Lilian Laslandes
Birth date4 September 1971 (age 55)[1]
Birth placePauillac, France
Height1.86 m[2]
PositionForward[3]
Years 11991–1992
Clubs 1Saint-Seurin
Caps 133
Goals 110
Years 21992–1997
Clubs 2Auxerre
Caps 2125
Goals 247
Years 31997–2001
Clubs 3Bordeaux
Caps 3119
Goals 347
Years 42001–2003
Clubs 4Sunderland
Caps 412
Goals 40
Years 52002
Clubs 5→ 1. FC Köln (loan)
Caps 55
Goals 50
Years 62002–2003
Clubs 6→ Bastia (loan)
Caps 629
Goals 68
Years 72003–2004
Clubs 7Nice
Caps 733
Goals 710
Years 82004–2007
Clubs 8Bordeaux
Caps 859
Goals 810
Years 92007–2008
Clubs 9Nice
Caps 940
Goals 95
Totalcaps455
Totalgoals137
Nationalyears 11993
Nationalteam 1France U21
Nationalcaps 11
Nationalgoals 10
Nationalyears 21997–1999
Nationalteam 2France
Nationalcaps 27
Nationalgoals 23

Lilian Laslandes (liljɑ̃ lɑsˈlɑ̃d; born 4 September 1971) is a French former professional footballer who played as a forward. Between 1997 and 1999 he was capped seven times and scored three goals for the France national team. He ended his professional footballing career at OGC Nice in 2008.

Career

Early career

Laslandes was born in Pauillac, Gironde.[4] He started his professional career at the rather late age of 20, starting at the club Saint-Seurin in which he scored 10 goals in his 33 appearances for the club. AJ Auxerre took notice of his talent and acquired him following the season. He went on to make 125 appearances for the club, 20 of them in European competitions, scoring 47 goals including two in European cup ties.[citation needed]

Laslandes then moved to Girondins de Bordeaux on a free transfer on 1 August 1997 scoring 47 goals in 119 appearances. Foreign clubs were starting to take notice of the Frenchman and his consistent goalscoring ability, including some from England, Germany and Spain.[citation needed]

Sunderland

Laslandes arrived in June 2001, as Peter Reid's replacement for the ageing Niall Quinn. Much media hype surrounded the powerful Frenchman as the club paid £3.6 million for his signature,[5] but he struggled to adapt to the pace of the English Premiership and Sunderland's style of direct football. Laslandes' relationship with Reid had also deteriorated.[6] After 12 appearances with no league goals and one in the League Cup against Sheffield Wednesday,[7] Laslandes went on loan in January 2002 to German club 1. FC Köln, where he played five matches without scoring, which earned him the derogatory nickname "LasLandesliga". This was followed by a more successful loan to French first division club Bastia for the 2002–03 season, where he scored eight goals in 30 appearances.[citation needed]

Laslandes returned briefly to Sunderland in the summer of 2003 for pre-season training with new manager Mick McCarthy. However, all parties agreed he had no future at Sunderland. Despite chairman Bob Murray's efforts to secure a transfer fee for the former French international, Sunderland's crippling debts, combined with Laslandes' high wages, put Murray in a weak bargaining position, with the result that Laslandes was released from his contract and joined French first division club OGC Nice at the start of the 2003–04 season.[citation needed]

Back at Bordeaux

At the beginning of the 2004–05 season, Bordeaux brought the striker back to the club where he had earlier found glory, but he never found his old form, scoring only nine goals in 53 appearances.[citation needed]

Back at Nice

On 5 January 2007, Laslandes signed for his former club Nice for an undisclosed fee. He was released in the summer of 2008. He then decided to retire from professional football and become a handball player for Girondins de Bordeaux instead.[citation needed]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[8]
ClubSeasonLeagueCup[a]Continental[b]Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Auxerre1992–93Division 119910412410
1993–941952110226
1994–95261120603411
1995–96341263–4015
1996–97271042513613
Total1254715616215655
Bordeaux1997–98Division 1331472204216
1998–99331520804315
1999–003114641014719
2000–012241084318
Total1194716628516358
Sunderland2001–02Premier League12011–131
1. FC Köln (loan)2001–02Bundesliga5020–70
Bastia (loan)2002–03Ligue 129820–318
Nice2003–04Ligue 1331020303810
Bordeaux2004–05Ligue 121621–237
2005–0628342–325
2006–071011051162
Total591073517114
Nice2006–07Ligue 116310–173
2007–0824230–272
Total40540--445
Career total4221274916528523151
  1. ^ Includes Coupe de France, Coupe de la Ligue, EFL Cup and DFB-Pokal.
  2. ^ Includes UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup, UEFA Intertoto Cup and UEFA Cup Winners' Cup.

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year[9]
National teamYearAppsGoals
France199710
199821
199942
Total73
France score listed first, score column indicates score after each Laslandes goal.[9]
List of international goals scored by Lilian Laslandes
No.DateVenueCapOpponentScoreResultCompetitionRef.
119 August 1998Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria2Austria1–02–2Friendly[10]
218 August 1999Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland4Northern Ireland1–01–0Friendly[11]
38 September 1999Hrazdan Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia6Armenia3–13–2UEFA Euro 2000 qualification[12]

Honours

Auxerre

Bordeaux

References

  1. ^ "Lilian Laslandes: Overview". ESPN. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  2. ^ "Lilian Laslandes: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  3. ^ "Lilian Laslandes". 11v11.com. AFS Enterprises. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  4. ^ "Lilian Laslandes" (in French). L'Équipe. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  5. ^ "Sunderland grab Laslandes". BBC Sport. 28 June 2001. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
  6. ^ http://msnsport.skysports.com/list.aspx?hlid=105494&plid=3894&clid=&cpid=24 [dead link]
  7. ^ "Owls stun Black Cats". BBC Sport. 12 September 2001. Retrieved 5 November 2009.
  8. ^
  9. ^ 10450
  10. ^ "Austria v France, 19 August 1998". 11v11.com. AFS Enterprises. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  11. ^ "Northern Ireland v France, 18 August 1999". 11v11.com. AFS Enterprises. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  12. ^ "Armenia v France, 08 September 1999". 11v11.com. AFS Enterprises. Retrieved 18 May 2020.