Biography and the life story of Oliver Giroud "continued to practice soccer and tried not to disappoint his parents"

Oliver Giroud was born on September 30, 1986 in Chambery, France. Giroud comes from an ordinary family. But it is unknown what the name of his parents because according to some sources, his parents decided to stay away from various media.

Oliver Giroud has a brother named Romain Giroud who is a footballer who has played at the Auxerre academy and has played for the France U-15 and U-17 national team contemporaries with Thiery Henry, David Trezeguet, and Nikolas Anelka.

However, Romain decided to stop playing because he was not sure of his abilities. Now, he switched professions as a nutritionist.

Since childhood Giroud has shown interest in football. He learned the sport from his brother. When he began to learn to process the round skin, Giroud was haunted by fear. He was afraid if at any time the decision to choose football failed as what had happened to his brother.

In addition to fear of his career, Giroud also apparently feared the comedy character in the French country in the 90s 'ALF', although the figure of 'ALF' was friendly, but the little Giroud didn't really like it because of his ugly appearance.

After getting some advice and motivation, Giroud continued to practice soccer and tried not to disappoint his parents.

Oliver Giroud grew up in the village of Froges, near Grenoble. Little Giroud started his football career for his hometown team, Olympique Club de Froges. After playing for about six years there, Giroud then played for the academy of Grenoble at the age of 13.

After playing for six years at the Grenoble academy, in 2006 Giroud was promoted to the first team. His recruitment to the first team was based on Giroud's brilliant performances in the youth team. Giroud really attracts attention. He was able to score 15 goals and 15 appearances.

In the 2006/07 season, Giroud made his professional debut against Niort. He then scored his first professional goal when his team faced Le Havre on February 26, 2007. Giroud admitted that the goal was the happiest moment of his life. He continued to look slick and managed to score two goals in 18 appearances and bring Grenoble into fifth place in Ligue 2.

However, his hard work was not enough to convince the coach. He also agreed to be loaned to Istres in the 2007/08 season. When lent to the team, the Frenchman's appearance was quite riveting. He managed to score 14 goals in all competitions.

After his loan spell was over, Giroud returned to Grenoble. Giroud was happy because when he returned from his loan spell, his team made it through to the French first division. Dreaming of being able to appear in the highest caste, Giroud must accept the reality because he did not enter the coach's plan.

Not yet giving up, Giroud decided to leave Grenoble in May 2008 and officially joined Tours who competed in ligue 2. In two matches, Giroud scored five goals. He successfully performed brilliantly and recorded 14 goals in 27 appearances in the 2008/09 season.

Playing for Montpellier .....

Because his talent is considered attractive, Giroud got an offer from Montpellier. Right in July 2010, Giroud signed a contract with a team based at the Stade de la Mosson. In the first game he lived, Giroid managed to play well and successfully scored a goal. At the Coupe de La Ligue tournament, Giroud successfully brought his team to the final.

His glorious appearance marked a period of consistency. Giroud is able to be a mainstay and often scores goals in important matches.

At the start of the 2011/12 season, Giroud successfully scored in the first two matches and ended the season by scoring 21 goals which also established himself as the French league's top scorer. in addition, he also brought Montpellier league champions.

Arsenal recruited ……

Nice appearance in Montpellier was observed by the Premier League club, Arsenal. And on June 26, 2012, Giroud officially became part of the London cannon squad. It was brought in at a cost of 12.4 million euros or around Rp 200 billion.

Together with the Gunners, he made his debut in August 2012 at which time Arsenal faced Sunderland. His first goal for Arsenal came in a match against Coventry City in the League Cup competition in September.

With Arsenal, Giroud also made his first appearance at a prestigious competition between European clubs, he made his first appearance on 18 September when Arsenal faced his former club, Montpellier.

In his first season, Giroud scored 17 goals for Arsenal in 47 appearances in all competitions.

On 1 January 2017, Giroud scored a beautiful goal against Crystal Palace in the primary league, at which time he scored with a 'scorpion kick' after continuing Alexis Sanchez's pass. Miraculously, the ball rolled smoothly into the goal, even though it had hit the crossbar. Thanks to that goal, Giroud was awarded the 2017 Puskas Award.

During approximately 6 years of defending Arsenal, Giroud played quite well. He often scored important goals and managed to score 105 goals in 253 appearances in all competitions. Giroud has successfully donated 3 FA Cup titles and 3 Community Shield titles.

Join Chelsea ...

In 2018 Giroud officially stopped being an Arsenal player. Exactly on 31 January 2018, he signed an 18-month contract with another London club, Chelsea. he made his debut five days later in an away Premier League match against Watford, where he entered in the 64th minute replacing Pedro.

Now he is often the mainstay of the Blues to bang on the opponent's path, in the 2018/19 season alone he managed to record 13 goals in 45 matches in all competitions. In that season he brought Chelsea European Champions League, he was also named top scorer with 13 goals.

Career in the French National Team ...

While performing with the French national team, he made his international debut in a match against the United States in November 2011. Where France won the match by a score of 1-0.

After that, Giroud often received national team calls, he had played in several prestigious events. Among them the 2014 World Cup, Euro 2016, and most recently he was included in the French squad that successfully won the world title.

While in his personal life, Giroud married a woman named Jennifer in 2011, now their love relationship has been blessed with three children.

This 192 cm tall player is also known as a very religious player. Some of his tattoos even represent the religious symbols they profess.