:Bruno Cheyrou
{{short description|French footballer (born 1978)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Bruno Cheyrou
| image =
| caption =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1978|5|10|df=y}}{{cite news |url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/FootballFicheJoueur6005.html |title=Bruno Cheyrou |newspaper=L'Équipe |location=Paris |access-date=4 February 2019 |language=fr}}
| birth_place = Suresnes, Hauts-de-Seine, France
| position = Midfielder
| currentclub =
| clubnumber =
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| years1 = 1998–2002 | years2 = 2002–2006 | years3 = 2004–2005 | years4 = 2005–2006 | years5 = 2006–2009 | years6 = 2010 | years7 =2010–2012
| clubs1 = Lille | clubs2 = Liverpool | clubs3 = → Marseille (loan) | clubs4 = → Bordeaux (loan) | clubs5 = Rennes | clubs6 = Anorthosis | clubs7 =FC Nantes
| caps1 = 111 | goals1 = 31 | caps2 = 31 | goals2 = 2 | caps3 = 23 | goals3 = 2 | caps4 = 28 | goals4 = 1 | caps5 = 107 | goals5 = 14 | caps6 = 12 | goals6 = 2 | caps7 = 41 | goals7 = 1
| totalcaps = 353 | totalgoals = 53
| nationalyears1= 2002–2004
| nationalteam1= France
| nationalcaps1= 3 | nationalgoals1 = 0
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Bruno Olivier Cheyrou (born 10 May 1978) is a French former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
Club career
Cheyrou was born in Suresnes, Hauts-de-Seine. After success with Lille OSC, where he scored against Manchester United in the UEFA Champions League, Cheyrou attracted interest from a number of clubs around Europe, most notably Liverpool. Gérard Houllier had the player scouted for several months by scout David Murray before deciding to sign him in the summer of 2002 for £4.5 million (€6.5m{{cite web|url=http://www.uefa.com/FootballEurope/news/Kind=2/newsId=23906.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071218113710/http://www.uefa.com/FootballEurope/news/Kind=2/newsId=23906.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 December 2007|title=UEFA}}).
On signing him, Houllier dubbed Cheyrou the "new Zidane".{{cite news|title=Houllier - Cheyrou can be our Zidane|url=http://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/latest-news/houllier-cheyrou-can-be-our-zidane|accessdate=19 April 2014|newspaper=Liverpool F.C.|date=8 October 2002|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140419234111/http://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/latest-news/houllier-cheyrou-can-be-our-zidane|archivedate=19 April 2014}} Over time this tag proved to be a burden as he failed to live up to expectations. His first Liverpool goal came against Spartak Moscow in the Champions League,{{cite web
|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/champions_league/2290000.stm
|title=Liverpool trounce Spartak
|publisher=BBC
|date=2 October 2002 |accessdate=3 November 2009}} however this would be his only goal of the 2002–03 season. Despite being left out of Liverpool's squad for the victorious 2003 Football League Cup Final{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/2811805.stm|title=Liverpool lift Worthington Cup |publisher=BBC|date=2 March 2003 |accessdate=8 October 2018}} he contributed in the earlier rounds, and was on the pitch as Liverpool secured their place in the final by beating Sheffield United.{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/2675751.stm|title=Liverpool conquer brave Blades |publisher=BBC|date=21 January 2003 |accessdate=8 October 2018}}
A spell of four goals in five games over the Christmas period of the 2003–04 season at one time suggested his Liverpool career may make a turn for the better. Arguably, the highlight of Cheyrou's Liverpool career was the winning goal he scored in the 33rd minute at Chelsea during the 2003–04 season.{{cite web
|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/3362519.stm
|title=Chelsea 0–1 Liverpool
|publisher=BBC
|date=7 January 2004 |accessdate=27 August 2009}} He only scored once more in the league for Liverpool, in the 1–1 draw at Wolves in January 2004.{{cite web
|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/3412633.stm
|title=Wolves 1–1 Liverpool
|publisher=BBC
|date=21 January 2004 |accessdate=27 August 2009}} Three days later Cheyrou had another memorable game for Liverpool in the FA Cup where he scored twice to help Liverpool beat Newcastle 2–1.{{cite web
|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/fa_cup/3403711.stm
|title=Liverpool 2–1 Newcastle
|publisher=BBC
|date=24 January 2004 |accessdate=27 August 2009}}
At the beginning of the 2004–05 season, new manager Rafael Benítez deemed Cheyrou surplus to requirements and immediately loaned him to Marseille in a season-long deal. He played 20 times for the club, scoring one goal. In the 2005–06 season, he was once again sent on a season-long loan, this time to Bordeaux, with a view to a permanent move; however, this failed to materialise. Ahead of the following season, he made a permanent move to Rennes and played there for three and a half seasons, scoring some goals. In January 2010 Anorthosis Famagusta signed the midfielder from Stade Rennes. After six months with Anorthosis, the 32-year-old midfielder returned to France and signed a two-year contract for FC Nantes.[http://www.fcnantes.com/articles/article2809.php?num=3411 Bruno Cheyrou: "Apporter mon experience"]
International career
Cheyrou has been capped three times by the France national team between 2002 and 2004, making his senior international debut on 21 August 2002 in a 1–1 draw against Tunisia.
Personal life
Bruno has a younger brother, Benoît Cheyrou, who played for Toronto FC. Cheyrou and his wife Constance have a son born 2007 in France.
Career statistics
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" | ||||||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|National Cup !colspan="2"|League Cup !colspan="2"|Europe !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="5"|Lille
|20 | 6 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 22 | 6 | |||||
| 1999–2000
|Division 2 |21 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 23 | 5 | |||
| 2000–01
|28 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 28 | 6 | |||
| 2001–02
|Division 1 |27 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11{{efn|name=UCL|Appearances in UEFA Champions League}} | 4 | colspan="2"|– | 38 | 15 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!86 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | colspan="2"|– | 101 | 32 | ||
| rowspan="3"|Liverpool
|19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5{{efn|Appearances and goal in UEFA Champions League, appearances in UEFA Cup}} | 1 | 1{{efn|Appearance in FA Community Shield}} | 0 | 29 | 1 | |
| 2003–04
|Premier League |12 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3{{efn|name=UC|Appearances in UEFA Cup}} | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 19 | 4 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!31 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 48 | 5 | |
| rowspan="1" valign=top|Marseille (loan)
|19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 20 | 1 | |||
| rowspan="1" valign=top|Bordeaux (loan)
|Ligue 1 |26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 30 | 1 | |||
| rowspan="5"|Rennes
|Ligue 1 |17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 20 | 3 | |||
| 2007–08
|Ligue 1 |27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6{{efn|name=UC}} | 2 | colspan="2"|– | 36 | 2 | ||
| 2008–09
|Ligue 1 |23 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2{{efn|Appearances in UEFA Europa League}} | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 30 | 4 | ||
| 2009–10
|Ligue 1 |8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 9 | 0 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total
!75 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 2 | colspan="2"|– | 95 | 9 | ||
| colspan="3"|Career total
!239 | 39 | 17 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 296 | 48 |
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Honours
Lille
- Division 2: 1999–2000{{citation needed|date=March 2025}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [https://www.liverpoolfc.com/info/bruno-cheyrou Profile] at the Liverpool F.C. website
- {{FFF player}}
- {{UEFA player}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cheyrou, Bruno}}
Category:Footballers from Suresnes
Category:French men's footballers
Category:Liverpool F.C. players
Category:Olympique de Marseille players
Category:FC Girondins de Bordeaux players
Category:Stade Rennais FC players
Category:Anorthosis Famagusta FC players
Category:Premier League players
Category:Cypriot First Division players
Category:France men's international footballers
Category:French expatriate men's footballers
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in England
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus
Category:French expatriate sportspeople in England