Jimmy Briand
Personal information
Date of birth	August 2, 1985 (1985-08-02) (age 24)
Place of birth	Vitry-sur-Seine, France
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Stade Rennais
Number	19
Youth career
1995–1998 1998–2000 2000–2001 2001–2003	US Ivry CSF Brétigny INF Clairefontaine Rennes
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2002–	Rennes	137 (25)
National team2
2004–2006 2007– 2008–	France U-21 France B France	22 (9) 2 (0) 3 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 28 May 2007. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of October 14, 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Jimmy Briand (born August 2, 1985 in Vitry-sur-Seine, France) is a French football player who plays as a forward. He currently plays for Rennes in Ligue 1. A graduate of the famous Clairefontaine academy, Jimmy also plays for the France national team. He is currently the longest serving player at Rennes having been at the club since 2001 and making his debut during the 2002–03 season.

Contents 1 Career 1.1 International career 2 References 3 External links

[edit] Career

Jimmy began his career at US Ivry before joining CSF Brétigny. Following a stint there, he joined Ligue 1 side Rennes who decided to send him to the famed Clairefontaine academy for a year to receive further training.

While in Rennes's youth system, he won the Coupe Gambardella in 2003. During the league season, he would make his professional football debut, at the age of 17, in a match against Paris Saint-Germain coming on as a substitute wearing the number 31 shirt playing 25 minutes. The match would finish 0–0.^[1] Over the next two seasons, his play would be heavily limited only appearing in 16 league matches and scoring one goal, his first ever, against Montpellier in a 4-0 victory.

He would finally break into the first-team for the 2005–06 season appearing in 29 league matches and scoring 3 goals helping Rennes finish 7^th, just one spot out of Europe. Over the next two years, his play would remain consistent primarily due to him not sustaining injuries. Despite being linked to clubs outside France, Jimmy decided to stay with Rennes for the 2008–09 season. Rennes have been a solid side in league play so far this season with Jimmy scoring 5 goals, second-best on the team.

He will miss the rest of the 2008–09 season, as well as the beginning of the 2009–10 season after rupturing his ACL while training with the French national team.^[2]

[edit] International career

Jimmy played on the under-21 team from 2004 to 2006 scoring 9 goals on 22 appearances. He was a member of the French squad that participated in the 2006 UEFA U-21 Championship helping France reach the semi-finals before losing to the Netherlands.

Jimmy received his first call-up to the senior side in May 2007 for France's Euro 2008 qualification matches against Ukraine and Georgia. He would not make his debut in those matches. On October 11, 2008, he made his international debut against Romania in a 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying match that ended in a 2–2 draw.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Jimmy Briand's profile, stats & pics
• Filing card in L'Equipe
• Jimmy Briand French league stats at lfp.fr (French)
• (English) Player page at FreeSporting

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