The Catholic League of France, sometimes referred to by contemporary (and modern) Roman Catholics as the Holy League, a major player in the French Wars of Religion, was formed by Duke Henry of Guise in 1576. The League intended the eradication of Protestants—also known as Calvinists or Huguenots—out of Catholic France during the Protestant Reformation.

Pope Sixtus V, Philip II of Spain, and the Jesuits were all supporters of this Catholic party.

The Catholic League's political origins

As Protestantism expanded through parts of Europe, leaders of Catholic nations, in particular Philip II of Spain, and the Pope, felt threatened. In an effort to counter the growing power of Lutherans, Calvinists, and members of the Reformed Church of France, they formed a league to stop the spread of these Protestant factions. The Protestant Calvinists at that time dominated much of the French nobility, leading to active persecution of Catholics in some regions.

The League was spearheaded by Henry, the Duke of Guise, who used it not only to defend the Catholic cause, but also as a political tool in an attempt to usurp the French throne.

The Catholic League of France aimed to preempt any seizure of power by the Huguenots and to protect French Catholics' right to worship. The Catholic League's cause was fueled by the doctrine Extra Ecclesiam Nulla Salus. Catholic Leaguers saw their fight against Calvinism (the primary branch of Protestantism in France) as a Crusade against heresy. The League's pamphleteers also blamed any natural disaster that occurred in France at the time as God's way of punishing France for tolerating the existence of the Calvinist heresy.

After a series of bloody clashes, the French Wars of Religion (1562–1598), between Catholics and Protestants, the Catholic League formed in an attempt to break the power of the Calvinist gentry once and for all. The Catholic League saw the French throne under Henry III as too conciliatory towards the Huguenots. The League, similar to hardline Calvinists, disapproved of Henry III's attempts to mediate any coexistence between the Huguenots and Catholics. The Catholic League also saw moderate French Catholics, known as Politiques, as a serious threat. The Politiques were tired of the many tit for tat killings and were willing to negotiate peaceful coexistence rather than escalating the war.

History of the League

The League immediately began to exert pressure on Henry III of France. Faced with this mounting opposition (spurred in part because the heir to the French throne, Henry of Navarre, was a Huguenot) he canceled the Peace of La Rochelle, re-criminalizing Protestantism and beginning a new chapter in the French Wars of Religion. However, Henry also saw the danger posed by the Duke of Guise, who was gaining more and more power. In the Day of the Barricades, King Henry III was forced to flee Paris, which resulted in Henry, Duke of Guise becoming the de-facto ruler of France. Afraid of being deposed and assassinated, the King decided to strike first. On December 23, 1588, Henry III's guardsmen assassinated the Duke and his brother, Louis II and the Duke's son was imprisoned in the Bastille.

However, this move did little to consolidate the King's power and enraged both the surviving Guises and their followers. As a result, the King fled Paris and joined forces with Henry of Navarre, the throne's Calvinist heir apparent. Both the King and Henry of Navarre began building an army with which to besiege Paris. On August 1, 1589, as the two Henrys besieged the city and prepared for their final assault, Father Jacques Clément a Dominican priest with ties to the League, successfully infiltrated the King's entourage and assassinated him. This was retaliation for the killing of the Duke of Guise and his brother. As he lay dying, the King begged Henry of Navarre to convert to Catholicism, calling it the only way to prevent further bloodshed. However, the King's death threw the army into disarray and Henry of Navarre was forced to lift the siege.

Although Henry of Navarre was now the legitimate King of France, the League's armies were so strong that he was unable to capture Paris and was forced to retreat south. Using arms and military advisors provided by Elizabeth I of England, he achieved several military victories. However, he was unable to overcome the superior forces of the League, which commanded the loyalty of most Frenchmen and had the support of Philip II of Spain. The League then attempted to declare the Cardinal of Bourbon, Henry's uncle, as king Charles X of France on November 21, 1589, but his status as a prisoner of Henry of Navarre and his death in May 1590 removed all legitimacy from this gesture. Furthermore, the Cardinal refused to usurp the throne and supported his nephew, although to little avail.

