David Ginola
David Ginola was born in Gassin, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France on January 25th, 1967 and is the Soccer Player. At the age of 57, David Ginola biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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David Ginola-Ceze (born 25 January 1967) is a French former professional footballer who has also worked as an actor, model, and football pundit.
Ginola, a former footballer, spent ten seasons in France before transferring from Paris Saint-Germain to Newcastle United in the English Premier League in July 1995. He played for Tottenham Hotspur, Aston Villa, and Everton before retiring in 2002. He made 17 appearances for the France national team between 1990 and 1995, scoring three goals on the international level.
Since being cut from football, he has been heavily involved in football punditry and acting. Ginola has been a regular contributor to BBC, BT Sport, and CNN. On Canal+, he has hosted Match of ze Day, a show that broadcasts live Premier League matches. Ginola attempted to run for the FIFA presidency in January 2015 but she was unable to secure the necessary funding from at least five national football associations.
Early life
Ginola was born in Gassin, Var. This is in France.
Personal life
In 1991, Ginola married fashion model Coraline. Andrea and Carla, the couple's son and daughter, lived near Saint-Tropez. They broke up, and Ginola began a friendship with actress Maeva Denat, with whom he has a child.
Ginola was playing a charity football match in Mandelieu-la-Napoule, France's southeast, when he suddenly collapsed due to cardiac arrest and then collapsed into a coma on the afternoon of 19 May 16. He was given cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) on the pitch by fellow footballer Frédéric Mendy. A team of medics who had arrived in an ambulance used a defibrillator; it took five shocks from the machine to restore normal heart rhythm in ten minutes. Ginola was airlifted by a helicopter to Monaco's Cardiothoracic Center, 40 kilometers northeast of Mandelieu, where he underwent an emergency, six-hour surgery. Professor Gilles Dreyfus, a medical researcher who administered CPR on Ginola, said he would not be dead or have sustained permanent brain injury if it was not for Mendy. Ginola had "very complicated coronary lesions" that required the quadruple heart bypass procedure to be carried out, according to Dreyfus. Ginola woke up "recovering well" after being admitted to the hospital, and was "perfectly normal" throughout the day. Ginola was "very lucky to be alive," according to Prof. Dr. Dreyfus. Ginola was released from hospital and returned home on May 30, 2016, thanking people on Twitter for their "incredible messages of love and care."
Club career
Ginola accompanied Toulon (1985–88), Brest (1990–95), Newcastle United (1995–2000), Aston Villa (1997–2002) and Everton (2002).
In 1985, Ginola was a nine-year-old in his first senior appearance for Sporting Toulon as an eighteen-year-old. In his first season, he played fourteen times, and by 1986, he was a regular in the Toulon line-up. In 1988, he went to RC Paris, where he remained until signing for Brest in 1990. He began to impress with his flamboyant style of play. He was instrumental in a historic victory (3–2) against the team that would continue to sign him, Paris Saint-Germain F.C.
Ginola joined Paris Saint-Germain in January 1992, just as it was striving for major prizes with the financial support of TV channel Canal+. He quickly adjusted to the club and became a fan favorite for his refined first touch and flair. Even when he confessed that he supported Olympique Marseille's rivals as a child and that he'd have joined them rather than PSG, his fame did not suffer any consequence. Ginola won the Coupe de France (scoring in the final) and reached the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup in his first full season (1992–93). He also received the French Footballer of the Year award from the France Football magazine at the end of 1993.
PSG claimed the second full season in 1993-94, losing only three times. Ginola, alongside Paul Le Guen, Bernard Lama, and Antoine Kombouaré, and Artur Jorge, scored 13 goals in 38 games, making him the top club goalscorer.
The following season, under new manager Luis Fernandez, was less fruitful in the league, with FC Nantes crowned champions. In 28 league appearances, Ginola scored 11 times. Despite winning another Coupe de France and the first edition of the new Coupe de la Ligue, Paris Saint-Germain did well in the cup competitions. The Parisian club caused a big surprise after losing to Barcelona in 1994, with Ginola playing particularly well. The club was disqualified at the next hurdle by defending champions A.C. Milan.
Ginola left France in the summer of 1995. He was expected to be snapped up by Barcelona by a Spanish football fan. In addition, his outstanding performances in European competitions against the Spanish giants Real Madrid and Barcelona attracted national media attention in Spain, with local newspapers naming him "El Magnifico."
