Olivier Monterrubio

Olivier Monterrubio
Personal information
Date of birth (1976-08-08) 8 August 1976
Place of birth Gaillac, France
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing position Midfielder, winger
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–2001 Nantes 91 (28)
2001–2006 Stade Rennais 215 (41)
2007–2008 Lens 67 (12)
2008–2009 Sion 35 (11)
2009–2011 Lorient 20 (4)
National team
1999–2007 France B 3 (3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Olivier Monterrubio (born 8 August 1976) is a retired French footballer who played as a midfielder. He previously played for FC Nantes, Stade Rennais, RC Lens, FC Sion in Switzerland and FC Lorient.

Club career

Nantes

Monterrubio started his professional career at Nantes in 1996. Product of the famed "Centre of Formation" of Nantes, he was in the same crop of players such as Mickaël Landreau, now of Lille OSC. He was an essential part of the squad in the 1998–99 season, and his winning penalty handed Nantes the Coupe de France title in 1999. He also played as Nantes won the 2000 Coupe de France Final and in 2001 Monterrubio became a Ligue 1 winner with Les Canaries.

Stade Rennais

In the summer of 2001, Monterrubio signed for fierce rivals Stade Rennais. Despite having a quiet start to his spell at the club, he became one of their key players, establishing a deadly partnership with Swiss striker Alexander Frei, now of FC Basel 1893. In the 2004–2005 season, he led Ligue 1 in assists while Frei was the top scorer. Such was his influence, that he has inherited the captain's armband from Cyril Jeunechamp.

Lens

In the last few hours of the January 2007 transfer window, Monterrubio signed for RC Lens as a replacement for Olivier Thomert, who moved in the opposite direction. On 3 February 2007, he played his first Ligue 1 match for Lens against Valenciennes.[1] During this period, he had to fight for his first team place with the Ivorian midfielder Kanga Akalé. He struck up a strong partnership with Nadir Belhadj upon the Algerian left-back's arrival at the club in January 2008, but the team were relegated to Ligue 2 at the end of the season despite Monterrubio's fine form.[2]

Sion

Monterrubio signed a two-year contract with Swiss side FC Sion during the summer of 2008.[3]

Lorient

On 28 June 2009, he signed a contract between 30 June 2011 with FC Lorient leaving Sion after one year.

Attributes

He was an accomplished left winger, but had also been featured as a striker and attacking midfielder in the early of his career. He specialized in set-pieces, especially at penalty-taking. He led Ligue 1 in assists in 2004–05 and 2005–06 and was runner-up in 2006–07.

International career

In his prime, Monterrubio was among the finest players of his unique kind. Although he did not win a single national team cap, he did receive three call-ups to the France B team, scoring in all 3 of his appearances.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Tactical Formation". Football-Lineups.com. Retrieved 5 February 2007.
  2. ↑ http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11807_3578252,00.html Sky Sports' Ligue 1 Round-up, 18 May 2008
  3. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-09-03. Retrieved 2008-10-29. RC Lens News
  4. ↑ http://www.stade-rennais-online.com/Olivier-Monterrubio.html
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