Unable to provide a viable candidate for the French throne (the League's support was split among several candidates, including Isabella, a Spanish princess, which made them appear to no longer have French interests at heart), the League's position weakened, but remained strong enough to keep Henry from besieging Paris. Finally, in a bid to peacefully end the war, Henry of Navarre was received into the Roman Catholic Church on July 25, 1593 and was recognized as King Henry IV on February 27, 1594. He later said, "Paris is well worth a Mass."

Under the rule of King Henry IV, the Edict of Nantes was passed, granting religious toleration and limited autonomy to the Huguenots and ensuring a lasting peace for France. Moreover, the Catholic League now lacked the threat of a Calvinist king and gradually disintegrated.

References

Baumgartner, Frederic J. ''Radical Reactionaries: The Political Thought of the French Catholic League'' (Geneva:Droz) 1976

Jensen, De Lamar ''Diplomacy and Dogmatism: Bernardino de Mendoza and the French Catholic League'' Mendoza's role in Philip II's intervening foreign policy.

Konnert, Mark "Local politics in the French Wars of Religion"

Leonardo, Dalia M. "Cut off this rotten member": The Rhetoric of Heresy, Sin, and Disease in the Ideology of the French Catholic League" ''The Catholic Historical Review'' 88.2, (April 2002:247-262).

Yardeni, Myriam "La Conscience nationale en France pendant les guerres de religion"

See also

Catholic League (disambiguation) for other similarly named coalitions.

Philippe Emmanuel, Duke of Mercœur, one of its leaders

Politiques, term applied to those who resisted the French Catholic League

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name	Nicolas Anelka
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Nicolas Sébastien Anelka () (born 14 March 1979 in Le Chesnay, France) is a professional football player who is currently a player and assistant manager of Shanghai Shenhua. Anelka was also a regular starter for the French national team. Former Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti has described him as a quick player with good aerial ability, technique, shooting, and movement off the ball.

Anelka began his career at Paris Saint-Germain, but soon moved to Arsenal. He became a first team regular and won the PFA Young Player of the Year Award the following season. Real Madrid signed him for £22.3 million in 1999, a record fee at the time, but he did not settle in well and returned to Paris Saint-Germain in a £20 million deal. Despite regular first team football in Paris, Anelka set his eyes upon the Premier League once more; he went on loan to Liverpool in January 2002 but joined Manchester City for £13 million at the start of the 2002–03 season.

After three seasons in Manchester, he moved to Fenerbahçe for two seasons before returning to England to join Bolton Wanderers – in deals worth £7 million and £8 million, respectively. He transferred to Chelsea from Bolton for a reported £15 million in January 2008. During his transfers over the years, he has built an aggregate transfer cost of just under £90 million. On 12 December 2011, Shanghai Shenhua announced that they have reached an agreement with Anelka to join the team when the winter transfer window opens.

Anelka has played many times at international level and won his first international honours with France at Euro 2000, and won the Confederations Cup the following year. His failure to settle at club level limited his international appearances, but he returned to the national team for the Euro 2008 competition. On 19 June 2010, Anelka was excluded by the French Football Federation from the 2010 World Cup in South Africa for "comments directed against the national coach, Raymond Domenech, unacceptable to the FFF, French football, and the principles they uphold." Two months later, having failed to turn up to his disciplinary hearing, he was banned for France's next eighteen games by the FFF, effectively ending his international career.

Early life

Anelka was born in 1979 in Le Chesnay, Yvelines, to parents who had migrated from Martinique in 1974. Thereafter they settled in Trappes, near Paris. His mother is a secretary in the local high school. He has two older brothers Claude and Didier. His brother Claude until 2010 managed a minor league football club in Missouri while his other brother Didier is a high school accounting teacher.

