Top Facts about Olivier Giroud

Olivier Giroud is a French striker who is currently playing for Milan football club and France national team. Giroud joined

in 2014 after successful spell at Auxerre and went on to score 105 goals in 235 games.

Giroud left Arsenal at the summer of 2018 to join another club from London and had a moderately successful first season with the blues. He was the first player of the club to score more than 10 goals in a single European campaign. The best goal he scored for Arsenal was the amazing scorpion kick he scored against vs Crystal Paalace. he was praised by fans and players from around the world for the goal and won the prestigious Puskas award at the end of the 2015-16 season.

At 36, Giroud has shown no sign of slowing down. We will have to wait and see how the rest of Giroud's second season at Milan will go. For now let's have a look at the

top facts about Olivier Giroud

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Top facts about Olivier Giroud you might want to know

In the following article we will take a look at the Top facts about Olivier Giroud. First we present you with some of the general information.

• Full Name

  : Francisco Olivier Jonathan Giroud

• Date and Place of Birth

  : 30 September 1986 / Chambery, France

• Height & Weight

  : 1.93 m /86 kg

• Family Members

  : Romain Giroud (Brother)

• Marital Status:

  Married

• Wife

  : Jennifer Giroud

• Children

  : two, a daughter, Jade and a boy, Evan with Jennifer Giroud

• Current team

  : AC Milan

• Jersey Number

  : 9 at AC Milan and 9 at France National team

• Zodiac Sign:

  Libra

Olivier Giroud Birthday, Zodiac Sign and nationality

The first part our article on top facts about Olivier Giroud is about his birthday.

Olivier Giroud Birthday

is at 30th of September 1986. Olivier Giroud nationality is French although he has strong Italian roots as both of his grandmothers were Italian.  Olivier Giroud was born in Chambery,

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Olivier Giroud zodiac sign is Libra. He shares his birthday with many great stars from football and other fields. Some of the most famous figures born on 30th of September are:

Footballers

: Frank Rijkaard, Herve Renard, Alexander Nubel and Andy van der Meyde/

Actors and Actresses:

Monica Bellucci and Marion Cotillard/

Singers

: T-Pain /

Formula One driver

: Max Verstappen

Olivier Giroud prime years

At this part we will look at the top facts about

Olivier Giroud

Childhood

story and the family and the background he grew up in. Olivier Giroud was born into a middle-class family and was raised in the village of Froges.

Olivier is the first of two kids in his family. His parents were both football fans and supported Olivier from an early age to pursue his dreams to become a footballer.

One of Olivier's first football memories was one of the darkest days in the history of French football. A strong France side which had some of the world's best players like Eric Cantona, needed a draw in their final game at the 1994 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against

, but lost with a 91 minutes goal from Emil Kostadinov and failed to reach the World Cup.

Giroud was seven years old then and talked about that day in an interview years later:

"France vs Bulgaria in 1993 at the Parcs des Princes when Kostadinov stopped us from going to the World Cup in the USA. I was just seven and it was my first sad experience of Les Bleus. A bad memory."

Giroud's first football hero was former France striker, Jan Pierre Papin and the young Olivier used to try and imitate Papin's signature move.

"Jean-Pierre Papin! He was an attacker, like me, so that was inevitably appealing. But not just that. He used to do beautiful ‘Papinades’ [a spectacular, airborne volley usually from an unusual angle] that I always tried to reproduce as a kid with my friends."

Four years after the 1994

tragedy, France made amends by winning the competition on its own soil. It was a magical night for Olivier as the whole nation took on the streets to celebrate their first ever World Cup title.

"In 1998 my support was unconditional. It really is the first competition that I followed with real fervor. As a family we used to wear the red, white and blue face paint. On 12 July 1998 [night of the final vs Brazil] we took to the street celebrating the success."

In the United States with my club. I was 14 and despite the time difference it was crazy. We partied like crazy. These two events marked my childhood and more than anything confirmed to me that I wanted to be a footballer.

Deeply touched by his home nation World Cup win, Olivier started his amateur career with his hometown club, Olympique Club de Froges, in 1992.

Giroud's older brother, Romain was also a footballer in his youth. He had a good spell at the

academy and represented France at under-15 and under-17 level, however he later decided to quit football and became a nutritionist.

Olivier Giroud Personal Life and Relationship

Olivier Giroud wife

's name is Jennifer, an American woman Olivier first met in 2008 when he was playing at Auxerre. They decided to get married in 2011 after several year of relationship. They tied the knot in 2011, while the striker was playing with French club

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The 33 years old Jennifer is famously private about her personal life, but has been known to open up on Twitter now and again.

Despite their strong relationship, the couple has had their share of controversy. In the February of 2014 The Sun publishes photos of Olivier with the famous model Celia Kay. However, Olivier and Jennifer acted as a true team to control the situation quickly. Olivier made a public apology on Twitter and Jennifer announced that she has forgiven him.

Jennifer Giroud once talked about his life with Olivier in a rare interview with M6.

