Youri Djorkaeff

Youri Djorkaeff

Djorkaeff in 2011
Personal information
Full name	Youri Raffi Djorkaeff[1]
Date of birth	(1968-03-09) 9 March 1968 (age 51)
Place of birth	Lyon, France
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[2]
Playing position	Attacking midfielder Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1984–1989	Grenoble	82	(23)
1989–1990	Strasbourg	35	(25)
1990–1995	Monaco	155	(59)
1995–1996	Paris Saint-Germain	35	(13)
1996–1999	Inter Milan	87	(30)
1999–2002	Kaiserslautern	55	(14)
2002–2004	Bolton Wanderers	75	(20)
2004	Blackburn Rovers[3]	3	(0)
2005–2006	New York Red Bulls[4]	45	(12)
Total		584	(196)
National team
1993	France B	2	(3)
1993–2002	France	82	(28)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Youri Raffi Djorkaeff (French pronunciation: ​[juʁi raffi djɔʁkaɛf]; born 9 March 1968) is a former French international footballer who played as an attacking midfielder or as a striker. With the French national team, Djorkaeff won the 1998 FIFA World Cup and Euro 2000. He is the son of former player Jean Djorkaeff. He currently runs the Youri Djorkaeff Foundation.

Contents

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  1 Biography
  


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  2 Club career
  


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  3 International career
  


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  4 Personal life
  


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  5 Career statistics
  
  
  
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    5.1 Club
    
  
  
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    5.2 International
    
  
  
  
  


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  6 Honours
  
  
  
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    6.1 Club
    
  
  
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    6.2 International
    
  
  
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    6.3 Individual
    
  
  
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    6.4 Orders
    
  
  
  
  


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  7 References
  


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  8 External links
  

Biography

Djorkaeff was born to a French father Jean Djorkaeff and an Armenian mother Mary Ohanian^[5] in Lyon.^[6]

Club career

Djorkaeff started his career in 1984 with French club Grenoble, before moving to RC Strasbourg in 1989, AS Monaco in 1990, and then Paris Saint-Germain in 1995. In 1994, Djorkaeff led Division 1 in goals with 20. He won the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup with PSG in 1996.

In 1996, he signed with Italian club Inter Milan, where he won the UEFA Cup in 1998. In 1999, he transferred to Germany and Kaiserslautern, helping them to the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup in 2001.

Djorkaeff turned many heads when signing with English club Bolton Wanderers in 2002, but added a lot of class to the team during his three seasons there, resulting in the creation of an international "dream-team" alongside the tricky Nigerian Jay-Jay Okocha, and former Real Madrid midfielder Iván Campo. He then transferred to Blackburn Rovers but left the club after playing in only three games.

Djorkaeff then signed with the MetroStars of Major League Soccer in February 2005, turning down higher paid offers from other countries. He became the first French player to play in MLS and ended the season as the team's MVP with ten goals and seven assists in league play.

Djorkaeff announced from the beginning that he would hang-up his boots at the end of 2006 season, and played for the re-branded New York Red Bulls.^[7] On 1 July 2006, he was spotted in the crowd with French fans at the FIFA World Cup quarter-final match between France and Brazil after telling Red Bulls officials he left the club to attend to "an unexpected, serious family matter in France." Upon his return, he revealed that the purpose of his departure was to be with his sick mother and downplayed watching the World Cup match.^[8]

He retired from professional football on 29 October 2006.

International career

Djorkaeff accumulated 82 caps and scored 28 goals for France at senior level between 1993 and 2002. Other than the two major tournaments he won with the national side – the 1998 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2000 – Djorkaeff also played for his country in UEFA Euro 1996 and the 2002 FIFA World Cup.

Personal life

Djorkaeff has a wife, Sophie, and three children: Sacha, Oan and Angelica. Djorkaeff released a singing single called "Vivre dans Ta Lumière", translated to "Living in Your Light" from French.^[9] His father, Jean, and younger brother, Micha Djorkaeff, were also professional football players.

