Mikael Vincent André-Marie Landreau ( fr. Mickaël Vincent André-Marie Landreau ; born May 14, 1979 , , France ) - French footballer , goalkeeper . Silver medalist of the World Cup ( 2006 ), two-time winner of the Confederations Cup ( 2001 , 2003 ). Currently a football coach.
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| Full name | Michael Vincent André-Marie Landro | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | , France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 184 cm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | goalkeeper | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Content
- 1 Club career
- 2 International career
- 3 Style of play
- 4 Achievements
- 5 notes
- 6 References
Club career
Landro grew up at Nantes Football School and has long been his main goalkeeper. His debut came in a match with Bastia in 1996 and ended in a 0-0 draw. After 3 years, the goalkeeper won the French Cup with his club, and after a season he became its two-time owner. Perhaps the happiest moment in Landro’s career came in 2001, when Nantes became the champion of France.
In the 2005/06 season, the Frenchman played his last year in his native club and left him in connection with the end of the contract and the desire to perform at a higher level. For Nantes, Landro spent 335 matches in the championship of France. He signed a four-year agreement with the capital Paris Saint-Germain and became its captain, since then playing regularly for Parisians.
On June 29, 2009, Michael moved to Lille , signing a three-year contract [2] . On December 6, 2012, Landro and Lille terminated the contract by mutual agreement of the parties due to the high salary of the goalkeeper [3] [4] .
On December 23, 2012, Landro signed a six-month contract with Bastia [5] , which he subsequently extended. On December 4, 2013, Landro set a new League 1 record for the number of matches played - 603 career games in the French championship [6] .
On May 12, 2014, Landro announced his retirement. [7] He is the champion of League 1 in the number of matches played (618).
International Career
Landro spent several matches for the youth team, which included went to the World Cup in 1997. For the main national team, Landro spent a little more than ten matches, remaining in the shadow of Fabien Barthez and Gregory Coupe . Despite this, he took his first number at the 2006 World Cup, and although he did not play a single match there, he became the silver medalist of the championship. In 2008, he did not get into the team's application for Euro 2008 .
Game Style
Landro had an excellent reaction, often helped out the team after leaving one on one and was a specialist in repelling eleven-meter strikes. During his career, the Frenchman recaptured more than 30 penalties.
Achievements
Nantes
- Champion of France : 2001
- French Cup Winner: 1999, 2000, 2001
- French Super Cup Winner: 1999, 2001
- Lille
- Champion of France : 2011
- French Cup Winner: 2011
- France national team
- Confederations Cup Winner: 2001, 2003
- Vice World Champion : 2006
Notes
- ↑ Transfermarkt.com - 2000.
- ↑ Landro transferred from PSG to Lille sports.ru 07/29/2009
- ↑ Landro and Lille terminated the contract by mutual agreement of the parties (Inaccessible link) . Date of treatment December 7, 2012. Archived January 1, 2013.
- ↑ Lille terminated the contract with Landro
- ↑ Landro signed a six-month contract with Bastia
- ↑ Landro set a new record for League 1 in the number of matches played
- ↑ Michael Landro completed his career