Bruno N'Gotty
Personal information
Full name	Bruno N'Gotty
Date of birth	10 June 1971 (1971-06-10) (age 38)
Place of birth	Lyon, France
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Unattached
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1988–1995 1995–1998 1998–2000 1999 2001–2002 2001–2002 2002–2006 2006–2007 2007–2009 2008	Lyon Paris St. Germain Milan → Venezia (loan) Marseille → Bolton Wanderers (loan) Bolton Wanderers Birmingham City Leicester City → Hereford United (loan)	143 (10) 080 0(7) 034 0(1) 016 0(0) 031 0(0) 026 0(1) 122 0(3) 025 0(1) 038 0(0) 008 0(0)
National team2
1994–1997	France	006 0(0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:17, 12 November 2008 (UTC). 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 17:31, 24 August 2008 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Bruno N'Gotty (born 10 June, 1971) is a French football player of Cameroonian ancestry who is currently a free agent having been released by Leicester City in the English League One. Initially a player at his home team (Olympique Lyonnais), he later played for Paris Saint-Germain, A.C. Milan, Venezia A.C., and Olympique de Marseille before moving on loan to Bolton Wanderers in September 2001.

[edit] Career

[edit] Olympique Lyonnais

N'Gotty started his career with Olympique Lyonnais from the opening of season 1988/89 to the close of season 1994/95. N'Gotty managed to play 143 league games scoring 10 goals during his time at Lyon.

[edit] Paris Saint-Germain

Bruno N'Gotty scored the winning goal which defeated Austrian club Rapid Vienna in the 1996 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final, giving PSG their only cup triumph in the tournament. He was also included in the squad that reached the final again the next year, losing to Barcelona 1-0 at Feyenoord Stadion.

[edit] A.C. Milan

N'Gotty was part of the A.C. Milan team that won the Serie A title in 1999, making 25 league appearances for the club. He played alongside the likes of Paolo Maldini during his time there. He was sent on loan to Venezia during 1999 where he played 16 matches.

[edit] Olympique Marseille

After his relatively short spell at A.C. Milan he returned to France with Olympique Marseille. This turned out to be an even shorter spell than his stay in Milan which lasted for one season. He managed to play in 31 games during his only season at the club.

[edit] Bolton Wanderers

N'Gotty originally rejected Bolton's loan offer, but later agreed to spend the rest of the season with the club. The move eventually became a permanent deal. He made his Bolton debut against Blackburn Rovers, in a match which finished in a 1-1 draw, on September 19, 2001, but didn't score his debut goal for the club until seven months later, his only goal of the season coming in a 3-1 defeat at Everton.^[1]

In January 2002, this move became permanent, N'Gotty being cited as one of the prime chances for Bolton success. His first full season for the club started in unfortunate style, as he received two yellow cards and one red card in his first six games. After this rather disappointing start he became a regular part of the first team and was voted supporters player of the year for the 2005 season. He originally wanted to end his career at the Reebok Stadium,^[2] but with manager Sam Allardyce wanting to reduce the average age of the squad, N'Gotty was released at the end of his contract in May 2006.

[edit] Birmingham City

N'Gotty was signed by Birmingham City on a one year deal on July 6. The team achieved promotion to the Premier League that same season, finishing as runners up. He decided not to take up the option of another year at Birmingham. He scored two goals during his stay at Birmingham, against QPR in the league^[3] and Newcastle in the FA Cup.^[4]

[edit] Leicester City

On 4 June 2007, N'Gotty moved to Leicester City on a free transfer, signing a two-year contract.^[5] Chairman Milan Mandarić revealed on 27 September that N'Gotty was signed by him, and not then-manager Martin Allen, during a face-to-face meeting with the club's fans.^[6] N'Gotty was named in the Championship Team Of The Week following the club's 1-1 draw against Stoke City on 29 September, together with teammate Márton Fülöp.^[7] He played his 500th game in an M69 Derby on January 12, 2008, in which Leicester won 2-0.^[8]

Despite featuring heavily in the first team, N'Gotty could not prevent the club from being relegated. Since new manager Nigel Pearson took over in the close season, N'Gotty featured in only one pre-season game and was neither named in the squad for the tour of Slovenia nor the opening match of the season.

On 25 September 2008, N'Gotty joined Hereford United on loan for a month.^[9] Making his debut in Hereford's 1–0 defeat to Leeds United.^[10] The loan was extended for a further month on 25 October^[11], however it was cut short after N'Gotty suffered a serious injury in a match against Peterborough, leaving the field after nine minutes with a suspected ruptured Achilles.^[12]

On May 29, 2009, N'Gotty was released at the end of his contract by Leicester alongside Paul Henderson, Marc Edworthy, Patrick Kisnorbo and Barry Hayles.^[13]

[edit] International

Though many observers predicted that N'Gotty's international career was to be successful, he made only 6 appearances with Les Bleus, making his debut on August 17, 1994 against Czech Republic alongside Zinedine Zidane and Lilian Thuram, but while the two were soon able to secure a place in the national team, N'Gotty failed to impress Aimé Jacquet and played only 5 more matches until 1997, never being called up for a major event.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Honours

A.C. Milan

• Serie A: 1998-99

Paris Saint-Germain

• UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1995-96

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Bruno N'Gotty career stats at Soccerbase
• Player Profile on lcfc.co.uk