On 15 November 2012 Djorkaeff hosted Phone-a-thon for Armenian charity held in Europe. The Phoneathon benefits the construction of community centers in villages throughout Nagorno Karabakh and comprehensive agricultural development in Armenia's Tavush Region. In addition, a part of the proceeds will be dedicated to providing urgent aid to the Syrian-Armenian community.^[10]

Djorkaeff currently runs the Youri Djorkaeff Foundation, a non-profit dedicated to providing football programs in New York City.

Career statistics

Club

Club performance[11][12][13]			League		Cup		League Cup		Continental		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
France			League		Coupe de France		Coupe de la Ligue		Europe		Total
1984–85	Grenoble	Division 2	3	0			-	-	-	-	3	0
1985–86			6	0		0	-	-	-	-	6	0
1986–87			26	4			-	-	-	-	26	4
1987–88			19	8	1+		-	-	-	-	20	8
1988–89			25	11	3	1	-	-	-	-	28	12
1989–90			3	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	3	0
1989–90	Strasbourg		28	21			-	-	-	-	28	21
1990–91			7	4	0	0	-	-	-	-	7	4
1990–91	Monaco	Division 1	20	5	6	1	-	-	-	-	26	6
1991–92			35	9	5	0	-	-	7	1	47	10
1992–93			32	11	2	2	-	-	4	1	38	14
1993–94			35	20	2	0	-	-	11	3	48	23
1994–95			33	14	1	0	3	0	-	-	37	14
1995–96	Paris Saint-Germain		35	13	2	2	1	0	8	4	46	19
Italy			League		Coppa Italia		League Cup		Europe		Total
1996–97	Inter Milan	Serie A	33	14	6	1	-	-	10	2	49	17
1997–98			29	8	4	0	-	-	9	0	42	8
1998–99			25	8	6	4	-	-	5	2	36	14
Germany			League		DFB-Pokal		DFL-Ligapokal		Europe		Total
1999–2000	Kaiserslautern	Bundesliga	25	11	1	0	0	0	5	2	31	13
2000–01			26	3	2	0	0	0	7	2	35	5
2001–02			4	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	0
England			League		FA Cup		League Cup		Europe		Total
2001–02	Bolton Wanderers	Premier League	12	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	14	4
2002–03			36	7	1	0	1	0	0	0	38	7
2003–04			27	9	2	0	5	1	0	0	33	10
2004–05	Blackburn Rovers		3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0[14]
USA			League		Open Cup		League Cup		North America		Total
2005	MetroStars	Major League Soccer	24	10	2	1	-	-	-	-	26	11
2006	New York Red Bulls		21	2	1	0	-	-	-	-	22	2
Total	France		307	120	22	6	4	0	30	9	363	135
	Italy		87	30	16	5	-	-	24	4	127	39
	Germany		55	14	3	0	-	-	12	4	70	18
	England		78	20	1	0	5	1	-	-	84	21
	USA		45	12	3	1	-	-	-	-	48	13
Career total			572	196	45	12	9	1	66	17	692	226

International

France national team[15]
Year	Apps	Goals
1993	1	0
1994	5	3
1995	7	5
1996	12	5
1997	6	3
1998	18	3
1999	9	3
2000	11	4
2001	7	2
2002	6	0
Total	82	28

Honours

Club

Monaco

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  Coupe de France: 1990–91
  

Paris Saint-Germain

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  Trophée des Champions: 1995
  


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  UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1995–96
  

Inter Milan

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  UEFA Cup: 1997–98
  

Bolton Wanderers

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  Football League Cup runner-up: 2003–04^[16]
  

International

France

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  FIFA World Cup: 1998
  


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  UEFA European Championship: 2000
  


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  FIFA Confederations Cup: 2001
  

Individual

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  Division 1 top scorer 1993–94
  


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  UEFA European Championship Team of the Tournament: 1996
  


• Pirata d'Oro (Inter Milan Player of the Year): 1997^[17]
  


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  FIFA XI: 1997^[18]
  

Orders

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  Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur: 1998^[1]
  

References

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2. 
   ^ Youri Djorkaeff at Soccerbase. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
   


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   ^ https://www.premierleague.com/players/2037/Youri-Djorkaeff/stats
   


4. 
   ^ The club was known as the MetroStars prior to 2006.
   


