Profile Laurent Koscielny

Personal information :

Full name : Laurent Koscielny
Date of birth : 10 September 1985
Place of birth : Tulle, France
Height : 1.87 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in)
Playing position : Centre back
Current club : Arsenal
Number : 6
Youth career :
1993–1995 Tulle Corrèze
1995–1997 Brive
1997–1998 Tulle Corrèze
1998–2002 Brive
2002–2003 Limoges
Senior career :
2004–2007 Guingamp
2007–2009 Tours
2009–2010 Lorient
2010– Arsenal

Career

En Avant de Guingamp

Koscielny began his career at En Avant de Guingamp, performing mainly as a Right-back.

Tours FC

In 2007, Koscielny attended Tours FC. Koscielny decided that he needed a likelihood at centre back. During the 2008–09 season, Koscielny made 34 impressions, scoring 5 goals from defence. He was named within the greatest XI for Ligue two as soon as the 2008–09 season.

Lorient

On 16 June 2009, Ligue 1 side FC Lorient signed Koscielny onto a four-year contract for round 1.7 million euros. Over one season at the club, he scored three goals within 35 appearances. He scored against Bordeaux 11 minutes into the match. However, he obtained a red card 15 minutes afterwards for a foul within the disadvantage frontier against Marouane Chamakh, whom he is already teammates with at Arsenal FC.

Arsenal

During the summer shift window of 2010 reports began towards emerge within late June that a import had been reached towards fetch Koscielny towards English club Arsenal for a reported sum of £8.45 million. French daily Ouest-France reported onto 5 July 2010 that Koscielny was participating within coaching with Arsenal's reserve and youth teams, pending the official announcement of his transfer. Arsenal proved the signing onto seven July 2010 and Koscielny was handed the club's No. six shirt, previously worn via Phillipe Senderos, whom transported towards Fulham originally within the summer. Wenger explained he bought Koscienly due towards the fact he added height towards the team and Arsenal were low onto centre backs. Koscielny made his debut against Barnet within a pre-season friendly within July 2010. One month afterwards within his competitive debut against Liverpool at Anfield, he was posted off within the 94th minute for a second bookable offence. Both of his yellow cards were guided beyond 90 minutes. The toy ended within a 1–1 draw with both teams having debut musicians posted off. He scored his former goal for Arsenal onto 11 September 2010, within a 4–1 victory against Bolton.

Koscielny made his debut within European competition onto 15 September 2010, when he partnered Sebastien Squillaci within a 6–0 victory again SC Braga at Emirates Stadium. Koscielny was praised for dramas against Sunderland and made a brilliant undertake against Tottenham towards give away Aaron Lennon from scoring during their Carling Cup tie. On 27 October he clogged a shot off the rope and provided an aid towards Theo Walcott. Koscielny was granted a straight red card within Arsenal's 0–1 loss at house towards Newcastle United onto seven November 2010. This was his second sending off of the season. On 4 December, Koscielny had a brain towards brain collision with Sebastian Squillaci; he suffered concussion and had towards sit out three weeks of football. Arsenal website proved Koscielny had traversed install for the Champions League match against Partizan Belgrade onto eight December 2010 making an immediate recovery and was consumed within the next match. On 25 January 2011, Koscielny scored the 2nd goal within the 3–0 victory again Ipswich Town within the Carling Cup semi-final second foot victory at the Emirates Stadium. His third goal of the season arrived as the winner within a 2-1 curve round victory again Everton with a bullet header within the dying minutes of a league conflict at the Emirates.mKoscielny had arguably the extreme operation towards date within an Arsenal-shirt against FC Barcelona within the former foot of the round of 16 Champions League-match. The match ended within a 2-1 house victory for Arsenal. Koscielny's dramas were applauded and praised within a lot media reports of the game. Arsenal-legend and former defender, Martin Keown, remarked his operation was "impressive" and "magnificent throughout".

International career

Koscielny was branded up towards the French National team onto 4 February 2011. Previous towards his dub up for France Koscielny was also eligible towards play for Poland and initially conceived applying for Polish citizenship. As of August 2010, he had not presented an application and cancelled a confronting with Franciszek Smuda within Warsaw onto August 7. He declared that his priority is towards play for the French national team. Koscielny was branded up towards the French National Team onto three February 2011, for the team's friendly versus Brazil onto 9 February 2011.