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Franck Queudrue
Personal information
Full name	Franck Queudrue
Date of birth	27 August 1978 (1978-08-27) (age 31)
Place of birth	Paris, France
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Birmingham City
Number	20
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1997–1999 1999–2002 2001–2002 2002–2006 2006–2007 2007–	Lens B Lens → Middlesbrough (loan) Middlesbrough Fulham Birmingham City	030 (4) 042 (2) 028 (2) 122 (9) 029 (1) 047 (3)
National team2
2000	France B	001 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:48, 17 October 2009 (UTC). 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 17:43, 3 May 2009 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Franck Queudrue (born 27 August 1978 in Paris) is a French footballer, currently playing for Birmingham City.

Contents 1 Career 1.1 Middlesbrough 1.2 Fulham 1.3 Birmingham City 2 Career statistics 3 Honours 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Career

[edit] Middlesbrough

Queudrue is a French B international defender, who joined Middlesbrough on loan from French club Lens in October 2001 and stayed until the summer of 2006. His preferred position is left-back, though he is comfortable at centre-back and, on certain occasions, played for Middlesbrough as a left or central midfielder. He is also renowned for his free kick and penalty converting ability.

He became popular with fans when he scored in his second game for the club – against North East rivals Sunderland. Queudrue impressed enough to earn a permanent move in May 2002. However, French Franck, as he is otherwise known, is also recognised for his poor disciplinary record. His five yellow and three red cards in the 2002–03 season contributed hugely to Middlesbrough missing out on a place in the UEFA Cup through the fair play league – although, conversely, he was a major reason they were high enough up the league to be in contention. He was part of the Middlesbrough side who beat Bolton Wanderers to win the 2004 League Cup final, and was rated one of the most valuable players in the Premier League that season. He also started for Middlesbrough in the 2006 UEFA Cup Final.

In 2006 Queudrue announced that he was considering switching his nationality to British, after becoming eligible for UK citizenship. He had previously hoped to claim Irish citizenship, before revealing "unfortunately I am one generation out" to be eligible. ^[1]

[edit] Fulham

Queudrue ended his time with Middlesbrough and left for Fulham. Queudrue was a regular for Fulham under Chris Coleman but he was made available for transfer by new manager Lawrie Sanchez as he did not agree with Sanchez's long-ball game. He scored once in the league for Fulham, scoring an injury time equaliser against Charlton Athletic.^[2]

[edit] Birmingham City

On 3 August 2007 Queudrue signed a three-year contract with Birmingham City for a fee estimated at £2.5 million.^[3]

On 15 July 2008 the club announced that he could leave the club on a free transfer^[4]. However on 25 October 2008 the Birmingham co-owner David Sullivan said that his comments were heat of the moment and that Franck had been taken off the free transfer list and could reaffirm his place in the Birmingham squad.

During his comeback, David Sullivan had described him as a 'rubbish signing' and some Birmingham fans victimised Queudrue for his poor attitude over the summer period. These comments were later retracted by the co-owner after several solid performances and injuries to key players such as David Murphy meant that Franck could get games under his belt and this led the Birmingham fans to consider him a key player.

Queudrue had a blond streak put in his hair to identify himself to the fans and to show his difference of attitude compared to the other players.

In 2009 he was voted the fans' player and Birmingham Mail's player of the season 2008–09 with a message from the owner David Sullivan congratulating him on his success. ^[5]

[edit] Career statistics

^[6]

Club performance			League		Cup		League Cup		Continental		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
France			League		Coupe de France		Coupe de la Ligue		Europe		Total
1999-00	Lens	Division 1	16	1	-		-		7	0	23	1
2000-01			22	1	-		-		-		22	1
2001-02			2	0	-		-		-		2	0
England			League		FA Cup		League Cup		Europe		Total
2001-02	Middlesbrough	Premier League	28	2	6	0	-		-		34	2
2002-03			31	1	1	0	1	1	-		33	2
2003-04			31	0	2	0	7	0	-		40	0
2004-05			31	5	2	0	1	0	9	0	43	5
2005-06			29	3	3	0	3	0	14	0	49	3
2006-07	Fulham	Premier League	29	1	3	0	-		-		32	1
2007-08	Birmingham City	Premier League	16	0	1	0	-		-		17	0
2008-09		Championship	25	3	1	0	1	0	-		27	3
Total	France		40	2	-		-		7	0	47	2
	England		220	15	19	0	13	1	23	0	275	16
Career Total			260	17	19	0	13	1	30	0	322	18

[edit] Honours

• Football League Cup: 2004
• UEFA Cup: Runner-up 2006

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Franck Queudrue career stats at Soccerbase
• Fulham FC profile
• Guardian Unlimited profile

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