Ginola joined Newcastle United in 1995 for £2.5 million. He was signed at a time when coach Kevin Keegan was trying to make the club one of England's top players, and the board was prepared to give the club a huge financial support to sign a string of European superstars. Ginola beat Coventry City 3–0 on August 19, 1995, his first appearance in the city. In a 2–0 away victory over Sheffield Wednesday on August 27, he scored his first league goals in his first season. Newcastle came in second, four points behind Manchester United in the 1995–96 season. Ginola was a key member of the team's winning league run in decades, and it was their best league showing in decades. Newcastle had finished second in the Premier League, but it was a major disappointment that they had led by up to ten points late in January.
Bobby Robson, Barcelona's manager, attempted to sign Ginola personally, but Newcastle refused to allow the transfer. Newcastle paid £15 million to sign Alan Shearer, breaking the transfer record. Despite this, Newcastle finished second, barely beaten by Manchester United. Kevin Keegan resigned as boss in the wake of Kenny Dalglish's taking over as manager half way through the season. Ginola lost interest and moved to a new place.
Hotspur Hotspur bought Ginola in July 1997 for £2.5 million, where he was joined by Newcastle teammate Les Ferdinand. When playing for Tottenham Hotspur, he was voted PFA Player of the Year and FWA Footballer of the Year in 1999. When Spurs defeated Barnsley in the FA Cup sixth Round during the 1998-99 season, Ginola scored one of his most memorable goals. The only goal of the game was Ginola weaving in and out of a number of Barnsley players before finishing in the left side of the net. He was the first person in Premiership history to win the award while at a club that was outside of the top four in the standings. Spurs also lifted his first English domestic title with a 1–0 victory over Leicester City at Wembley Stadium, the 1999 League Cup. Spurs fans will always remember Ginola's ferocious forward play and appearance off the field. In a 3–1 victory over Manchester United in the previous round, he was instrumental in the 1999 League Cup victory and scoring a long range goal. On December 11, 2008, Ginola was inducted into the Tottenham Hotspur Hall of Fame.
Ginola paid Aston Villa a £3 million transfer fee in July 2000. He expressed his dissatisfaction with Tottenham's selling him, claiming that the news that he had accepted the bid was a "bombshell." Villa boss John Gregory urged Ginola to remain in the Premiership rather than moving to a less competitive league, as Ginola was now in his 33rd year and appeared unlikely to continue at a professional level for much longer. Ginola scored a goal against Manchester City by taking off his shirt to reveal his toned body after being accused by Gregory of being overweight.
He was banned for two matches and fined £22,000 for stamping on an opponent and challenging his dismissal with the fourth official in January 2002.
Ginola played five games for Everton before retiring in May 2002, only after David Moyes took over as boss. By Moyes, Ginola was deemed surplus to demand, and there was only one replacement available from March to May. His deal was not renewed, and Ginola, who was without a club, was fired. He has stated his intention to move to either acting or football coaching.
International career
Despite being capped just 17 times in his career, Ginola was a highly popular French player, but he did not see much action with the French national team. Ginola competed for the France under-21 team at the Toulon Tournament in 1987. After France defeated England 4–3 in the final, he was named the tournament's best player.
Ginola is best known in France for his stumble in a 1994 FIFA World Cup World Cup qualifier against Bulgaria. France only needed a draw in their final group qualifying match on November 17th, 1993, and Ginola had come on as a late replacement for Jean-Pierre Papin. Ginola crossed a cross intended for Eric Cantona with the score at 1–1 in the last minute of the match. Emil Kremenliev, who launched a quick Bulgarian counterattack that culminated in Emil Kostadinov scoring the winning goal. Bulgaria won the match 2–1 and qualified for the 1994 World Cup finals at the expense of France.
Gérard Houllier, the team's head coach during the 1994 World Cup qualifying campaign, blaming France's 21-0 loss to Bulgaria entirely on Ginola. He also referred to him as the team's "assassin" who had "sent an Exocet missile through the heart of French football. Ginola left France after being refused by French followers and branded "assassination of French football" by the French press, before being welcomed in England by Newcastle United. Aimé Jacquet, Houllier's successor, used Ginola for international competitions but often as a substitute. Ginola played his last match for the national team in 1995. A French court dismissed Ginola's complaint accusing defamation in April 2012. Houllier was found to have made disparaging comments about Ginola and to have referred to Ginola in offensive terms, blaming him for missing the cross that allowed Bulgaria to mount the decisive counterattack and secure the victory over France during the final minute of the 1994 World Cup qualifier.