5. 
   ^ "Famous Armenian Sportspeople". 30 September 2016.
   


6. 
   ^ ФРАНЦИЯ – АРМЕНИЯ (in Russian). Спорт Экспресс. 31 March 1999.
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7. 
   ^ "uefa.com – Football Europe – News & Features – News Specific". Archived from the original on 19 May 2006.
   


8. 
   ^ "Djorkaeff returns to Bulls after a month away". bigapplesoccer.com. 7 August 2006. Archived from the original on 10 March 2012. Retrieved 10 April 2011.
   


9. 
   ^ Dart, James (22 August 2007). "Does Shay Given really carry holy water with him at every match?". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 10 April 2011.
   


10. 
    ^ "Phone-a-thon for Armenian charity held in Europe ahead of 24-hour Thanksgiving Day Telethon". Armenia Now. Armenia. 16 November 2012. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
    


11. 
    ^ "Youri Djorkaeff". footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 27 October 2012.
    


12. 
    ^ "Youri DJORKAEFF". level-k.com. Retrieved 10 April 2011.
    


13. 
    ^ "Youri Djorkaeff". world-soccer.org. Archived from the original on 20 February 2005. Retrieved 10 April 2011.
    


14. 
    ^ https://www.statbunker.com/players/GetHistoryStats?player_id=5072&comps_type=-1&dates=2004
    


15. 
    ^ "Youri Djorkaeff – International Matches". RSSSF. Retrieved 10 April 2011.
    


16. 
    ^ "Boro lift Carling Cup". BBC Sport. 29 February 2004. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
    


17. 
    ^ Inter.it staff, inter(a t)inter.it (17 November 2006). "F.C. Internazionale Milano". Inter.it. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
    


18. 
    ^ FIFA XI´s Matches - Full Info
    

External links

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  Youri Djorkaeff – FIFA competition record


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  Youri Djorkaeff at National-Football-Teams.com

Awards

v t e UEFA Euro 1996 Team of the Tournament Goalkeepers David Seaman Andreas Köpke Defenders Radoslav Látal Laurent Blanc Marcel Desailly Matthias Sammer Paolo Maldini Midfielders Didier Deschamps Steve McManaman Paul Gascoigne Rui Costa Karel Poborský Dieter Eilts Forwards Alan Shearer Hristo Stoichkov Davor Šuker Youri Djorkaeff Pavel Kuka Jürgen Klinsmann v t e Ligue 1 top scorers 1933: Kaiser & Mercier 1934: Lukács 1935: Abegglen 1936: Courtois 1937: Rohr 1938: Nicolas 1939: Courtois & Koranyi 1946: Bihel 1947: Sinibaldi 1948: Baratte 1949: Baratte & Humpál 1950: Grumellon 1951: Piantoni 1952: Andersson 1953: Andersson 1954: Kargu 1955: Bliard 1956: Cisowski 1957: Cisowski 1958: Fontaine 1959: Cisowski 1960: Fontaine 1961: Piantoni 1962: Touré 1963: Masnaghetti 1964: Oudjani 1965: Simon 1966: Gondet 1967: Revelli 1968: Sansonetti 1969: Guy 1970: Revelli 1971: Skoblar 1972: Skoblar 1973: Skoblar 1974: Bianchi 1975: Onnis 1976: Bianchi 1977: Bianchi 1978: Bianchi 1979: Bianchi 1980: Kostedde & Onnis 1981: Onnis 1982: Onnis 1983: Halilhodžić 1984: Garande & Onnis 1985: Halilhodžić 1986: Bocandé 1987: Zénier 1988: Papin 1989: Papin 1990: Papin 1991: Papin 1992: Papin 1993: Bokšić 1994: Boli, Djorkaeff & Ouédec 1995: Loko 1996: Anderson 1997: Guivarc'h 1998: Guivarc'h 1999: Wiltord 2000: Anderson 2001: Anderson 2002: Cissé & Pauleta 2003: Nonda 2004: Cissé 2005: Frei 2006: Pauleta 2007: Pauleta 2008: Benzema 2009: Gignac 2010: Niang 2011: Sow 2012: Giroud & Nenê 2013: Ibrahimović 2014: Ibrahimović 2015: Lacazette 2016: Ibrahimović 2017: Cavani 2018: Cavani v t e Pirata d'Oro 1986: Baresi 1987: Zenga 1988: Ferri 1989: Brehme 1990: Bergomi 1991: Matthäus 1992: Fontolan 1993: Sosa 1994: Berti 1995: Pagliuca 1996: Zanetti 1997: Djorkaeff 1998: Ronaldo 1999: Cauet 2000: Blanc 2001: Prisco 2002: Vieri 2003: Emre 2004: Adriano 2005: Cambiasso 2010: Júlio César 2011: Córdoba 2012: Lúcio

