Antoine Griezmann

Antoine Griezmann (born 21 March 1991) is a French professional footballer. He plays for FC Barcelona and the French national team as a Striker.

Antoine Griezmann
Griezmann in 2018
Personal information
Full name Antoine Griezmann[1]
Date of birth (1991-03-21) 21 March 1991[2]
Place of birth Mâcon, France
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Striker
Club information
Current team
 Borussia Dortmund
Number 7
Youth career
1997–1999 Mâcon
1999–2005 Mâconnais
2005–2009 Real Sociedad
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2014 Real Sociedad 180 (46)
2014–2019 Atlético Madrid 143 (94)
2019– FC Barcelona 55 (15)
National team‡
2010 France U19 7 (3)
2011 France U20 8 (1)
2010–2012 France U21 10 (2)
2014– France 86 (33)
Honours
Men's football
Representing  France
FIFA World Cup
Winner2018 Russia
UEFA European Championship
Runner-up2016 France
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 7 February 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17 November 2020

He was a part of the French national team selection that won the 2018 FIFA World Cup.[3][4]

Club Career

Real Sociedad

Griezmann played his first professional match with Real Sociedad on 2 September 2009 in a Copa del Rey match against Rayo Vallecano. He scored his first professional goal in a 2-0 win against Huesca.

Atletico Madrid

On 28 July 2014, Griezmann transferred to Atlético Madrid from Real Sociedad for a fee of 30 million Euros.[5][6] He scored his first goal for the club in a game against Olympiacos F.C.. They lost 3-2.

Griezmann scored twice in the 2018 UEFA Europa League Final against Olympique de Marseille. Atletico won 3-0.[7] Barcelona offered him a contract in June 2018, but he declined the offer and stayed at Atletico for one more year. [8]

Barcelona

On 12 July 2019, Griezmann signed to FC Barcelona after they bought his 120 million euro buy-out clause. The transfer created a lot of controversy because experts claim Barcelona paid 80 million euros less than the actual release clause of 200 million.[9][10]

Personal Life

Griezmann got married to Erika Choperena on 15 June 2017. [11] They have two children: a daughter named Mia, born on 8 April 2016, and a son named Amaro, born on 8 April 2019.

Statistics

International
As of match played 17 November 2019
National Team Goals and Appearances by Year
YearAppsGoals
2014145
2015101
2016158
2017105
2018187
2019114
Total7830


References
  1. "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia: List of players: France" (PDF). FIFA. 10 June 2018. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 June 2018. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  2. "Antoine Griezmann". EU-football.info. 26 June 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
  3. Farmery, Tom (2018-07-20). "Griezmann returns to Macon to celebrate France's World Cup win". Mail Online. Retrieved 2020-06-01.
  4. "Why Griezmann was the real star of the show for France". inews.co.uk. Retrieved 2020-06-01.
  5. "Atletico Madrid agree deal for Griezmann". Eurosport. 2014-07-28. Retrieved 2020-06-01.
  6. "Antoine Griezmann: Atletico Madrid sign Real Sociedad winger". BBC Sport. 2014-07-28. Retrieved 2020-06-01.
  7. Murray, Scott (2018-05-16). "Marseille 0-3 Atlético Madrid: 2018 Europa League final – as it happened". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2020-06-01.
  8. "Antoine Griezmann: Atletico Madrid forward to stay at La Liga club". BBC Sport. 2018-06-14. Retrieved 2020-06-01.
  9. "Griezmann 'very disappointed' with Atletico's 'attitude' after disputing fee". The Independent. 2019-07-14. Retrieved 2020-06-01.
  10. Jones, Matt. "Antoine Griezmann Completes Barcelona Transfer from Atletico Madrid". Bleacher Report. Retrieved 2020-06-01.
  11. hermesauto (2017-06-16). "Football: Hush hush as Antoine Griezmann weds the mother of his kid in secret in Toledo". The Straits Times. Retrieved 2020-06-01.
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