Gaël Clichy

French association football player

Gaël Dimitri Clichy (born 26 July 1985) is a French former professional footballer who played as a left-back. He is currently the assistant manager of the France national under-21 team.

Gaël Clichy
Personal information
Full name Gaël Dimitri Clichy[1]
Date of birth (1985-07-26) 26 July 1985 (age 38)[2]
Place of birth Toulouse, France
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[3]
Position(s) Left-back
Youth career
1990–1996 Hersoise
1996–1997 Matador F.C
1997–1998 Muret
1998–2000 Tournefeuille
2000–2002 Cannes
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2003 Cannes 15 (0)
2003–2011 Arsenal 187 (1)
2011–2017 Manchester City 138 (2)
2017–2020 İstanbul Başakşehir 87 (3)
2020–2023 Servette 79 (1)
Total 506 (7)
National team
2004–2005 France U21 13 (0)
2008–2013 France 20 (0)
Teams managed
2023– France U21 (assistant)
Honours
Men's football
Representing  France
UEFA European Under-17 Championship
Runner-up 2002 Denmark
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career statistics change

Club change

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Cannes 2002–03[4] Championnat National 15 0 15 0
Arsenal 2003–04[5] Premier League 12 0 4 0 5 0 1 0 22 0
2004–05[5] Premier League 15 0 5 0 1 0 2 0 1[c] 0 24 0
2005–06[5] Premier League 7 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 11 0
2006–07[5] Premier League 27 0 5 0 2 0 6 0 40 0
2007–08[5] Premier League 38 0 1 0 0 0 10 0 49 0
2008–09[5] Premier League 31 1 0 0 0 0 10 0 41 1
2009–10[5] Premier League 24 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 33 0
2010–11[5] Premier League 33 0 2 1 3 0 6 0 44 1
Total 187 1 17 1 11 0 48 0 1 0 264 2
Manchester City 2011–12[5] Premier League 28 0 0 0 1 0 7 0 1[c] 0 37 0
2012–13[5] Premier League 28 0 4 0 0 0 4 0 1[c] 0 37 0
2013–14[5] Premier League 20 0 4 0 3 0 4 0 31 0
2014–15[5] Premier League 23 1 1 0 0 0 6 0 1[c] 0 31 1
2015–16[5] Premier League 14 0 2 0 4 0 8 0 28 0
2016–17[5] Premier League 25 1 5 0 2 1 7 0 39 2
Total 138 2 16 0 10 1 36 0 3 0 203 3
İstanbul Başakşehir 2017–18[5] Süper Lig 31 0 1 0 9 0 41 0
2018–19[5] Süper Lig 25 1 0 0 2 0 27 1
2019–20[5] Süper Lig 31 2 2 0 12 0 45 2
Total 87 3 3 0 0 0 23 0 0 0 113 3
Servette 2020–21[5] Swiss Super League 23 0 1 0 24 0
2021–22[5] Swiss Super League 29 0 0 0 2 0 31 0
2022–23[5] Swiss Super League 27 1 1 0 28 1
Total 79 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 83 1
Career total 506 7 38 1 21 1 109 0 4 0 676 9

International change

As of 11 October 2013[6]
National team Season Competitive Friendlies Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
France 2008–09 1 0 1 0 2 0
2009–10 2 0 1 0 3 0
2010–11 4 0 1 0 5 0
2011–12 3 0 2 0 5 0
2012–13 1 0 1 0 2 0
2013–14 1 0 2 0 3 0
Total 12 0 8 0 20 0

Honours change

Arsenal

Manchester City

Istanbul Basaksehir

France U21

Individual

References change

  1. "Gael Di̇mi̇tri̇ Clichy". Turkish Football Federation. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Gaël Clichy: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
  3. "Gaël Clichy: Profile". UEFA. Archived from the original on 19 December 2013. Retrieved 3 February 2014.
  4. Cite error: The named reference clichy_cannes was used but no text was provided for refs named (see the help page).
  5. 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 5.11 5.12 5.13 5.14 5.15 5.16 5.17 5.18 5.19 "Gaël Clichy » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
  6. "Gaël Clichy" (in French). French Football Federation. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
  7. "Arsenal 3–1 Man Utd". BBC Sport. 8 August 2004. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
  8. McNulty, Philip (27 February 2011). "Arsenal 1–2 Birmingham". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
  9. "Barcelona 2–1 Arsenal". BBC Sport. 17 May 2006. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
  10. McNulty, Phil (2 March 2014). "Manchester City 3–1 Sunderland". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
  11. McNulty, Phil (28 February 2016). "Liverpool 1–1 Manchester City". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
  12. Smith, Ben (12 August 2012). "Chelsea 2–3 Man City". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 21 January 2016.
  13. McNulty, Phil (11 May 2013). "Man City 0–1 Wigan". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 12 January 2016.
  14. "Istanbul's Medipol Başakşehir wins first ever Turkish Süper Lig title". Daily Sabah. 19 July 2020. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
  15. "Ronaldo named player of the year". BBC Sport. 27 April 2008. Retrieved 26 April 2019.