Youri Djorkaeff

1985/89 Grenoble (FRA) 87 matches, 24 goals

(French D2 Championship: 82 matches, 23 goals)

(French Cup: 5 matches, 1 goal)

1989/90 RC Strasbourg (FRA) 41 matches, 27 goals

(French Championship: 35 matches, 25 goals)

(French Cup: 6 matches, 2 goals)

1990/95 AS Monaco (FRA) 196 matches, 67 goals

(French Championship: 155 matches, 59 goals)

(French Cup: 16 matches, 3 goals)

(League Cup: 3 matches)

(Champions League: 11 matches, 3 goals)

(Coupe des Coupes: 11 matches, 2 goals)

1995/96 Paris SG (FRA) 47 matches, 20 goals

(French Championship: 35 matches, 13 goals)

(French Cup: 2 matches, 2 goals)

(League Cup: 1 match)

(Champions Trophy: 1 match, 1 goal)

(Cup of Cups: 8 matches, 4 goals)

1996/99 Inter Milan (ITA) 127 matches, 39 goals

(Italian Championship: 87 matches, 30 goals)

(Italian Cup: 16 matches, 5 goals)

(Champions League: 5 matches, 2 goals)

(UEFA Cup: 19 matches, 2 goals)

1999/2002 Kaiserslautern (GER) 70 matches, 18 goals

(German Championship: 55 matches, 14 goals)

(German Cup: 3 matches)

(UEFA Cup: 12 matches, 4 goals)

2002/04 Bolton Wanderers (England) 81 matches, 21 goals

(English Championship: 75 matches, 20 goals)

(FA Cup: 1 match)

(English League Cup: 5 matches, 1 goal)

2004 Blackburn Rovers (ANG) 3 matches

2005/06 MetroStars (USA) 44 matches, 11 goals

(US Championship: 40 matches, 10 goals)

(Playoffs: 3 matches, 1 goal)

(US Cup: 1 match)

With the National Team (France)

82 caps, 28 goals

(Friendlies: 34 caps, 11 goals)

(World Cup qualifier: 1 selection)

(World Cup: 9 caps, 1 goal)

(Euro Qualif: 17 caps, 8 goals)

(Euro: 10 caps, 3 goals)

(Confederations Cup: 5 caps, 1 goal)

(Hassan II Tournament: 4 caps, 3 goals)

(France Tournament: 2 caps, 1 goal)

1st selection: 13 October 1993 against Israel (2-3)

Last selection: 11 June 2002 against Denmark (0-2)

France B: 4 caps, 5 goals

France espoirs: 4 caps, 2 goals

Youri Djorkaeff

Born on 9 March 1968 in Lyon (FRA)

French, attacking midfielder, 1m79

Nickname: Le Snake

Born in Lyon, the player of Armenian origin, son of former Olympique Lyonnais defender Jean, Youri Djorkaeff made his debut in the second division in Grenoble. He then decided to go to Strasbourg. But the explosion occurred during his visit to Monaco. In the 1993-94 season, he finished as the top scorer in the league. At the same time, he had his first caps with the France team.

Already a major part of the championship, he wants to join a bigger club and it is at PSG that he arrives. He stayed there for only one season, an iconic season, he won the Cup Winners' Cup, he scored a total of 14 goals. Djorkaeff was already too big for the French league and he gave in to Inter Milan's advances, a decision that was strongly criticized in the country. 

A very free player on the pitch, he was a true lover of sport and football. Very quickly nicknamed "The Snake" because of his incredible composure in front of goal, he was a great competitor. A formidable finisher, he was an extremely versatile player, capable of playing at the forefront of the attack, as a second striker or more regularly as an attacking midfielder. He was that style of player to stay about thirty meters from the goal and shoot from distance with a perfectly placed shot.

His time in Milan with the Nerazzurri is both good and disappointing collectively. He rubbed shoulders with very great players and genius attackers: Ivan Zamorano and Ronaldo. He played there for 3 years, and Djorkaeff had an average of 1 goal scored every 3 Serie A matches. From his first season, success was there with 14 goals scored in the championship. Unfortunately for him, the interior club did not win the Scudetto during his visit.

Bad luck accompanied his time at the Italian club, which lost the UEFA Cup final 4-0 to FC Schalke in 1997, but he never gave up and Inter took revenge the following year against Lazio at the Parc des Princes, Djorkaeff's old stomping ground, to win their second European trophy.

Time flies, and Djorkaeff is already 31 years old. Less impactful in the game, the world champion takes everyone on the wrong foot by signing for the German club Kaiserslautern. Despite a very good first season, his level declined during the second year. Having the desire to play in the 2002 World Cup, he signed for Bolton where he was respected and admired. At thirty-six years old, he scored nine more goals in the Premier League before saying goodbye to Europe and joining the New York MetroStars in 2005 to end his career there.

He is one of the best French players of his generation, yet he is often forgotten. In the shadow of Zidane in the selection, he was nevertheless considered by many of his teammates as the best player of the 1998 World Cup and the true hero of the team. Despite a painful start to his international career, a France-Israel, then France-Bulgaria which resonated as a trauma for the nation, he established himself as a major element. During Djorkaeff's first tenure, he scored his first goal, on a pass from Ginola.

He saved his coach's head during a match against Poland and a superb free kick in the summer of 1995. Without Djorkaeff, France would undoubtedly not have qualified for the English Euro and would not have was able to build his subsequent conquests. During the World Cup in France, he agreed to place himself at the service of the collective in a role of nine and a half responsible for ensuring the technical link between Zidane and the leading striker and for showcasing his talent in the zone of truth. If he only crashes from the penalty spot, he offers a caviar to Thuram in the half and hits the corner on the second goal in the final. Intelligent, fair and altruistic, Djorkaeff falls into line to make history, before breaking out of his box again during Euro 2000 to score two classy goals against the Czechs and the Spanish. Author of 28 goals in 82 caps, Djorkaeff does not hesitate to recall the major role he played in the most golden period of the France team.

- Top scorer in the French Championship in 1994 (20 goals) (AS Monaco)

- Elected best player of the French D2 Championship in 1989

- Voted Inter Milan Player of the Year in 1997

- Named in the team of the Euro 1996 tournament

- Knight of the Legion of Honor in 1998

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