“I don’t have the career that I would have had to have, but I regret nothing. I am fortunate to be able to enjoy my children so I am dedicated to my family. The work I miss, but I thoroughly enjoyed my children."

In the case of

 Olivier Giroud children

you must know that the couple has three children together, named Evan, Jade, and Aaron Giroud.

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Olivier Giroud Net worth, Salary and Market Value

Olivier Giroud net worth

is estimated to be 10 million Dollars, including all of his properties and earnings.

He has been mostly seen driving a Mercedes C class coupe to the training ground but also owns a Mercedes E class, a Mercedes S class and an Audi S5.

Olivier Giroud market value

is at €4 million .

Olivier Giroud salary

in 2020 was reportedly 5.72 million GBP annually.

Olivier Giroud Transfermarket stats  

According to

Olivier Giroud Transfermarket

stats, he has played a total of 610 games for 7 clubs. He has scored 246 goals and has provided 90 assists for his team mates.

Olivier Giroud Transfermarket stats shows why he is considered among the best forwards in the world. He is often praised for his ability to play different roles in the final third of the pitch and provide self-less service to his team mates.

On the international level,

Transfermarket stats shows that he has registered 53 goals and 14 assists in his 120 games for France.

Some Short top facts about Olivier Giroud

Olivier Giroud is active in social media. Olivier Giroud

has around 2m followers.

Giroud lives in a £13.75 million house in Hampstead Garden Suburb. Giroud bought this house in 2012 when he signed for Arsenal and has continued to live there to this day. Some of the celebrities who live here include Hugh Laurie, Sir Brian Leveson, Harry and Anthony Joshua.

Olivier is famous for his passion for MMA. He once said in an interview that he would love to experience a fight in UFC's famous Octagon.

Olivier Giroud set a remarkable record after playing 90 minutes without touching the ball. His other unbelievable record was set in the 2018 World Cup as he played 546 minutes in the tournament without having a single shot on target. however, his display in 2022 World Cup was great where he scored four crucial goals.

The most interesting facts about

Olivier Giroud tattoos

is that he has a tattoo on his right arm, saying “The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want”. Olivier Giroud religion is Christianity. He is a Catholic by birth and has stated many times that he considers himself to be deeply religious.

Olivier Giroud Height is 1.91 meters. Olivier Giroud weight is 87 kg. Olivier Giroud position is central forward although he has played in either side of the forward line as well. Olivier Giroud age is 34.

Like many other football stars, Olivier Giroud is passionate about playing the FIFA game Olivier Giroud rating in FIFA 21 is 78 (his overall rating) with a potential of 91.

In 2013 Giroud took a naked photo for Dieux du Stade, a French charity calendar featuring naked sportsmen. He was voted the ‘Hottest

Player’ in February 2015.

Giroud once acted as the voice of the Green Goblin in the French-dubbed version of Spider-Man

Olivier Giroud Quote

One of the most amusing parts of

's article on top facts about Olivier Giroud

is a look back at his most interesting and controversial quotes about himself and other players

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On the difficulties of being a professional football player:

"When you are a striker, you need to give a lot of effort for the team, to keep the opponent under pressure, to press them, to win the ball fast - that's what I try to do to help the team. After that, I try to make some goals."

"Football is very hard, and people see only the nice part of the job."

On the dilemma of life after retirement from football:

"I know too well how much I am going to miss football after my career for me to put up my own barriers."

On the two sides of life on the pitch for a striker:

"As a striker, what you got used to on a daily basis, it is to be applauded when you score goals. When the opposite happens, it's difficult."

"When I put my head in my hands after missing a chance that annoys the coaches a little."

On the reason he decided to leave Arsenal:

"It was frustrating at Arsenal, obviously. For a year and a half, it went from bad to worse. I could no longer continue like that. I could not bring myself to spend another year at Arsenal and remain a reserve, even a second reserve."

On his amazing Scorpion kick goal against

which won him the Puskas award:

"Alexis gave me the ball a bit behind and I tried to take it with the backheel and I have maximum luck. It was just about luck! I was not on good balance."

"I tried to deflect it. In this position you can do something else, so I was lucky and it's nice for me and nice for the team. I think it's my best one."

Olivier Giroud records and achievements

We round up our article on the

top facts about Olivier Giroud

with a list of his most notable achievements and records at club and international level.

With Montpellier:

: 2011–1

With Arsenal:

​FA Cup: 2013–14, 2014–15 and 2016–17

FA Community Shield: three titles (2014, 2015 and 2017)

With Chelsea:

FA Cup: 2017–18/ runner-up: 2019–20, 2020–21

UEFA Europa League: 2018–19

EFL Cup runner-up: 2018–19

UEFA Champions League: 2020–21

With AC Milan:

Serie A: 2021–22

With France national teams:

FIFA World Cup: 2018

Individual honors and records:

Ligue 2 Player of the Year: 2009–10/ Ligue 2 Team of the Year: 2009–10/ Ligue 1 Team of the Year: 2011–12/ Premier League Player of the Month: March 2015/ UEFA European Championship Bronze Boot: 2016/

Squad of the Season: 2018–19 and the FIFA Puskas Award: 2017

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