Johan Micoud

Johan Micoud is considered by many to be the last traditional French number 10, a football magician who dazzled German football at the start of the 21st century.

655

Games

132

Games

105

Assists

Trophies

1992/96 AS Cannes (FRA) 150 matches, 21 goals

(French Championship: 99 matches, 15 goals)

(Play-offs: 5 matches, 1 goal)

(French Championship D2: 28 matches, 2 goals)

(Coupe de France: 10 matches, 2 goals)

(Coupe de la ligue: 4 matches)

(UEFA Cup: 4 matches, 1 goal)

1996/2000 Bordeaux (FRA) 172 matches, 37 goals

(French Championship: 127 matches, 27 goals)

(Coupe de France: 11 matches, 2 goals)

(Coupe de la ligue: 12 matches, 3 goals)

(Trophée des champions: 2 matches)

(Champions League: 12 matches, 2 goals)

(UEFA Cup: 9 matches, 3 goals)

2000/02 Parma AC (ITA) 66 matches, 13 goals

(Italian Championship: 47 matches, 9 goals)

(Italian Cup: 13 matches, 3 goals)

(UEFA Cup: 6 matches, 1 goal)

2002/06 Werder Bremen (GER) 169 matches, 47 goals

(German Championship: 123 matches, 31 goals)

(German Cup: 16 matches, 7 goals)

(German League Cup: 4 matches)

(Champions League: 18 matches, 6 goals)

(UEFA Cup: 4 matches, 2 goals)

(Intertoto Cup: 4 matches, 1 goal)

2006/08 Bordeaux (FRA) 81 matches, 13 goals

(French Championship: 61 matches, 10 goals)

(Coupe de France: 4 matches, 2 goals)

(Coupe de la ligue: 4 matches)

(Champions League: 11 matches, 1 goal)

(UEFA Cup: 1 match)

With the National Team :

17 caps, 1 goal

(Friendly matches: 13 caps, 1 goal)

(World Cup: 2 caps)

(Euro: 1 cap)

(Hassan II Tournament: 1 cap)

1st cap: August 18, 1999 against Northern Ireland (1-0)

Last cap: March 31, 2004 against the Netherlands (0-0)

Under-21: 16 caps, 2 goals

Johan Cédric Micoud

Born July 24, 1973 in Cannes (FRA)

French, Attacking Midfielder, Left Midfielder, Central Midfielder, 1m85

Nicknames: Jo, Le Chef, "The Zidane of the Weser"

Zidane's replacement

Johan Micoud was born on July 24, 1973 in Cannes, he logically joined the club of his hometown, AS Cannes where he was trained and began his professional career in the French second division during the 1992/93 season. At the same time, he played with the French U21 team.

During his seasons at AS Cannes, he showed his talent and scored 21 goals and 12 assists in 150 games. Enough to allow him to join the Girondins de Bordeaux, then one of the best French teams at the time. In the summer of 1996, he joined his new club with the aim of being the replacement for Zinédine Zidane who had joined Juventus Turin.

From his first season, he integrated perfectly into the Bordeaux squad and signed a first season with 9 goals in 44 games in all competitions. Bordeaux then found its new playmaker in Micoud, who became one of the masters of French football.

With a very good vision of the game, he had the possibility of playing attacking midfielder, left midfielder or central midfielder. Very elegant with the ball at his feet, he had a style close to that of Zinédine Zidane, silky, simple and effective dribbles, done with great lightness. Micoud had a very nice offensive palette, deep passes, finishing or even his shots from afar.

During the 1997/98 season, he had a magnificent season where he finished as the best assist provider in Ligue 1 with 12 assists. However, his season was not perfect. On November 8, 1997, he was sent off for the second time in the season after a dangerous tackle and where he argued with the referee who decided to send him off.

In 1998, he reached the final of the Coupe de la Ligue where he opened the first goal of the match which ended with a score of 2-2 against PSG, unfortunately he lost the penalty shootout, a penalty shootout during which he scored his own.

The 1998/99 season, he played in the Europa League where he scored 3 goals and provided 1 assist in 8 games. In total, he scored 12 goals in 41 games. And after the 1999/2000 season where he repeated a good season with 9 goals in 51 games by being a key player in Bordeaux football.

A mixed experience in Italy

After 8 years of professional football, he joined Italy at the age of 27 and the Parma FC club, which paid the player's release clause of 7.6 million euros. He was then accompanied by Lilian Thuram, Alain Boghossian and Sabri Lamouchi.

He immediately established himself in the squad, he participated in 39 matches for 7 goals and 9 assists. He reached 4th place in Serie A, reached the round of 16 of the Europa League and the final of the Italian Cup.

The following season was a little more complicated, the arrival of Hitetoshi Nakata took the number 1 attacking midfielder position occupied by Micoud. He thus participated in 26 goals for 6 goals. Even collectively, the team finished in 10th place in the championship. In the Europa League (after elimination in the Champions League), the club reached the round of 16. However, the club won the Italian Cup against Juventus.

The King of Werder Bremen

He joined Werder Bremen for the 2002/03 season, where he initially competed with Marco Reich before exploding everything in his path by becoming one of the best players in the German championship. His first season was fantastic, 35 matches, 7 goals and 12 assists, still in this role of playmaker.

With its new attacking midfielder, the Werder Bremen club continued its rise by winning the German Championship in the 2003/04 season as well as the German Cup while reaching the final of the German League Cup final. Micoud had a season with 15 goals and 10 assists in 42 matches.

As an individual, Micoud experienced the prime of his career, as he followed up with a stratospheric 2004/05 season, providing 16 assists and scoring 11 goals in 48 games. But the best season of his career would come in 2005/06 with 44 games, 14 goals and 22 assists. Werder Bremen finished runners-up in Germany.

In June 2006, he decided to return to the Girondins de Bordeaux where he finished the season in 6th place, but the player seemed to drop drastically in level and impact in the game, finishing the season with only 5 goals and 3 assists in 43 games.

The 2007/08 season would be the last of his career, a better season, with 8 goals and 5 assists in 38 games but which did not give him the chance to see his contract extended, he finally left the club before ending his career, at the age of 35.

Zidane's replacement

In the French national team, he lived a substitute role behind Zidane in particular. He participated in 17 matches in the national selection where he scored 1 goal and delivered 4 assists between 1999 and 2004. He still won the Euro and the Hassan II Tournament in 2000.