Jimmy Briand

Jimmy Julien Briand (French pronunciation: ​[dʒi.mi bʁi.jɑ̃]; born 2 August 1985) is a French professional footballer who plays for Ligue 1 side Girondins de Bordeaux. He started his career as a striker, but now he is usually deployed on the wings. Briand is a graduate of Clairefontaine academy and was a France youth international. He made five appearances for the France senior team from 2008 to 2012, making his debut on 11 October 2008 against Romania.[2]

Jimmy Briand
Briand with Rennes in 2008
Personal information
Full name Jimmy Julien Briand[1]
Date of birth (1985-08-02) 2 August 1985
Place of birth Vitry-sur-Seine, France
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position(s) Winger, striker
Club information
Current team
 Bordeaux
Number 7
Youth career
1995–1998 US Ivry
1998–2000 CSF Brétigny
2000–2001 INF Clairefontaine
2001–2002 Rennes
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2005 Rennes B 50 (26)
2002–2010 Rennes 169 (33)
2010–2014 Lyon 110 (22)
2014–2015 Hannover 96 29 (3)
2015–2018 Guingamp 106 (30)
2018– Bordeaux 57 (14)
National team‡
2001–2002 France U16 12 (9)
2002–2003 France U17 18 (4)
2003–2004 France U18 10 (4)
2004–2005 France U19 10 (5)
2004–2006 France U21 25 (9)
2008–2012 France 5 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15 February 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15 August 2012

Club career

Rennes

Born in Vitry-sur-Seine, Briand began his career at US Ivry, before joining CSF Brétigny. Thereafter, he was selected to attend the INF Clairefontaine. After finishing his stint at the INF Clairefontaine, Briand joined the youth academy of Ligue 1 club Rennes.

While in Rennes' youth system, Briand won the Coupe Gambardella in 2003. He made his first team debut on 20 May 2003 during the 2002–03 Ligue 1 season, at the age of 17, in a Ligue 1 match against Paris Saint-Germain, coming on as a substitute and playing 25 minutes. The match finished 0–0.[3] Over the next two seasons, his play was limited to appearing in only 17 Ligue 1 matches and scoring just one Ligue 1 goal (his first ever), against Montpellier in a 4–0 victory.

Briand finally broke into the first team for the 2005–06 season, appearing in 29 Ligue 1 matches and scoring three Ligue 1 goals to help Rennes finish in 7th position in the 2005-06 Ligue 1; they just missed qualifying for the 2006 UEFA Intertoto Cup by one spot. Over the next two years, he appeared in all but four of the club's Ligue 1 matches, due to his consistently good performances in competitive matches and his not sustaining injuries. Despite being linked to clubs outside France, Briand decided to stay with Rennes for the 2008–09 season, during which he scored a club-high eight Ligue 1 goals. On 26 March 2009, Briand ruptured his anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee, while training with the French national team.[4] The injury required six months to heal. As a result, Briand only made his 2009–10 Ligue 1 season debut for Rennes on 29 October, in a Ligue 1 match against Monaco. He finished the 2009-10 season with 23 appearances, scoring five goals.

Lyon

On 14 June 2010, Olympique Lyonnais president and chairman Jean-Michel Aulas announced that the club had signed Briand to a four-year contract effective on 1 July. The transfer fee was priced at €7.4 million.[5][6][7] He was assigned the number 7 shirt. On 7 August 2010, he made his competitive debut for the club in a 0–0 home draw against Monaco, playing every minute of the match. On 18 February 2011, Briand scored an overhead bicycle kick goal in a 4–0 home win over Nancy.[2]

Hannover 96

Bundesliga club Hannover 96 confirmed the signing of Briand on 22 August 2014. He was handed the number 21 shirt.[8]

Guingamp

On 3 August 2015, Briand joined French Ligue 1 club EA Guingamp on a two-year contract. On 17 May 2017, Briand extended his contract by two years, keeping him with the club until 30 June 2019.[9]

