Olivier Giroux: biography and personal life of a football player

Famous football player Olivier Giroud was born in the French town of Chambery on September 30, 1986. Love for football, which arose at the boy at a very young age, dedication, perseverance and careful work on themselves helped Olivier gain worldwide recognition and fame.

Club career

The first club for which Olivier spoke was Grenoble. The debut of the football player, held on March 24, 2006, was quite successful. His first goal, the striker was able to score a month later, and this ball brought victory to his club in a duel against the Le Havre team.

In 2007, Olivier Giroud rented the club Istres, while speaking in League 3. However, he stayed in it for a short time and was soon rented to the Tour, where he successfully won 2 seasons, one of which was voted the best scorer.

In July 2010, the French striker made his debut as a member of the Montpellier against the Hungarian team of Dyer in the qualification of the Europa League. During the game, Girou scored the first goal scored for the new team, which was also the only and victorious.

In the league, Olivier Giroud began performing in August 2010 as part of the Montpellier. Brilliantly playing, he often led his team to victory. With each season, the number of goals scored by the attackers increased significantly, and if in 2010-2011, This indicator was equal to twelve, in 2011-2012. - already twenty-one. Moreover, in 2012, "Montpellier" for the first time became the champion of France for all time of its existence. The popularity of Olivier was already world-wide.

London Arsenal

After a successful season, the French footballer immediately became interested in two English clubs - "Arsenal" and "Chelsea". Giraud decided to give preference to the "Gunners", which was reinforced by the contract. By the recognition of the player himself, he dreamed of playing in the Premier League of England since childhood, and is therefore very happy about his new job.

Olivier made his debut for Arsenal in the match against the Sunderland team on August 18, 2012. The first goal in the new club striker scored on September 26 at the gates of "Coventry".

Olivier Giroux, "Arsenal" for which became the second house, all the time improved his technique of possession of the ball and tried to realize himself in every match in full force.

Performances in the national French national team

Thanks to the brilliant game of the player for the "Montpellier", Laurent Blanc, coach of the French national team, in 2011, called Olivier for friendly matches against the teams of Belgium and the United States.

On November 11, 2011, Giroux debuted for his country's national team in a game with the Americans. The first goal Olivier spent at the gate of the German national team, having distinguished themselves in the 21st minute of the first half.

Fat Olivier was declared in the French national team to participate in Euro 2012 in Ukraine and Poland. At the championship, he took part in three matches, but fortune was not so favorable this time, and therefore Giroux did not manage to distinguish himself.

Interesting Facts

According to the magazine Têtu, in 2011 Olivier Giroux was recognized as the sexiest football player in France. The attacker has extraordinary external data and a physique, which allows him to participate quite often in various photo shoots, and sometimes even in nude.

After the end of the friendly match "Arsenal" against the national team of Vietnam, the French football player noted an interesting act: in podtribunnom room, he took off his shorts and gave them to his fan.

In one of his interviews, the French striker said that he believes that fate predetermines him to live a bright beautiful life, and therefore always, even in the most difficult situations, hopes for a miracle.

Olivier Giroud: personal life

Forward of the London "Arsenal" is married. His wedding with Jennifer took place in 2011, 1.5 years after that, the daughter of Jade was born in the family of Giroux. It would seem that love and harmony prevailed in their relationship, since Olivier Giraud and his wife were inseparable. Jennifer always attended the matches in which her husband played, shared with him the joy of victory and the pain of defeats.

However Olivier in a single moment destroyed the whole family idyll, on the eve of the next match, changing the legal wife to the British model Celia Kay. The next day, everyone, including Jennifer, knew about the incident, thanks to the Sun that wrote about it. However, Giraud himself and the model deny that they had an intimate affinity.

Olivier, realizing that he faces a break with his wife and a very impressive fine from the football club for violating the terms of the contract (about 280 thousand euros), publicly apologized for his rash act.

"Arsenal" regretted his striker and decided not to punish him in this way, but with respect to his wife, everything is much more complicated. She put forward Olivier's condition: if he does not return to France, then their marriage ends. In the life of a scandalous striker is now a difficult period when he needs to choose what is more expensive for him: a career or a family. How will the future fate of Zhira after the thundering sexual scandal, is still unknown.

Olivier Giroux is a famous French striker who, thanks to his excellent game, earned worldwide recognition and fame.