Youri Djorkaeff

Youri Djorkaeff
Djorkaeff in 2011
Personal information
Full name Youri Raffi Djorkaeff[1]
Date of birth (1968-03-09) 9 March 1968
Place of birth Lyon, France
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[2]
Playing position Attacking midfielder
Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1984–1989 Grenoble 82 (23)
1989–1990 Strasbourg 35 (25)
1990–1995 Monaco 155 (59)
1995–1996 Paris Saint-Germain 35 (13)
1996–1999 Internazionale 87 (30)
1999–2002 Kaiserslautern 55 (14)
2002–2004 Bolton Wanderers 75 (20)
2004 Blackburn Rovers[3] 3 (0)
2005–2006 New York Red Bulls[4] 45 (12)
Total 584 (196)
National team
1993 France B 2 (3)
1993–2002 France 82 (28)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Youri Raffi Djorkaeff (French pronunciation: ​[juʁi raffi djɔʁkaɛf]; born 9 March 1968) is a former French international footballer who played as an attacking midfielder or as a striker. With the French national team, Djorkaeff won the 1998 FIFA World Cup and Euro 2000. He is the son of former player Jean Djorkaeff. He currently runs the Youri Djorkaeff Foundation.

Biography

Djorkaeff was born to French father Jean Djorkaeff and an Armenian mother Mary Ohanian[5] in Lyon.[6]

Club career

Djorkaeff started his career in 1984 with French club Grenoble, before moving to RC Strasbourg in 1989, AS Monaco in 1990, and then Paris Saint-Germain in 1995. In 1994, Djorkaeff led Division 1 in goals with 20. He won the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup with PSG in 1996.

In 1996, he signed with Italian giants Internazionale, where he won the UEFA Cup in 1998. In 1999, he transferred to Germany and Kaiserslautern, helping them to the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup in 2001.

Djorkaeff turned many heads when signing with English club Bolton Wanderers in 2002, but added a lot of class to the team during his three seasons there, resulting in the creation of an international "dream-team" alongside the tricky Nigerian Jay-Jay Okocha, and former Real Madrid midfielder Iván Campo. He then transferred to Blackburn Rovers but left the club after playing in only three games.

Djorkaeff then signed with the MetroStars of Major League Soccer in February 2005, turning down higher paid offers from other countries. 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.

Djorkaeff announced from the beginning that he would hang-up his boots at the end of 2006 season, and played for the re-branded New York Red Bulls.[7] On 1 July 2006, he was spotted in the crowd with French fans at the FIFA World Cup quarter-final match between France and Brazil after telling Red Bulls officials he left the club to attend to "an unexpected, serious family matter in France." Upon his return, he revealed that the purpose of his departure was to be with his sick mother and downplayed watching the World Cup match.[8]

He retired from professional football on 29 October 2006.

International career

Djorkaeff accumulated 82 caps and scored 28 goals for France at senior level between 1993 and 2002. Other than the two major tournaments he won with the national side – the 1998 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2000 – Djorkaeff also played for his country in UEFA Euro 1996 and the 2002 FIFA World Cup.

Personal life

Djorkaeff has a wife, Sophie, and three children: Sacha, Oan and Angelica. Djorkaeff released a singing single called "Vivre dans Ta Lumière", translated to "Living in Your Light" from French.[9] His father, Jean, and younger brother, Micha Djorkaeff, were also professional football players.

On 15 November 2012 Djorkaeff hosted Phone-a-thon for Armenian charity held in Europe. The Phoneathon benefits the construction of community centers in villages throughout Nagorno Karabakh and comprehensive agricultural development in Armenia's Tavush Region. In addition, a part of the proceeds will be dedicated to providing urgent aid to the Syrian-Armenian community.[10]

Djorkaeff currently runs the Youri Djorkaeff Foundation, a non-profit dedicated to providing football programs in New York City.

