Back
العربية
Gaël Clichy
Gaël Clichy · Stuart Grout from Manchester, UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Person

Gaël Clichy

b. 1985

French footballer and manager (born 1985)

Born
26 Jul 1985 · Toulouse

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 47 years
  1. 26 Jul 1985BornBorn in Toulouse
  2. 2001 – 2002TeamFrance national under-17 association football team
  3. 2002 – 2003TeamAS Cannes
  4. 2002 – 2003TeamFrance national under-18 association football team
  5. 2003 – 2011TeamArsenal F.C.
  6. 2003 – 2004TeamFrance national under-19 association football team
  7. 2004 – 2005TeamFrance national under-21 association football team
  8. 2008TeamFrance B national football team
  9. 2008 – 2013TeamFrance men's national association football team
  10. 2010Took part2010 FIFA World Cup
  11. 2011 – 2017TeamManchester City F.C.
  12. 2017 – 2020Teamİstanbul Başakşehir F.K.
  13. 2020 – 2023TeamServette FC

Loading from Wikipedia and Wikidata…

Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1985 – today).

  1. 1985Schengen Agreement
  2. 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
  3. 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
  4. 19901990 FIFA World Cup
  5. 1991Dissolution of the Soviet Union
  6. 19941994 FIFA World Cup
  7. 1994 – 1996First Chechen War
  8. 19981998 FIFA World Cup
  9. 2001 – 2021War in Afghanistan
  10. 2003 – 2011Iraq War
  11. 20042004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
  12. 20062006 FIFA World Cup
  13. 20082008 Summer Olympics
  14. 2008Russo-Georgian War
  15. 20102010 Haiti earthquake
  16. 2010 – 2012Arab Spring
  17. 20112011 Norway attacks
  18. 2011Libyan civil war
  19. 2011 – 2024Syrian civil war
  20. 20122012 Summer Olympics
  21. 20142014 FIFA World Cup
  22. 2014Russo-Ukrainian war
  23. 2015Paris Agreement
  24. 20182018 FIFA World Cup
  25. 2020COVID-19 pandemic
  26. 20212020 Summer Olympics
  27. 2022Russo-Ukrainian war
  28. 2023Gaza war
  29. 20242024 Summer Olympics
  30. 20262026 Iran war

Biography

Gaël Dimitri Clichy (born 26 July 1985) is a French former professional footballer, who played as a left-back, and current manager. He is currently the head coach of Ligue 3 club Caen.

Clichy was born in Toulouse and began his football career playing for local amateur clubs before joining Cannes in 2000. He made his professional debut for the club in the 2002–03 season in the Championnat National, the third level of French football. After three seasons with Cannes, in 2003, he was convinced by manager Arsène Wenger to join Arsenal in England. In Clichy's first season with the club, he was a member of the squad, dubbed the Invincibles, that went undefeated in the league season. At 18 years and 10 months, he became the youngest player to win a Premier League medal, and also won the 2004 FA Community Shield. After three seasons of backing up Ashley Cole, Clichy became Arsenal's first-choice left-back in the 2006–07 season. In the 2007–08 season, he appeared in all 38 league matches. His performances during the season earned him an appearance on the Professional Footballers' Association (PFA) Team of the Year. Clichy moved in 2011 to Manchester City, adding two more Premier League titles (2011–12 and 2013–14) and two League Cups (2014 and 2016). He left England after 14 years for Turkish side İstanbul Başakşehir in 2017, with whom he won the Süper Lig in 2019–20.

Clichy was French youth international and represented his nation at every level for which he was eligible, including the under-17 team that finished runners-up to Switzerland at the 2002 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship. He made his senior international debut in September 2008 in a 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Serbia. He made his first major international tournament appearance for France at the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Clichy made one appearance in the competition against South Africa in the final group stage match. He additionally featured in the UEFA Euro 2012 squad, before making his last international appearance in 2013.

Text from the Wikipedia article Gaël Clichy, CC BY-SA 4.0

About this information

Dates and life events come from this person’s Wikidata entry.

We only show events that the sources give a date for. Anything without a date is left out rather than guessed.