France squads

v t e France squad – UEFA Euro 1996 Semi-finalists 1 Lama 2 Angloma 3 Di Meco 4 Leboeuf 5 Blanc 6 Guérin 7 Deschamps (c) 8 Desailly 9 Djorkaeff 10 Zidane 11 Loko 12 Lizarazu 13 Dugarry 14 Lamouchi 15 Thuram 16 Barthez 17 Madar 18 Pedros 19 Karembeu 20 Roche 21 Martins 22 Martini Coach: Jacquet v t e France squad – 1998 FIFA World Cup winners (1st title) 1 Lama 2 Candela 3 Lizarazu 4 Vieira 5 Blanc 6 Djorkaeff 7 Deschamps (c) 8 Desailly 9 Guivarc'h 10 Zidane 11 Pires 12 Henry 13 Diomède 14 Boghossian 15 Thuram 16 Barthez 17 Petit 18 Leboeuf 19 Karembeu 20 Trezeguet 21 Dugarry 22 Charbonnier Coach: Jacquet v t e France squad – UEFA Euro 2000 winners (2nd title) 1 Lama 2 Candela 3 Lizarazu 4 Vieira 5 Blanc 6 Djorkaeff 7 Deschamps (c) 8 Desailly 9 Anelka 10 Zidane 11 Pires 12 Henry 13 Wiltord 14 Micoud 15 Thuram 16 Barthez 17 Petit 18 Leboeuf 19 Karembeu 20 Trezeguet 21 Dugarry 22 Ramé Coach: Lemerre v t e France squad – 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup winners (1st title) 1 Ramé 2 Sagnol 3 Lizarazu 4 Vieira 5 Gillet 6 Djorkaeff 7 Pires 8 Desailly (c) 9 Anelka 10 Carrière 11 Wiltord 12 Coupet 13 Silvestre 14 Née 15 Bréchet 16 Dacourt 17 Marlet 18 Leboeuf 19 Karembeu 20 Camara 21 Dugarry 22 Robert 23 Landreau Coach: Lemerre v t e France squad – 2002 FIFA World Cup 1 Ramé 2 Candela 3 Lizarazu 4 Vieira 5 Christanval 6 Djorkaeff 7 Makelele 8 Desailly (c) 9 Cissé 10 Zidane 11 Wiltord 12 Henry 13 Silvestre 14 Boghossian 15 Thuram 16 Barthez 17 Petit 18 Leboeuf 19 Sagnol 20 Trezeguet 21 Dugarry 22 Micoud 23 Coupet Coach: Lemerre

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