Club career

Paris Saint-Germain

Anelka started his career at Paris Saint-Germain as a youth player at age 16 and was said to have great potential for scoring goals.

Arsenal

In February 1997, at the age of 17, Anelka joined Premier League club Arsenal for a fee of £500,000 under newly appointed manager Arsène Wenger. Anelka scored his first goal for Arsenal against Manchester United in a 3–2 home win. His first team opportunities were limited in the 1996–97 season, but in the 1997–98 season, he broke into the first team, after a long-term injury to striker Ian Wright. Anelka was a key player in Arsenal's "Double" win, of both the Premier League championship and the FA Cup trophy that season. Anelka scored the second goal in Arsenal's 2–0 win over Newcastle United in that season's FA Cup final.

A player with exceptional pace, he won the PFA Young Player of the Year Award in the 1998–99 season, but Arsenal failed to defend their Premier League title and made little progress in the UEFA Champions League, while Anelka wanted a better salary. Fans turned on the striker amid transfer speculation and a perceived lack of enthusiasm, giving him the nickname ''"Le Sulk."'' In all he made 72 first team appearances and 17 appearances as a sub for Arsenal, scoring 27 goals. Anelka is actually the most expensive player of all times, with all his club changes combined, it says in Adam Magazine.

Real Madrid

Anelka transferred to Real Madrid in the summer of 1999 for £22.3 million. Anelka began brightly, arriving as a record signing to the Madrid side. He had initial success, but soon fell out of favour with fans, fellow players, and new coach Vicente del Bosque, at one point receiving a 45-day suspension for refusing to train. Despite eventually returning to favour and figuring in the successful capture of the 1999-00 Champions League campaign (he scored vital goals in both legs of the semi-finals against Bayern Munich and started in the final).

Return to Paris-Saint Germain

Anelka signed a professional contract at Paris Saint-Germain, a return to the club at which he used to play as a youth player, in a transfer deal worth £20 million. Once again Anelka developed issues with the team coach, Luis Fernandez (who was already under pressure for benching Ronaldinho due to his work ethic) and became unsettled despite good form on the pitch.

Loan to Liverpool

After 30 months, Anelka returned to the Premier League in December 2001 with Liverpool on a short term loan deal until the end of the season. He contributed to Liverpool's late push to come second in the league, scoring goals against Everton, Fulham, Blackburn Rovers, Ipswich Town, and in the FA Cup against Birmingham City, but manager Gérard Houllier decided not to offer him a permanent deal after the end of the season in favour of signing his future Bolton teammate, El Hadji Diouf.

Manchester City

Anelka opted to join Manchester City on 24 May 2002, and the £13 million fee paid by manager Kevin Keegan was then a club record. In his first season at City he would end up top scorer at Maine Road with 14 goals including a goal in the last ever Manchester Derby at Maine Road, against former club Arsenal and a last minute winner at Anfield after scoring a penalty just moments earlier. In his second season at City he finished top scorer again in the clubs first season at the City of Manchester Stadium with 25 goals. Anelka started the 2004/05 campaign in clinical form again scoring the winner in José Mourinho's first ever defeat as Chelsea manager. In January 2005 Anelka decided to move on to Fenerbahçe.

Fenerbahçe

In January 2005, Manchester City announced that Anelka had completed a £7 million transfer to Turkish team Fenerbahçe. Anelka helped the Turkish club win the league title in 2005, and played with them in the UEFA Champions League.

Bolton Wanderers

On 25 August 2006, Bolton Wanderers signed Anelka on a four-year deal for a club record of £8 million. Anelka made his debut for Bolton against Watford on 9 September 2006. He finished the 2006–07 season as Bolton's top scorer with 11 goals.

During January 2007, Anelka stated that he would be willing to leave Bolton for a return to former club Arsenal. However, Anelka pledged his future to Bolton in July 2007, following talks with manager Sammy Lee. Anelka later said he would reluctantly consider leaving the club if Bolton's poor start to the 2007–08 season continued, but later signed a new four-year contract until 2011 on 30 August.

