Olivier Jonathan Giroud is a French professional footballer who plays as a striker for Serie A club AC Milan and the France national team. He is France's all-time highest goalscorer. He will join Major League Soccer club Los Angeles FC in July 2024.
Giroud began his senior club career playing for hometown club Grenoble, before he signed with Tours in 2008, aged 21. He was named Ligue 2 Player of the Year in 2010 after finishing as the league's top goalscorer. He was subsequently the subject of a then-club record football transfer when he moved to Montpellier in a transfer worth €2 million, winning the club's first Ligue 1 title and finishing as league top goalscorer in 2012. He then joined Arsenal, where he won three FA Cups to help end Arsenal's nine-year trophy drought, and is the club's eighteenth-highest all-time goalscorer. Giroud signed for crosstown rivals Chelsea in 2018 in a transfer worth £18 million (€20.7 million), winning the FA Cup, the UEFA Champions League, and the UEFA Europa League, finishing as top goalscorer in the latter in 2019. Giroud then signed for AC Milan in 2021, helping them win the 2021–22 Serie A, which ended the club's 11-year league title drought.
Giroud made his senior international debut for France in 2011 at age 25, and has since earned over 130 caps, including appearing in six major tournaments. He is his country's all-time top goalscorer, receiving the Bronze Boot as joint second-highest goalscorer as France finished runner-up at UEFA Euro 2016. He later won the 2018 FIFA World Cup, and appeared at UEFA Euro 2020 as well as the 2022 FIFA World Cup, where France finished as runners-up and Giroud again received the Bronze Boot.<\/P>","C94C0D651EC157BC":"92kg","BFA4903D06441BD5032C18CFE9B50683":"
CLUB
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Montpellier<\/STRONG>
Ligue 1: 2011–12
Arsenal
<\/STRONG>FA Cup: 2013–14, 2014–15, 2016–17
FA Community Shield: 2014, 2015, 2017
Chelsea<\/STRONG>
FA Cup: 2017–18; runner-up: 2019–20, 2020–21
UEFA Champions League: 2020–21
UEFA Europa League: 2018–19
UEFA Champions League: 2020–21
EFL Cup runner-up: 2018–19
AC Milan<\/STRONG>
Serie A: 2021–22
INTERNATIONAL
<\/U>France
<\/STRONG>FIFA World Cup: 2018; runner-up: 2022
UEFA European Championship runner-up: 2016
UEFA Nations League: 2020–21
INDIVIDUAL
<\/U>UNFP Ligue 1 Team of the Year:<\/STRONG>
2011–12
Ligue 1 top goalscorer:<\/STRONG>
2011–12
Premier League Player of the Month:<\/STRONG>
March 2015
UNFP Ligue 2 Player of the Year:<\/STRONG>
2009–10
Ligue 2 top goalscorer:<\/STRONG>
2009–10
UNFP Ligue 2 Team of the Year:<\/STRONG>
2009–10
Ligue 2 UNFP Player of the Month:
<\/STRONG>September 2009, November 2009
UEFA European Championship Bronze Boot:<\/STRONG>
2016
FIFA Puskas Award:<\/STRONG>
2017
FIFA World Cup Bronze Boot:<\/STRONG>
2022
UEFA Europa League top goalscorer:
<\/STRONG>2018–19
UEFA Europa League Squad of the Season:<\/STRONG>
2018–19
Chelsea Goal of the Season:<\/STRONG>
2020–21
Serie A Matchweek 8 Best Goalkeeper
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