After Thierry Henry, Michel Platini and David Trezeguet, Olivier Giroud is the top scorer for the France team. He plays as a striker for his country and for English Premier League club Chelsea. As a footballer, Giroud has come a long way. He played for other clubs like Arsenal and Montpellier and also helped France shine at the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
Bio of Olivier Giroud
Giroud was born on September 30, 1986 in Chambéry, France. He was brought up alongside his older brother, Romain Giroud, who convinced him not only to love football but also to play it.
Growing up, Romain also played football but before going too far, he decided to quit smoking and pursue other things. This almost prompted young Olivier to quit the game, but he later decided to stay with the encouragement of his brother and other family members.
Nicknamed Chaussettes as a child, Olivier Giroud, of Italian origin, was raised in Forges, where he started playing football.
Soccer career
Giroud started as a footballer when he was only six years old with Froges. That was in 1992 and he continued to play for the team until he arrived at Grenoble in 1999, remaining with the club until 2005 when he was promoted to the club’s senior team.
In 2008, he was loaned from Grenoble to Istres before signing a contract which would see him play at Tours from 2008 to 2010 when he moved to Montpellier. Olivier later left for England where he played for Arsenal FC in the English Premier League.
In 2018, Giroud would play 180 games for the club, scoring 73 goals before eventually joining Stanford Bridge after an 18-month contract with Chelsea FC. By the end of his first season, Olivier had scored 5 goals for the Blues after playing 18 games.
Giroud’s club career in football cannot be described as anything but successful with a Ligue 1 title, 4th Cup, 1st community, as well as a number of individual awards and accolades such as the FIFA Puskás Award he won in 2017.
Before receiving the call of the French national colors, he could not represent the country in any of the national youth teams. Nevertheless, in 2011 he got a call up to the national team and went on to feature for Les Bleus in the 2014 FIFA World Cup as well as the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
Playing an important role in the country’s journey to the World Cup finals, Olivier Giroud has scored 31 goals to his name for the country after appearing in 80 matches.
woman and girl
In case you were wondering what the French striker’s relationship status was, he is married and lives with his wife, Jennifer Giroud.
Even though the couple have done a great job in keeping the media away from the family, the couple are known to have three children together. Their first child, a daughter (Jade Giroud) was born in 2013, while the second, who was named Evan, was born in 2016. Their youngest child is Aaron Giroud.
Even though he seems to have a very perfect marriage, Giroud was probably very lucky to still have his family intact. This follows reports that surfaced in 2014 that he had an extramarital affair. He was accused of having an affair with model Celia Kay. Before things got too far, he quickly took responsibility for the situation and apologized to his wife and everything he let down.
Height and body measurements
Giroud is not only the type of player with skills but he is also the one with the right build and size. He might not be the fastest man on the pitch in terms of speed, but he made up for that with his strength and skill.
In numbers, he is 1.93m tall and weighs 88kg. That said, his other body measurements are not given. But then, he has an athletic