Profile Maxime Gonalons

Personal information :

Full name : Maxime Gonalons
Date of birth : 10 March 1989
Place of birth : Vénissieux, France
Height : 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position : Defensive midfielder
Current club : Lyon
Number : 21
Youth career :
1997–1999 Villefranche
1999–2009 Lyon
Senior career :
2009– Lyon
National team :
2007–2008 France U-19
2009–2010 France U-21

Football career

Youth career

Gonalons has been with Olympique Lyonnais since the age of 10 ascending through the club's youth parts later connecting the club from provincial outfit FC Villefranche. For the 2007–08 season, at the age of 18, he was promoted to the club's Championnat de France amateur team arising in 26 fits scoring couple goals. Lyon wrapped higher in a respectable 7th in their assembly, but weren't sanctioned progression to the playoffs. The subsequent season, he again used with the CFA squad, however, during the summer directing higher to the season, Gonalons picked higher a staph illness on his ankle, which was, at one point, deemed career imperilling with reportedly future diagnosis of sepsis and amputation. However, through the course of the season, Gonalons leisurely received behind into playing shape and lastly returned to the team. He organised 24 attainments scoring 3 objectives, one each against provincial rivals AS Lyon Duchère and Saint-Étienne, and one against Marignane. Lyon wrapped higher first among representative clubs in the assembly and qualified for the playoffs. Gonalons commenced both the 4–3 semi-final win on extra distributes and the 3–0 victory through Sochaux in the final picking higher a yellow card.

Professional career

Following the season, on 6 July 2009, Gonalons signalled his first representative contract approving to a one-year trade with the club. The club does have the option to save him for the subsequent couple seasons through later the one-year trade expires. Gonalons was distributed the diagram 41 shirt and accustomed with the senior team during pre-season. He organised his representative debut on 25 August 2009 in the second leg of the club's UEFA Champions League playoff throughout fit against Anderlecht arising as a substitute in the 73rd very small for Jérémy Toulalan. On 20 October, later originating on as a 42nd very small substitute for the injured Brazilian Cris, Gonalons scored his first representative objective against Liverpool at Anfield, in the 72nd very small, in the UEFA Champions League. The equalizing objective drew the fit crosswise at 1–1 and Lyon went on to win the fit 2–1 with a objective from César Delgado in injury time. On 16 January 2010, Gonalons scored his first career league objective against Nancy. Ten days resultant, Gonalons and Lyon equated to contract extension, which will save the midfielder at the club until 2014.

International career

Gonalons is a French youth worldwide having at one time earned caps with the under-19 team in qualification for the 2008 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship, which the team went incorrect to qualify for pursuing their elimination from the Elite Round piece of the competition. On 5 November 2009, pursuing his successful play with Lyon, Gonalons was summoned higher to the under-21 team for the first time by omnibus Erick Mombaerts for a friendly against Tunisia and a 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship qualification fit against Slovenia. Gonalons organised his under-21 debut in the Tunisia fit, but missed the fit against Slovenia later fleeing from the team due to an injury suffered the beforehand day in training.