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Sports News from Wednesday, February 20, 2019
Source: GHANAsoccernet.com
2019-02-20
Michael Essien, former Ghanaian international
We can not mention the name of Olympique Lyon in this part of the world without the name of Michael Essien appears after the devastating stay of the midfielder club based in Rhône-Alpes.
Considered one of the greatest talent developers of the last decades, Lyon has seen many superstars.
From Michael Essien, through Karim Benzema and Juninho Pernambucano, many world championships have practiced football on the French side over the years.
Karim Benzema
The Real Madrid striker is the fourth-leading scorer in the history of the Champions League.
Before moving to Los Blancos, he played 148 games in Lyon, scoring 66 goals and helping 27 others.
Alexandre Lacazette
The French is the most expensive sale in the history of the club, having joined Arsenal for 53 million euros.
In Lyon, he had already scored 129 goals and 43 badists.
Michael Essien
Jose Mourinho considered him the most important wheel of his Chelsea midfielder.
Essien went into the Blues in exchange for 38 million euros, after scoring 13 goals in 96 games in France.
Mahamadou Diarra
Alongside Essien, they form a formidable duo in the Lyon midfielder.
Real Madrid has signed it for an amount of 26 million euros. After 170 matches and 14 goals for the French club, he settled in Spain.
Samuel Umtiti
Champion of the FIFA U-20 World Cup in 2013 and winner of the World Cup in 2018, Umtiti sits in Barcelona in 2016 for 25 million euros.
In Lyon, he scored five goals in 170 games.
Juninho Pernambucano
He is considered one of the best freekick takers in history.
Lyon paid 2.5 million euros to Vasco da Gama for its acquisition and managed to repay it with 100 goals and 62 badists in 343 games.
Sonny Anderson
Lyon recruited the Brazilian striker from Barcelona for 19 million euros in 1999 and scored 92 goals in 159 matches for the French club.
Miralem Pjanic
The current midfielder from Juventus left Lyon to reach Rome for 11 million euros.
As a French player, he scored 16 goals and 21 more in 121 games.
Edmilson
He played more than 100 games in Barcelona, after joining the Catalans of Lyon in exchange for 8 million euros.
At Les Gones, he found the back of the net five times in 155 games.
Ludovic Giuly
With him and Samuel Eto & # 39; o, Barcelona won the Champions League trophy in 2005/06 under Frank Rijkaard.
He scored 31 goals in 111 matches in Lyon, before moving to Monaco for 8.5 million euros in 1998.
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