Biography and the life story of Antoine Griezman "Having a grandfather who had been a soccer player"

Antoine Griezman was born on March 21, 1991 in Macon, France. he was born by a father named Alain Griezman and his mother named Issabelle Griezman. His father was a French political figure, he was so rich that he often bought Griezman's needs as a child. While his mother is only a hospital employee. Griezman has a younger brother named Maude.

Griezman also has Portuguese blood from his grandfather Amara Lopes who once defended the Portuguese national team by playing as a defender. No doubt the blood instincts of Griezman's football came not from his father or mother but from his grandfather.

Having a grandfather who had been a soccer player made Griezman interested in pursuing the sport, Griezman's interest in football emerged when he saw Zinedine zidan and Thiery Henry appearing in defense of France at the 1998 world cup.

As a child Griezman was a fan of the Lyon Olympics club, he was considered to have the ability to play football. When he was young Griezman had traveled from his hometown in Macon to Lyon to undergo training there, but according to football academy lyon griezman was considered too small and they did not accept it.

Griezman returned to his native place and began his playing career with his native land club, UF Macon. He was accepted there because of the political influence of his father. He then underwent several matches with UF Macon in order to get the first place in the academy.

But again Griezman was rejected by the academy because it was considered to have a small body posture. Indeed Griezman at that time was very small, he had a variety of things including decent and good football equipment because he was indeed a rich kid.

Finally, at the age of 14 years, Griezman underwent training with Montpellier and had time to play against the Saint Germain Saint Academy. In the trial match Griezman looked impressive to the point of asking the Real Sociedad talent scout who happened to be present in the match.

After the match, the leaders of the sociedad real club offered Griezman to conduct training for one week in San Sebastian. After performing nicely, Griezman was tried for another week, and the Sociedad club was satisfied with Griezman's performance.

Then he was offered a contract to play at Real Sociedad. Initially his parents did not allow their children to go to Spain, but because there was a good guarantee from the club, Gririman was allowed to live in Spain. He will play first in the Real Sociedad Junior team.

After four seasons defending the junior team, in 2009 Griezman was drawn to the senior team. He made his debut on 2 September 2009 when sociedad against Rayo Vallecano was on display at Copa del Rey. Four days later he made his debut in the Spanish league division 2 when his team played a series with Real Murcia.

Appear impressive in his first season and managed to bring Sociedad champions Segunda division. Then Griezman signed his professional contract in 2010 for the next 5 seasons. He continued to play nicely with the club nicknamed La Real, Together with Sociedad his name soared to the surface.

Recruited Atletico Madrid ...

Until the 2014/15 season Atletico Madrid were interested in signing him. Finally he officially dressed Atletico on July 28, 2014 with a transfer fee of 30 million euros or around Rp480 billion. With Real Sociedad he played 201 matches by scoring 52 goals in all competitions.

Joining Los Rojiblancos, he made his competitive debut when entertaining Real Madrid in the first leg of the Spanish Super Cup on August 19, 2014. On September 17 he scored his first goal for athletico when he beat Olimpiacos in the European Champions League.

His first season was brilliantly passed by Griezman, he performed 53 times and scored 25 goals in all competitions.

Griezman was again impressive in his second season in athletico. He netted 32 goals in the opponent's net in 54 appearances. His sharpness made him into the ranks of deadly attackers in the Spanish league. In 2016 he was even chosen as the best player in the Spanish league. In addition, in the same year he was chosen as France's best soccer player. But there is one disappointment that is failing to beat Real Madrid in the champions league final.

His appearance from year to year is getting better, so that he often gets several individual awards. With athletico he won the 2014 supercopa de espana title, then won an europa league trophy in the 2017/18 season. and won the European Super Cup title in 2018. So far he has recorded 133 goals in 257 matches with athletico in all competitions.

Career in the national team ...

Thanks to his good performances with the club, he has been called up several times to strengthen the national team. Noted he had uniformed the French national team from the age of 19 years to the age of 21 years. While his debut with the senior national team occurred on 5 March 2014 during trials against the Netherlands. at that time his team won 2-0. Shortly afterwards he was called back to strengthen France, his name was included in 23 French players for the 2014 World Cup.

Two years later he became a mainstay of France for EURO 2016, he was predicted to be shining with the national team. Yes indeed he was able to prove himself as the best but that was not enough because he failed to bring his country to the championship. Eder's only goal in extra time dashed France's hopes of lifting the European Cup trophy at home. Griezman was crowned the top scorer with a collection of 6 goals.

The peak of his career with the French national team occurred at the 2018 world cup, when he managed to bring Les Bleus out as champions after beating Croatia with a score of 4-2. With this he successfully paid off disappointment two years ago. Griezman himself managed to score 4 goals and 3 assists in Russia 2018.

Griezman has been banned for playing for the national team for 14 months. It happened when he and his colleagues were found partying at a nightclub in Paris in 2012 while undergoing a training camp with les bleus.

While in his personal relationship, he married Erika Choperena in June 2017. His second marriage was conducted secretly. Only family and close friends were invited.

Griezman was also a fan of herbal medicine from South America, you know footballoverz.

Having a strong Hispanic culture has made Griezmann fond of mate, a South American herbal beverage. At Atletico, Griezmann always sips mate before competing. He often enjoys the drink with two close friends at the club, Diego Godin and Jose Gimenez.