Profile Of Olivier Giroud, Former Striker Arsenal Who Becomes Top Scores Throughout France

Olivier Giroud (Instagram.com/@oliviergiroud)

YOGYAKARTA Olivier Giroud's profile, which managed to set a new record when defending the French national team at the 2022 World Cup, is interesting to watch.

In the duel of the last 16 of the Qatar World Cup between France vs Poland, Giroud managed to take Les Blues to the quarter-finals after overthrowing Poland with a score of 3-1.

In the duel which took place at Al Thumama Stadium, Sunday, December 4, 2022, Giroud managed to register his name on the scoreboard in the 44th minute. Kylian Mbappe contributed the next two goals in the 74th minute and 90+1.

While Poland's singles goal was created by Robert Lewandowski in the 90+9 minute.

This result led France to the quarter-finals of the 2022 World Cup. At the same time, Giroud made his name in the record book! He was lined up to be the France national team's top scorer of all time. So, what is Olivier Giroud like?

𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘢𝘪𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨! 👑Les Bleus take the lead in the 44th minute!! 😍Thanks to that strike, @OlivierGiroud becomes France's 𝘼𝙇𝙇-𝙏𝙄𝙈𝙀 𝙇𝙀𝘼𝘿𝙄𝙉𝙂 𝙎𝘾𝙊𝙍𝙀𝙍 with 5️⃣2️⃣ goals 🇫🇷🇫🇷1-0🇵🇱 #FRAPOL | #FiersdetreBleus pic.twitter.com/7Cfde6zLYF

— French Team ⭐⭐ (@FrenchTeam) December 4, 2022

Olivier Giroud is a French footballer who plays for Italian League club AC Milan. He has the advantage in terms of physical strength and deadly left-footed shot.

Giroud started playing football in 1994. At that time, he joined local football club Olympique Club de Froges and spent six years of training at the club before finally joining Grenoble's professional club when he was 13 years old.

In Grenoble, he played eight years for the junior team and signed his first professional contract when he was 21, as compiled by VOI from various sources, Sunday, December 18, 2022.

Before entering the 2005-2006 season, Giroud was promoted to Grenoble's reserve team who played in the Championat de France amateur 2. In the league, he scored 15 goals from 15 matches.

For this achievement, the owner of the real name Olivier Jonathan Giroud was promoted to Grenoble's core team. During his time with the first team, he scored 45 goals and appeared five times as a substitute.

In 2007, Giroud signed a loan contract with French third club Istres FC. There, he was raised by Frederic Arpinon and managed to hone his skills as a striker.

On May 28, 2008, Giroud was contracted for three years by Liga II club Tours. Within just a year, Giroud has been promoted to the main Tours striker, replacing Tenema N' Diaye who joined the Nantes FC club.

Giroud finished the 2009/2010 season scoring 24 goals from 42 matches.

In July 2010, Olivier Giroud joined the club Montpellier HSC. He made his debut for Montpellier in the third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League against Hungarian club Gyori ETO.

After completing the 2010/2011 season as the club's top scorer, on May 31, 2011, Giroud signed a contract extension with Montpellier which is valid until 2014.

In 2012, Giroud left Montpellier and joined Arsenal. The Gunners had to spend 9.6 million to tie Giroud.

He made his debut for Arsenal on August 18, 2012. At that time, he appeared as a substitute in the match against Sunderland.

Giroud scored his first goal for Arsenal on September 26, 2012 in the match against Cowtry City in the League Cup. Arsenal won the match with a score of 6-1.

During the five and a half seasons of defending Arsenal, Giroud managed to score 105 goals in 253 appearances in all competitions. Not only that, he also presented three FA Cup trophies and three Community Shield titles.

On January 31, 2018, Giroud was signed by Chelsea. Giroud's first goal for Chelsea was scored in the fifth round of the FA Cup against Hull City.

While defending the Blues for three and a half seasons, Giroud only played 119 times and scored 39 goals.

In 2021, Giroud decided to leave Chelsea and join AC Milan. His first goal for Milan was scored against Cagliari. At that time, Milan won 4-1.

On February 5, 2022, Giroud scored two goals to help his team win 1-2 against Inter at the Derby della Madonnina. Giroud became the first French player to score two goals or more in Serie A against Inter.

That's information about Olivier Giroud's profile, the former Arsenal striker who was the top scorer throughout the French national team.