whole side struggled to score goals.

He did score three goals in January, but the arrival of Fernando Torres at the end of the month for a club record £50m threatened to limit his chances over the second half of the season. Torres and Anelka started together in a Champions League knock-out match against FC Copenhagen in February, and it was the Frenchman who took his opportunities, scoring twice in a win.

These would be his last goals of the season however, and the campaign ultimately ended in disappointment for his club, with the Blues failing to win a trophy. Nonetheless Anelka was Chelsea's topscorer for the season, with 7 of his 16 goals coming in the Champions League.

Anelka scored Chelsea's first goal of the season, equalising in an eventual home win against West Bromwich Albion.

Where is nicolas anelka now: In the hearing, the FA disciplinary hearing panel concluded, "[W]e did not find that Nicolas Anelka is an anti-Semite or that he intended to express or promote anti-Semitism by his use of the quenelle. Retrieved 31 December Soccer Statistics Foundation. It helps to know actors and producers.

It would be his only goal of the season, and his last for Chelsea, however. New manager André Villas-Boas preferred Daniel Sturridge on the right hand side of the front three; the position that Anelka had made his own in previous seasons, and with the Portuguese manager reportedly keen to reduce the average age of the squad, Anelka was deemed surplus to requirements and would be allowed to leave in January after handing in a transfer request.

[3] On 12 December Chelsea announced that a transfer had been agreed with Chinese side Shanghai Shenhua, with the Frenchman to leave in the January transfer window, having spent more time at Chelsea than at any other club in a much-travelled career. [4]

After Chelsea

Four months after moving to China Anelka was appointed player-manager of Shanghai Shenhua.

[5] After just over a year at the Shanghai club Anelka returned to Europe, joining Juventus on a five month loan deal.

Sparks Rubina A. Retrieved 17 March In the film, Anelka claims it came about as a response to a fall-out with the manager Steve Clarke. They did not believe Anelka to be antisemitic, merely ignorant of "the offence that his actions have caused, particularly to the Jewish community.

He made his debut for the Turin side in mid-February in a UEFA Champions League match against Celtic, becoming only the second player (after Zlatan Ibrahimović) to play for six different clubs in the competition. [6] Anelka then returned to England joining West Bromwich Albion ahead of the season, having been released by Shanghai Shenhua. His spell at West Brom was mired in controversy after he performed a quenelle after scoring a goal, a hand gesture described by Jewish groups as an inverted Nazi salute.

He was fined £80, and banned for five games. Anelka unilaterally terminated his contract at West Brom a short time later, who gave him 14 days notice of termination from the club for gross misconduct.

Raymond domenech nicolas anelka biography According to Transfermarkt , his career has seen him winning the Premier League's Top Scorer, a European championship, two English championships, and two champions leagues. French Football Federation. Luzhniki Stadium , Moscow , Russia. Furthermore, he was ranked among the top goalscorers in the league for the season.

In September he once again left Europe, joining Mumbai City of the newly-formed Indian Super League.

International

Anelka has played many times at international level and won his first international honours with France at Euro , and won the Confederations Cup the following year. His failure to settle at club level limited his international appearances, but he returned to the national team for the Euro competition.

Anelka was part of France's World Cup squad, but at half time during France's second group game he verbally attacked France coach Raymond Domenech, after reportedly being criticised for straying out of position. He was substituted, and subsequently sent home after refusing to apologise [7].

However, the scene exploded with repercussions, following French players in America performing the quenelle, and throughout French society, with reactions being mixed about how antisemitic the gesture actually was. Harpenden: Queen Anne Press. Retrieved 31 December Archived from the original on 8 October

The incident led to a player revolt amongst the French squad, who refused to train. The team eventually finished bottom of their group with just one point from three games. In August Anelka was banned from playing for the French national side for 18 games as a result of his conduct during the World Cup [8], with the striker responding that he was "dying with laughter" at the ban, having already decided to retire from international football.

Statistics

See also: List of Nicolas Anelka goals

Season	Prem		FA Cup		League Cup		Europe		Other		Total
	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	14	1	3	1	2	0	5	0	0	0	24	2
	37	19	5	4	0	0	12	2	0	0	54	25
	33	11	4	1	0	0	7	3	1	0	45	15
	32	6	3	1	1	2	9	7	1	0	46	16
	9	1	0	0	2	0	4	0	0	0	15	1
Total		38	15	7	5	2	37	12	2	0		59

Career honours

Club

Arsenal

Real Madrid

Paris Saint-Germain

Fenerbahçe

• Turkish Premier Super League:

Chelsea

International

France

• UEFA European Football Championship:
• FIFA Confederations Cup:

Individual

• Premier League Player of the Month: February , November
• PFA Team of the Year: ,
• Barclays Premier League Golden Boot:
• PFA Young Player of the Year: