Sylvain Legwinski
{{Short description|French footballer (born 1973)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Sylvain Legwinski
| image = Sylvain Legwinski.png
| caption = Legwinski in 2007
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1973|10|6|df=y}}{{Olympedia}}
| birth_place = Clermont-Ferrand, France
| height = 1.85 m{{Soccerbase}}
| currentclub =
| clubnumber =
| position = Midfielder
| years1 = 1992–1999
| clubs1 = Monaco
| caps1 = 135
| goals1 = 13
| years2 = 1999–2001
| clubs2 = Bordeaux
| caps2 = 49
| goals2 = 2
| years3 = 2001–2006
| clubs3 = Fulham
| caps3 = 128
| goals3 = 8
| years4 = 2006–2008
| clubs4 = Ipswich Town
| caps4 = 47
| goals4 = 7
| years5 = 2009
| clubs5 = St Neots Town
| caps5 = 2
| goals5 = 0
| totalcaps = 361
| totalgoals = 30
| nationalyears1 = 1996
| nationalteam1 = France U21/Olympic
| nationalcaps1 = 4
| nationalgoals1 = 1
}}
Sylvain Legwinski (born 6 October 1973) is a French former professional footballer, who played as a midfielder. He is now assistant coach at AS Monaco in France.
Having made a name for himself at AS Monaco and Bordeaux, he played seven years of his professional career in England, collecting more than 200 official appearances for Fulham and Ipswich Town.
Club career
Legwinski was born in Clermont-Ferrand. The son of a basketball player with Polish descent who settled at Vichy, he joined AS Monaco FC's youth system at 18, as Arsène Wenger was the main squad's manager, giving the player his first team debuts shortly after. He developed into a midfield force under Jean Tigana's guidance, scoring nine league goals in 1996–97, as Monaco won the national title.
After two seasons and four games into 2001–02 with FC Girondins de Bordeaux, Legwinski rejoined Tigana at Fulham. At the beginning of the 2006–07 season, new Fulham boss Chris Coleman made it clear that Legwinski did not fit into the side's future plans and, in August 2006, following a successful trial with Ipswich Town, the player signed a two-year contract.
In his first year at the club, Legwinski won the supporter's and manager's Player of the Year Award for 2006–07, netting five league goals. During the campaign, he became the only Ipswich player to have scored against all East Anglian opposition during one season (Norwich City, Colchester United, Southend United and Luton Town).
However, Legwinski found himself out of the picture for much of the following season, still managing to find the net twice, in draws against Queen's Park Rangers and Burnley. Due to the team's extensive midfield, he was told he would not be offered a new contract and, as Town teammate Fabian Wilnis, started looking to the future, working towards his coaching badges.{{cite news|url=http://www.clubfanzine.com/ipswich_town/showNews.php?id=10334|title=Klug: Fab playing his part|publisher=Club Fanzine|date=16 April 2008|access-date=16 April 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140812065718/http://www.clubfanzine.com/ipswich_town/showNews.php?id=10334|archive-date=12 August 2014}}
In September 2008, Legwinski underwent an unsuccessful trial with Swedish team IFK Göteborg. Early in the following year, he had another tryout in the country, with Örgryte IS, which had just won promotion to the top flight.
In March 2009, Legwinski joined St Neots Town as a player/assistant manager, joining player-manager Steve Lomas.{{cite news|url=http://www.clubfanzine.com/ipswich_town/showNews.php?id=10334|title=Legwinski à St Neots|trans-title=Legwinski at St Neots|work=L'Équipe|date=3 April 2009|access-date=24 July 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140812065718/http://www.clubfanzine.com/ipswich_town/showNews.php?id=10334|archive-date=12 August 2014}} Shortly after, definitely retired, he moved to Crystal Palace as a youth coach.
He is now assistant coach at AS Monaco in France.
International career
An under-21 international, Legwinski scored once in four matches for the 1996 Summer Olympics quarter-finalists.
Career statistics
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | ||||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|National Cup !colspan="2"|League Cup !colspan="2"|Continental !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="9"|Monaco
|rowspan="8"|French Division 1 |2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 2 | 0 | ||
| 1993–94
|0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1994–95
|21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 21 | 1 | ||
| 1995–96
|29 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 2 | |
| 1996–97
|37 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 39 | 10 | |
| 1997–98
|22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 0 | |
| 1998–99
|14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 14 | 1 | ||
| 1999–2000
|10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 1 | |
| colspan="2"|Total
!135||13||0||0||0||0||7||2||142||15 | ||||||||||
| rowspan="4"|Bordeaux
|rowspan="3"|French Division 1 |13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 15 | 1 | ||
| 2000–01
|32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 4 | 0 | 36 | 1 | ||
| 2001–02
|4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 4 | 0 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!49||2||2||0||0||0||4||0||55||2 | ||||||||||
| rowspan="6"|Fulham
|rowspan="5"|Premier League |33 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | colspan="2"|– | 40 | 5 | ||
| 2002–03
|35 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 Seven appearances and two goals in UEFA Intertoto Cup, five appearances in UEFA Cup | 2 | 50 | 6 | |
| 2003–04
|32 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 37 | 0 | ||
| 2004–05
|15 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 22 | 1 | ||
| 2005–06
|13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 15 | 0 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!128||8||18||1||6||1||12||2||164||12 | ||||||||||
| rowspan="3"|Ipswich Town
|rowspan="2"|Championship |32 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 36 | 5 | ||
| 2007–08
|15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 16 | 2 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!47||7||4||0||1||0||0||0||52||7 | ||||||||||
| colspan="3"|Career total
!359||30||24||1||7||1||23||4||413||36 |
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Honours
=Club=
Monaco
- French League: 1996–97,{{cite news |title=France - First Division Results and Tables 1932-1998 |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesf/franfullhist.html |date=23 February 2005 |accessdate=19 May 2020}} 1999–2000{{cite news |title=Ligue 1 Archive |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/history/fra-ligue-1/ |publisher=World Football |accessdate=19 May 2020}}
Fulham
=Individual=
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{LFP|legwinski-sylvain}}
{{Ipswich Town F.C. Player of the Year}}
{{France Squad Summer Olympics 1996}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Legwinski, Sylvain}}
Category:Footballers from Clermont-Ferrand
Category:French men's footballers
Category:French people of Polish descent
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:FC Girondins de Bordeaux players
Category:Premier League players
Category:English Football League players
Category:Ipswich Town F.C. players
Category:St Neots Town F.C. players
Category:Footballers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic footballers for France
Category:French expatriate men's footballers
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in England