Chelsea

On 11 January 2008, it was confirmed that Anelka would join Chelsea for £15 million. Anelka made his début against Tottenham Hotspur on 12 January 2008, and scored his first goal two weeks later in the FA Cup against Wigan Athletic. He scored his first league goal on 2 February against Portsmouth, but failed to score again for Chelsea during the 2007–08 season.

In the 2008 UEFA Champions League Final, Anelka delivered Chelsea's seventh penalty, which was saved by Edwin van der Sar, resulting in Manchester United winning the Champions League. Anelka later blamed manager Avram Grant for his penalty miss, claiming Grant brought him on to play as a late substitute without a proper warm up beforehand and also too late in the game to acclimatize himself in it.

On 3 August 2008, Anelka scored four goals in a 5–0 friendly win against A.C. Milan.

With Didier Drogba injured at the beginning of the 2008–09 season, Anelka made a very impressive start to the campaign. He scored 25 times – 19 of which in the Premier League, making the Frenchman the first player to reach 10 goals in the competition that season. For this, he was awarded with a Golden Boot Award on 14 November 2008 and was in the running for the end of season Golden Boot accolade. Anelka scored his first competitive hat-trick for Chelsea against Sunderland, in a 5–0 home win on 1 November 2008, and followed this up with two braces against Blackburn Rovers, then West Bromwich Albion. He established himself as an important member of the squad and maintained his place in the team despite the return to fitness of Drogba. After the arrival of Guus Hiddink, Anelka was more often played on the wing. Furthermore, he was ranked among the top goalscorers in the league for the season. He scored another hat-trick against Watford in the FA Cup to earn Chelsea a 3–1 victory at Vicarage Road. On 10 May, he scored one goal and set up another in a 4–1 away win against former club Arsenal. A goal in Chelsea's final Premier League game of the season at Sunderland put him as top goal scorer for the season in the Premier League, earning him the Golden Boot with 19 goals in total.

thumb|100px|left|Anelka warming up for ChelseaAnelka scored his first goal of the 2009–10 season against West London rivals Fulham in a 2–0 win at Craven Cottage, before continuing his fine form with the opening goal in Chelsea's 3–0 win over Burnley the following weekend. He netted his third goal of the season in the opening game of the UEFA Champions League group stage in the 1–0 victory over F.C. Porto. Anelka scored one of the best goals of his season against APOEL Nicosia in the Champions League with the ball being passed in to the net from outside the box. Anelka scored his third league goal of the season against Liverpool at Stamford Bridge in a 2–0 win with the second goal coming from French team-mate Florent Malouda. Anelka continued his fine scoring run in the Champions League with the winner in the 1–0 victory over F.C. Porto at the Estadio Dragao, making Chelsea only the second ever English side to win at Porto's home ground. He continued his scoring in the season by scoring Chelsea's first goal in a 3–3 draw against Everton in the Premier League, his first goal in the competition since October. He followed that up with another goal in Chelsea's 2–1 victory over Portsmouth. On 16 January 2010 on his return from injury, Anelka scored twice in an astonishing 7–2 victory over Sunderland. He continued this fine form into the next match scoring in an FA Cup tie against Preston North End bringing his tally in the previous 4 matches to 5 goals. Talks over his contract have stalled leading to rumours of yet another move to another club. After the return of Drogba from the African Cup of Nations, Anelka had been playing on the wing to support him. Anelka scored his first goal since January in a 1–0 win over his old team Bolton Wanderers in April 2010 putting Chelsea four points ahead of second place Manchester United. On the final day of the season Anelka scored two goals against Wigan Athletic, including the first Chelsea goal in the sixth minute, to help Chelsea win their third Premier League title and their first in four years. Anelka (along with Ashley Cole) joined Henning Berg in the exclusive band of players who have won the Premier League title with two different clubs. On 24 June 2010, Chelsea Football Club announced that Anelka had signed a new one-year extension to his existing contract that will keep him at the club until 2012.

