Profile Guillaume Hoarau

Personal information :

Full name : Guillaume Hoarau
Date of birth : 5 March 1984
Place of birth : Saint-Louis, Réunion, France
Height : 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Playing position : Striker
Current club : Paris Saint-Germain
Number : 9
Youth career :
1994–2001 Saint-Pierroise
Senior career :
2001–2003 Saint-Pierroise
2004–2008 Le Havre
2006–2007 FC Gueugnon (loan)
2008– Paris Saint-Germain
National team :
2010– France

Club career

Early career

Hoarau activated his football career at JS Saint-Pierroise within his native Réunion. In 1995, Le Havre AC scouts conceived him too "thin" and signed his then-teammate Florent Sinama-Pongolle. After gaining the consideration of then-Le Havre executive Jean-François Domergue, Hoarau signed his former businesswoman contract at the age of twenty for Le Havre AC within January 2004. He made his league debut onto 12 May 2004 against LB Châteauroux within a 1–2 loss arriving onto as a substitute. Despite being signed, Hoarau spent the majority of his career below Domergue performing within the reserves often incurring dub ups towards the senior squad, but otherwise hastily getting posted back down. He listed his former career goal within just the second match of the 2004–05 season within a 2–1 victory again Amiens. Despite this, his play was heavily limited consecutive the flaming of Domergue and the appointment of passing executive Philippe Hinschberger. The consecutive season below novel executive Thierry Uvenard, his performing moment increased. He appeared within 28 fits scoring 5 goals. The next season, he alone made 5 impressions for Le Havre ahead of being posted onto credit towards FC Gueugnon whereas he made 21 impressions and scored eight goals.

Ligue two star

Under novel executive Jean-Marc Nobilo, his 4th different executive within four years, Hoarau was installed as the command striker and flourished. Playing within everybody 38 league fits, he was top scorer scoring 28 goals and, at one degree during the season, scored at lowest one goal within 12 straight matches. His dramas ruled towards the French media naming him the "Karim Benzema of Ligue 2" as Benzema was having a allied season within Ligue 1. His dramas caught the eye of numerous Ligue 1 clubs, such as Auxerre, Marseille, and Paris Saint-Germain towards name a few, and English clubs Arsenal, Blackburn Rovers, and Chelsea, whom likened the musician towards Peter Crouch. Eventually, it was informed within January 2008 that Hoarau had signed with Parisian club Paris Saint-Germain onto a four-year import as soon as reportedly snubbing the club's leading rival Olympique de Marseille. PSG remunerated Le Havre fee of €500,000 and also licenced the musician towards cease the Ligue two season with his former club, whom he assisted accomplish promotion towards Ligue 1.

Paris Saint-Germain

Hoarau arrived within Paris consecutive the Ligue two season with tall expectations as he was expected towards replace club legend Pauleta and live up towards rumours made via former president Alain Cayzac, whom mentioned towards Hoarau as being the "signing of the century" for Paris Saint-Germain. He made his debut for Paris Saint-Germain within a 1–0 defeat at Monaco onto 9 August 2008. After going scoreless the former week, Hoarau replied within the second week scoring his former goal for the club onto his house debut within a 1–0 victory again Bordeaux. His breakthrough into the team arrived within the annual Classique against rivals Marseille onto 26 October 2008. In a huge 4–2 victory for the club, Hoarau scored a brace. He pursued this up via scoring another brace, this moment against his former club Le Havre within a 3–1 victory. His next predetermined of goals were against Le Mans incurring another brace within another 3–1 victory. Hoarau also persisted his solid form onto the European level scoring a brace within the club's former foot match against VfL Wolfsburg onto 18 February 2009 within the UEFA Cup. In gross for the season, Hoarau made 45 impressions, 32 within league play, and scored twenty goals, 17 within league play, contributing towards the club's successful season whereas they reached as tall as the 2nd grading within the league and made it towards the UEFA Cup quarterfinals. Due towards his great dramas, Hoarau was associated towards numerous clubs, most significantly Olympique Lyonnais, whom offered €10 million for the player's services. However, both Hoarau and Paris Saint-Germain downplayed the bid and, two days afterwards, Hoarau signed a contract extension until 2013.

International career

On 23 March 2009, Hoarau was branded up towards the France national team towards replace stung Nicolas Anelka.