Nicolas Anelka was born on March 14, 1979 in Versailles. He is a French footballer who has the role of a forward on the field. For the French national team, he is a regular starter. Carlo Ancelotti portrays Anelka as a fast player with good aerial aptitude, performance, shooting, ball movement.
Currently at the club level, Nicolas Anelka plays for Chelsea. Anelka developed to eminence as a productive scorer for Arsenal and has participated in many of Europe’s great clubs.
Some of the clubs he has joined are Paris Saint-Germain in 1996-1997 and 2000-2002, Arsenal in 1997-1999, Real Madrid in 1999-2000, Liverpool in 2002 and Manchester City in 2002-2005. . Later he has played for Fenerbahçe and then for Chelsea.
At the international level, Nicolas Anelka has participated many times and achieved the victory of his first international honors with the French team at Euro 2000. The following year he won the Confederations Cup with the team. Anelka’s failure to keep up with the club restricted her international appearances; however, he returned to the national team for Euro 2008 competition.
However, Anelka is an outstanding soccer player and earned many honors and awards. Some honors with the club include Arsenal (FA Premier League: 1997-98, FA Cup: 1998, FA Charity Shield: 1998), Real Madrid (UEFA Champions League: 2000), Paris Saint-Germain (UEFA Intertoto Cup: 2001 ), Fenerbahçe (Turkish Premier Super League: 2004-05) and Chelsea (FA Cup: 2009, FA Community Shield: 2009). For the French team, his honors are the UEFA European Football Championship: 2000 and the FIFA Confederations Cup: 2001. And some of his individual honors were achieved as Premier League Player of the Month (February 1998, November 2008), PFA Team of the Year (1999, 2009). ), Barclays Golden Boot (2008-09), PFA Young Player of the Year (1999) and FA Cup Top Scorer (2009).