Anelka started the 2010–11 campaign in fine form for Chelsea. He assisted Florent Malouda's last goal against West Bromwich Albion on the opening day of the season, scored a double in the next game against Wigan Athletic, and won a penalty against Stoke City in Chelsea's third game of the season. He continued this fine form in Chelsea's first Champions League game, scoring a first half brace against MŠK Žilina. Further goals against Marseille and Spartak Moscow ensured that this was the first season since playing for that he had scored at least four goals in a UEFA Champions League Season. On 19 October, during Chelsea's Champions League group-stage match against Spartak Moscow, Anelka continued his impressive goal scoring form in the Champions League, scoring the second goal of the match and his 50th goal for Chelsea in the 43rd minute of the game. He ended the 2010–11 season with 16 goals from 45 appearances in all competitions.

Anelka scored Chelsea's first goal of the 2011–12 season against West Bromwich Albion in a 2–1 victory. However, this would prove to be Anelka's final goal for Chelsea as he failed to find the net in 14 further appearances in 2011. On 3 December 2011 after Chelsea's 3–0 victory against Newcastle United, manager André Villas-Boas confirmed to the media that Anelka along with Alex had submitted transfer requests to the club and would be free to leave Chelsea in January. On 12 December, Chelsea confirmed that Anelka would head to the Chinese club Shanghai Shenhua. It was rumored that his salary would be as high as £175,000 a week. Zhu Jun, owner of Shanghai Shenhua, confirmed that they had sealed a deal with Anelka in his weibo on 12 December. The official websites of Shanghai Shenhua and Chelsea also confirmed this transfer later on the same day.

Shanghai Shenhua

On 1 January 2012, Anelka moved to the Chinese club. Following his move to the club, Anelka revealed that he turned down the chance to join his former club Paris Saint-Germain the previous month in favour of signing for Shanghai Shenhua and explained that his move was because he did not have attractive offers to remain within Europe. On 21 February 2012, Anelka scored a debut goal in a pre-season friendly match against Hunan Billows, just 40 seconds after the start of the game. Anelka failed to make his Chinese Super League debut due to ankle injury on the opening league game of the season against Jiangsu Sainty. He eventually made his CSL debut and scored his first CSL goal on 16 March 2012, in a 3–2 away defeat against bitter rivals Beijing Guoan. On 11 April 2012, Anelka was named as part of the coaching staff to help struggling manager Jean Tigana.

International career

At youth level, Anelka played for the French under-20 team at the 1997 World Youth Championship, and made his senior team debut for France in a goal-less draw with Sweden on 22 April 1998. Anelka was not selected for the 1998 World Cup winning squad but quickly became France's first choice centre forward during the Euro 2000 qualifying campaign, scoring the opening goal in France's 3–2 win over Russia on his first international start and scoring both goals in a comfortable 2–0 win over England at Wembley in February 1999. Anelka made his first appearance in a major tournament at Euro 2000; France went on to win the competition. He also formed part of the squad which won the 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup. Despite a promising start, Anelka lost his place in the national team from 2001–2007 as he was not playing much first team football at club level, mainly because he was frequently transferred between clubs. When striker Djibril Cissé was forced out of 2006 World Cup due to injury, Olympique Lyonnais' striker Sidney Govou was called up as Cissé's replacement rather than Anelka, who described the decision as a "real shame... I was completely available and ready to play in this World Cup. I think I could have helped France."

Anelka came on as a substitute in the Euro 2008 qualifier against Lithuania on 24 March 2007, and scored the only goal in a 1–0 victory. Following his performance, Anelka was praised by Raymond Domenech: "It is the Nicolas I like to see... when he shows these qualities, he is a candidate for a permanent place." He also scored in the 2–0 victory against Ukraine on 2 June 2007.