Career statistics

Club

Club performance[11][12][13] League Cup League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
France League Coupe de
France		 Coupe de la
Ligue		 Europe Total
1984–85GrenobleDivision 2 30----30
1985–86 600----60
1986–87 264----264
1987–88 1981+----208
1988–89 251131----2812
1989–90 3000----30
1989–90Strasbourg 2821----2821
1990–91 7400----74
1990–91MonacoDivision 1 20561----266
1991–92 35950--714710
1992–93 321122--413814
1993–94 352020--1134823
1994–95 33141030--3714
1995–96Paris Saint-Germain 35132210844619
Italy League Coppa Italia League Cup Europe Total
1996–97InternazionaleSerie A 331461--1024917
1997–98 29840--90428
1998–99 25864--523614
Germany League DFB-Pokal DFL-Ligapokal Europe Total
1999–2000KaiserslauternBundesliga 25111000523113
2000–01 263200072355
2001–02 40------40
England League FA Cup League Cup Europe Total
2001–02Bolton WanderersPremier League 124201000144
2002–03 367101000387
2003–04 2792051003310
2004–05Blackburn Rovers 3000000030[14]
USA League Open Cup League Cup North America Total
2005MetroStarsMajor League
Soccer		 241021----2611
2006 New York Red Bulls21210----222
Total France 30712022640309363135
Italy 8730165--24412739
Germany 551430--1247018
England 78201051--8421
USA 451231----4813
Career total 5721964512916617692226

International

France national team[15]
YearAppsGoals
1993 10
1994 53
1995 75
1996 125
1997 63
1998 183
1999 93
2000 114
2001 72
2002 60
Total 8228

Honours

Club

Monaco
Paris Saint-Germain
Internazionale
Bolton Wanderers

International

France

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "Décret du 24 juillet 1998 portant nomination à titre exceptionnel". Journal officiel de la République française. 1998 (170): 11376. 25 July 1998. PREX9801916D. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
  2. ↑ "Biography for Youri Djorkaeff". imdb.com. Retrieved 10 April 2011.
  3. ↑ https://www.premierleague.com/players/2037/Youri-Djorkaeff/stats
  4. ↑ The club was known as the MetroStars prior to 2006.
  5. ↑ "Famous Armenian Sportspeople". 30 September 2016.
  6. ↑ ФРАНЦИЯ – АРМЕНИЯ (in Russian). Спорт Экспресс. 31 March 1999.
  7. ↑ "uefa.com – Football Europe – News & Features – News Specific". Archived from the original on 19 May 2006.
  8. ↑ "Djorkaeff returns to Bulls after a month away". bigapplesoccer.com. 7 August 2006. Archived from the original on 10 March 2012. Retrieved 10 April 2011.
  9. ↑ Dart, James (22 August 2007). "Does Shay Given really carry holy water with him at every match?". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 10 April 2011.
  10. ↑ "Phone-a-thon for Armenian charity held in Europe ahead of 24-hour Thanksgiving Day Telethon". Armenia Now. Armenia. 16 November 2012. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
  11. ↑ "Youri Djorkaeff". footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 27 October 2012.
  12. ↑ "Youri DJORKAEFF". level-k.com. Retrieved 10 April 2011.
  13. ↑ "Youri Djorkaeff". world-soccer.org. Archived from the original on 20 February 2005. Retrieved 10 April 2011.
  14. ↑ https://www.statbunker.com/players/GetHistoryStats?player_id=5072&comps_type=-1&dates=2004
  15. ↑ "Youri Djorkaeff – International Matches". RSSSF. Retrieved 10 April 2011.
  16. ↑ Inter.it staff, inter(a t)inter.it (17 November 2006). "F.C. Internazionale Milano". Inter.it. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
  17. ↑ FIFA XI´s Matches - Full Info
  18. ↑ "France honors World Cup winners – Government gives Legion of Honor to players, coaches". CNN/SI. 1 September 1998. Retrieved 20 July 2006.
  19. ↑ "Décret du 24 juillet 1998 portant nomination à titre exceptionnel". JORF (in French). 1998 (170her): 11376. 25 July 1998. PREX9801916D. Retrieved 10 March 2009.
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