Youri Djorkaeff
Youri Djorkaeff was born in Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France on March 9th, 1968 and is the Soccer Player. At the age of 56, Youri Djorkaeff 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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Youri Raffi Djorkaeff (born 9 March 1968) is a French former professional footballer who played as both an attacking midfielder and a forward.
Djorkaeff won the 1998 FIFA World Cup and Euro 2000 with France's national team.
He is the son of former player Jean Djorkaeff.
The Youri Djorkaef Foundation is now run by Hew.
Early life
Djorkaeff was born in Lyon to Jean Djorkaeff, a French father of Polish and Kalmyk origins, and Mary Ohanian, an Armenian mother.
Personal life
Sophie Djorkaeff has a wife and three children; Sacha, Oan, and Angelica. "Vivre dans Ta Lumière" by Djorkaeff, translated to French "Life in Your Light" is a French song. Jean's father, Jean, and his younger brother, Micha Djorkaeff, were both professional football players.
Djorkaeff hosted a Phone-a-thon for Armenian charity held in Europe on November 15th. The Phoneathon supports the establishment of community centers in villages around Nagorno Karabakh and extensive agricultural growth in Armenia's Tavush Region. In addition, a portion of the funds will be dedicated to the Syrian-Armenian refugees.
Djorkaeff founded a football academy in Armenia during his time in England. In April 2007, he became the president of his childhood club in Lyon, Union Generale Armenent de Decines. The Youri Djorkaeff Foundation, a non-profit group dedicated to providing football instruction in New York City, is now operated by Djorkaeff.
Club career
Djorkaeff began his career with Grenoble, France, before transferring to RC Strasbourg in 1989, AS Monaco in 1990, and then Paris Saint-Germain in 1995. With 20 goals in 1994, Djorkaeff led Division 1 in goals. In 1996, he lifted the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup with PSG.
He joined Inter Milan, an Italian club, in 1996. He scored 17 goals in 49 appearances in his first season in Serie A; he also helped the club lift the league to a third-place finish in Serie A, after a 1–1 draw on aggregate, but Djorkaeff was able to kick his spot kick. During the season, he scored a spectacular goal on a bicycle kick in a 3–1 home win over Roma in the league, which is considered to be one of the best goals scored in the club's history. His following season was less fruitful individually, as he failed to perform well alongside Ronaldo, the club's new signing, but Inter ended the season in second place in Serie A and won the UEFA Cup, defeating Lazio 3–0 in the final at Parc des Princes. Following Roberto Baggio's recruitment, he continued to struggled to find a role in the squad and suffered even more in appearance; moreover, the club finished the season in eighth place, outside of all potential European qualifying positions.
He migrated from Germany and Kaiserslautern in 1999, assisting them in reaching the UEFA Cup semi-finals.
When signing with English club Bolton Wanderers in 2002, Djorkaeff turned heads, but the team's three seasons later, leading to the formation of an international "dream team" alongside the dynamic Nigerian Jay-Jay Okocha and former Real Madrid midfielder Iván Campo. He was a member of the 2003–04 League Cup's final squad. He then joined Blackburn Rovers but left the club after playing in only three games.
In February 2005, Djorkaeff first signed with the MetroStars of Major League Soccer, rejecting higher paid offers from other nations. He was the first French player to play in MLS and finished the season as the team's MVP with ten goals and seven assists in league play.
Djorkaeff announced from the start that he would hang-up his boots at the end of the 2006 season, and then appeared for the rebranded New York Red Bulls. After being told Red Bulls officials that he left the team to attend "an unexpected, important family matter in France," he was seen in the crowd with French supporters at the FIFA World Cup quarter-final match between France and Brazil on July 1, 2006. On his return, he said that the purpose of his resignation was to be with his sick mother and dismissed watching the World Cup match.
On October 29, 2006, he retired from professional football.
International career
Djorkaeff played for France at the senior level between 1993 and 2002, scoring 28 goals. Djorkaeff also played for his country in 1996 and 2002 FIFA World Cups, other than the two major tournaments he won with the national team – the 1998 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2000. He set up Zinedine Zidane's second goal from a corner in an eventual 3–0 victory over defending champions Brazil in the 1998 FIFA World Cup Final in Paris.