Anelka featured in the France squad for Euro 2008 in Austria and Switzerland. Anelka started France's first group game against Romania, but was substituted after 72 minutes. He did not start either of France's remaining two games in the tournament against the Netherlands and Italy, coming on as a substitute in both games.

Anelka played a key role in France's FIFA World Cup playoff against the Republic of Ireland. He scored the winning goal in the 72nd minute that put France in a good position with one away goal.

During the 2010 World Cup, Anelka was sent home after reportedly abusing coach Raymond Domenech at half-time during the 2–0 defeat to Mexico. Following criticism of his positioning by Domenech, Anelka is reported to have said, "Va te faire enculer, sale fils de pute" meaning "Go fuck yourself, dirty son of a whore." The incident was later reported by the media, and the player refused to publicly apologise when asked to by French Football Federation president Jean-Pierre Escalettes. The next day, the squad refused to get to training in protest against Anelka's expulsion. Anelka was subsequently hit by an 18-game suspension from international football by the FFF as punishment for his actions, effectively ending his international career. Anelka later claimed to be "dying with laughter" at the 18-match ban, as he had already decided to retire from international play.

Personal life

Anelka is married to Barbara Tausia, a Belgian choreographer. Together, they have two sons, Kais born in 2008 and Kahil born in 2010. He acted in the 2002 film ''Le Boulet'' as a footballer named Nicolas. He has stated that, when he retires from football, he would like to work in the film industry because he has a friend in the business. He said: "I have a friend who's a producer, who makes lots of films. He recently did ''Astérix''. So it's already agreed that I'm going to do other films. It helps to know actors and producers. It's different to football and it's something I enjoy very much because there's no ball. I like pretending to be somebody else, it's fun."

After discussing religion with some childhood friends, Anelka converted to Islam in 2004 in the United Arab Emirates, taking the Muslim name of ''Abdul-Salam Bilal''. Initially, Anelka considered leaving European football to play in the UAE: "I am ready to stay here and to play for a club in the Emirates. I am not keen to go back to England or France." However, this did not come to pass and he briefly moved to Turkey instead.

Anelka has two brothers, Claude and Didier.

Career statistics

Club

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International

|- |1998||3||1 |- |1999||7||2 |- |2000||10||2 |- |2001||7||1 |- |2002||1||0 |- |2003||0||0 |- |2004||0||0 |- |2005||2||1 |- |2006||3||1 |- |2007||10||3 |- |2008||11||1 |- |2009||9||2 |- |2010||6||0 |- !Total||69||14 |} ;Note Includes one appearance and one goal from the match against FIFA XI on 16 August 2000 which FIFA and the French Football Federation count as an official friendly match.

International goals

:''Scores and results list France's goal tally first:'' Moscow, Russia 10 February 1999 10 February 1999 6 June 2000 16 August 2000 30 May 2001 9 November 2005 11 October 2006 24 March 2007 2 June 2007 13 October 2007 1 September 2008 10 October 2009 14 November 2009

Anelka – goals for France
# !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition
align=center	1	10 October 1998	|	Russia national football team>Russia	1–0	3–2	UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying>Euro 2000 qualification
align=center	2	|	London, England	England national football team>England	1–0	2–0	Exhibition game>Friendly match
align=center	3	|	London, England	England national football team>England	2–0	2–0	Exhibition game>Friendly match
align=center	4	|	Casablanca, Morocco	Morocco national football team>Morocco	4–1	5–1	Exhibition game>Friendly match
align=center	5	|	Marseille, France	FIFA XI	5–0	5–1	Exhibition game>Friendly match
align=center	6	|	Daegu, Korea	South Korea national football team>South Korea	3–0	5–0	2001 FIFA Confederations Cup>2001 Confederations Cup
align=center	7	|	Fort-de-France, France	Costa Rica national football team>Costa Rica	1–2	3–2	Exhibition game>Friendly match
align=center	8	|	Sochaux, France	Faroe Islands national football team>Faroe Islands	3–0	5–0	UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying>Euro 2008 qualification
align=center	9	|	Kaunas, Lithuania	Lithuania national football team>Lithuania	1–0	1–0	UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying>Euro 2008 qualification
align=center	10	|	Saint-Denis, France	Ukraine national football team>Ukraine	2–0	2–0	UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying>Euro 2008 qualification
align=center	11	|	Tórshavn, Faroe Islands	Faroe Islands national football team>Faroe Islands	1–0	6–0	UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying>Euro 2008 qualification
align=center	12	|	Stade de France, Saint-Denis	Serbia national football team>Serbia	2–0	2–1	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification>2010 World Cup qualification
align=center	13	|	Stade de France, Saint-Denis	Faroe Islands national football team>Faroe Islands	3–0	5–0	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification>2010 World Cup qualification
align=center	14	|	Croke Park, Dublin	Ireland national football team>Ireland	1–0	1–0	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification>2010 World Cup qualification

