Lilian Laslandes
Personal information
Date of birth (1971-09-04) 4 September 1971[1]
Place of birth Pauillac, France
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[2]
Position(s) Forward[3]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1991–1992 Saint-Seurin 33 (10)
1992–1997 Auxerre 125 (47)
1997–2001 Bordeaux 119 (47)
2001–2003 Sunderland 12 (0)
2002 → 1. FC Köln (loan) 5 (0)
2002–2003 → Bastia (loan) 29 (8)
2003–2004 Nice 33 (10)
2004–2007 Bordeaux 59 (10)
2007–2008 Nice 40 (5)
Total 455 (137)
International career
1993 France U21 1 (0)
1997–1999 France 7 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Lilian Laslandes (French pronunciation: [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.

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.

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 £3.6m 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.

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' Premiership 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.

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.

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.

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[8]
Club Season League Cup[lower-alpha 1] Continental[lower-alpha 2] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Auxerre 1992–93 Division 1 19910412410
1993–94 1952110226
1994–95 261120603411
1995–96 341263–4015
1996–97 271042513613
Total 1254715616215655
Bordeaux 1997–98 Division 1 331472204216
1998–99 331520804315
1999–00 3114641014719
2000–01 2241084318
Total 1194716628516358
Sunderland 2001–02 Premier League 12011–131
1. FC Köln (loan) 2001–02 Bundesliga 5020–70
Bastia (loan) 2002–03 Ligue 1 29820–318
Nice 2003–04 Ligue 1 331020303810
Bordeaux 2004–05 Ligue 1 21621–237
2005–06 28342–325
2006–07 1011051162
Total 591073517114
Nice 2006–07 Ligue 1 16310–173
2007–08 24230–272
Total 40540--445
Career total 4221274916528523151

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year[9]
National teamYearAppsGoals
France 199710
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. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
119 August 1998Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria2 Austria1–02–2Friendly[10]
218 August 1999Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland4 Northern Ireland1–01–0Friendly[11]
38 September 1999Hrazdan Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia6 Armenia3–13–2UEFA 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. 1 2 3 4 5 "Lilian Laslandes". L'Équipe (in French). Paris. 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
  7. ↑ "Owls stun Black Cats". BBC Sport. 12 September 2001. Retrieved 5 November 2009.
  8. ↑ Lilian Laslandes at WorldFootball.net
  9. 1 2 "Laslandes, Lilian". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  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.
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