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Aug 2, 2019 · Originally nicknamed ‘Super Nic’ by adoring Arsenal fans, as his goals helped steer the Gunners towards a second domestic Double in 1998, the teenage Anelka seemed to have the world at his...
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Nicolas Sébastien Anelka (born 14 March 1979) is a French professional football manager and former player who played as a forward. As a player, he regularly featured in his country's national team, often scoring at crucial moments.
Feb 22, 2021 · Win £250,000 with Super 6! Nicolas Anelka joined Arsenal from Paris Saint-Germain at the age of 17 in 1997; he helped the Gunners to a Premier League and FA Cup double a year later and won the...
- Early Years
- Le Sulk
- Other Side to The Story
Nicolas Anelka joined Arsenal from Paris Saint-Germain as a 17-year-old in 1997 and would go on to light up the Premier League at an astonishingly young age. He won the PFA Young Player of the Year and the Premier League title, scored in an FA Cup final victory at Wembley, scored a Premier League hat-trick, and then left for Real Madrid for a recor...
Yet the lasting image of Anelka is not of his goals, nor his titles, but his frown. He was nicknamed Le Sulk as early as 1999 for a perceived lack of enthusiasm, labelled as moody, unfriendly, disruptive and subdued. It was reputation he would never shake. Anelka’s nickname came partly from his unhappiness during his last season at Arsenal. He says...
There are certainly those who refute the suggestion that Anelka was moody. In the testosterone-charged arena of the football dressing room, being different is often viewed as a weakness. Former team-mates of Anelka describe him as quiet and reserved, shy and even a loner but rarely disruptive and certainly not disrespectful. Nobody who prefers to k...
Nicolas Anelka. Nicolas Anelka's arrival at Highbury set the precedent for Arsène Wenger's signings of the future. Young, breathtakingly talented and above all, athletic, prising 17-year old Anelka away from Paris St Germain was seen as a major transfer coup.
Feb 14, 2021 · Embroider the wild relationship with the French national team into the full picture, with its lurching between brilliance and exclusion, and the pattern emerges of an uncompromising,...
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Nicolas Anelka is the father of Kaïs Anelka (FC Paris Saint-Germain U17). Youth clubs Trappes-St Quentin FC (1983-1993), INF Clairfontaine (1993-1995), FC Paris Saint-Germain (1995-1996)
