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Sidney Govou

Sidney Govou

NAME:

Sidney Govou

BORN:

27/7/1979 in Le Puy-en-Velay

POSITION:

MD

CLUB:

Lyon

PREVIOUS CLUBS:

Olympique Lyon

INTERNATIONAL CAPS:

42

INTERNATIONAL DEBUT:

France vs Tunisia 21/8/2002

10 Sidney Govou

Sidney Govou has played his entire career at Lyon. After coming up through the youth ranks, he progressed to the first team in 1999.

He has played for the French national team since 2002 and joined them for the 2006 World Cup when he replaced Djibril Cisse, who was injured a few days before the start of the competition.


 

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