On 11 May 2018, Briand scored a goal from the penalty spot, his fifth goal in his last six Ligue 1 matches, in the 3–3 Ligue 1 home draw against Olympique de Marseille; it was also his 30th career Ligue 1 goal for Guingamp since joining them in August 2015.[10]

Bordeaux

On 10 August 2018, Briand joined EA Guingamp's Ligue 1 rivals, Girondins de Bordeaux, on a two-year contract.[11] He was released by Guingamp just three weeks before joining Bordeaux, with one year left on his contract with Guingamp. He had a "moral agreement" that he would not join another Ligue 1 club. Briand had secured a tentative deal to join Major League Soccer club Montreal Impact, but it fell through on 26 July 2018.[11][12]

On 31 August 2019, Briand scored the equalizer for Bordeaux, in an 1–1 away draw against Olympique Lyonnais, to become only the second player to score in 15 different Ligue 1 seasons in the 21st century, following in the footsteps of Souleymane Camara.[13]

International career

Briand played for the under-21 team from 2004 to 2006, scoring 9 goals in 25 appearances. He was a member of the French squad that participated in the 2006 UEFA U-21 Championship helping France reach the semi-finals before losing to the Netherlands.

Briand received his first call-up to the senior side in May 2007 for France's Euro 2008 qualification matches against Ukraine and Georgia. He would not make his debut in those matches. On 11 October 2008, Briand made his international debut, coming on as a substitute for Franck Ribéry in the 90th minute, against Romania, in a 2010 World Cup away qualifying match that ended in a 2–2 draw.[2]

Career statistics
As of 15 February 2020[14][2]
Club Season League Cup Europe Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Rennes 2002–03 Ligue 1 1000–10
2003–04 7131–102
2004–05 10030–130
2005–06 2836161405
2006–07 35941–3910
2007–08 3774160478
2008–09 27844303412
2009–10 2354100276
Total 1683326815121142
Lyon 2010–11 Ligue 1 3363181448
2011–12 379931025614
2012–13 1512131203
2013–14 25652101409
Total 1102219831516035
Hannover 96 2014–15 Bundesliga 29310–303
Total 2931000303
Guingamp 2015–16 Ligue 1 35741–398
2016–17 341251–3913
2017–18 371130–4011
Total 106301220011832
Bordeaux 2018–19 Ligue 1 35741734611
2019–20 22741–268
Total 571482737219
Career total 4701026820539591131

Honours

Club

Lyon

References
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    "Jimmy Briand". BFM Business (in French). Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  2. "J. Briand". Soccerway.
  3. PSG v. Rennes Match Report Archived 6 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  4. Briand 'disaster' for Rennes
  5. http://www.actusnewswire.com/documents/ACTUS-0-3728-OL-DDR-OL-GB-2009-2010-version-definitive.pdf
  6. "Striker Briand to join Lyon on four-year deal". France Football. 8 June 2010. Archived from the original on 3 July 2012. Retrieved 12 June 2010.
  7. Jimmy Briand est lyonnais ! Archived 11 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  8. "Hannover 96 verpflichtet Jimmy Briand". hannover96.de (in German). Hannover 96. 22 August 2014. Archived from the original on 7 November 2014. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
  9. https://www.getfootballnewsfrance.com/2017/jimmy-briand-to-sign-two-year-extension-with-ea-guingamp/
  10. "Thauvin rescues draw for 10-man Marseille". www.ligue1.com. 11 May 2018.
  11. "Mercato. Jimmy Briand rejoint Bordeaux pour deux ans !". Ouest-France (in French). 10 August 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  12. "French striker Jimmy Briand snubs Impact, refuses to sign MLS contract". Montreal Gazette. 26 July 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  13. "Bordeaux hold ten-men OL". www.ligue1.com. 31 August 2019.
  14. "Jimmy BRIAND - Football : la fiche de Jimmy BRIAND (Guingamp)". L'Équipe (in French). Retrieved 5 January 2018.
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