Managerial statistics

Team	Nation	From	To	Record
G	W	D	L	Win %
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Career honours

Club

;Arsenal

FA Premier League: 1998

FA Cup: 1998

FA Charity Shield: 1998

;Real Madrid

UEFA Champions League: 2000

;PSG

UEFA Intertoto Cup: 2001

;Fenerbahçe

Süper Lig: 2005

;Chelsea

FA Premier League: 2010

FA Cup (2): 2009, 2010

FA Community Shield: 2009

Country

;France

UEFA U-18 European Football Championship: 1997

UEFA European Football Championship: 2000

FIFA Confederations Cup: 2001

Individual

Premier League Player of the Month (2): February 1999, November 2008

PFA Team of the Year (2): 1999, 2009

Barclays Golden Boot: 2008–09

PFA Young Player of the Year: 1999

FA Cup Top Scorer: 2009

'''Scored a total of more than 100 goals in the Premier League

References

External links

Premier League profile

BBC Sport profile

ANELKA Nicolas Fédération Française de Football (FFF)

Profile SoccerSurfer.com

Nicolas Anelka Free Sporting

Nicolas Anelka FootballDatabase.eu – Comprehensive match-by-match history

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playername	Park Chu-Young
fullname	Park Chu-Young
dateofbirth	July 10, 1985
cityofbirth	Daegu
countryofbirth	South Korea
height
position	Forward
currentclub	Arsenal
clubnumber	9
youthyears1	2001–2003
youthclubs1	Cheonggu High School
youthyears2	2002
youthclubs2	→ Zico Football Center
youthyears3	2004
youthclubs3	Korea University
years1	2005–2008
years2	2008–2011
years3	2011–
clubs1	FC Seoul
clubs2	Monaco
clubs3	Arsenal
caps1	69 | goals1 23
caps2	91 | goals2 25
caps3	1 | goals3 0
nationalyears1	2003–2005
nationalyears2	2007–2010
nationalyears3	2005–
nationalteam1	South Korea U20
nationalteam2	South Korea U23
nationalteam3	South Korea
nationalcaps1	26 | nationalgoals1 18
nationalcaps2	21 | nationalgoals2 8
nationalcaps3	59 | nationalgoals3 25
pcupdate	1 March 2012
ntupdate	1 March 2012
medaltemplates	South Korea}}

}} Park Chu-Young (Hangul: 박주영, Hanja: 朴主永; sometimes romanised as Park Ju-Young; born 10 July 1985) is a South Korean footballer who plays for Arsenal in the Premier League

Club career

Youth career

Current captain of South Korea's Park Ju Young's popularity with the Korean public was sparked by his success at the AFC Youth Championship 2004 where he led the U20 Korean national team to a record-breaking 11th title. In the process, he won the Golden Ball Award and was chosen Most Valuable Player of the tournament. He was also capped for the South Korea under-20 team at the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship.

The country's "Park Chu-young" hysteria grew even more wildly when Korea's under-20 squad participated in the Qatar eight-team invitational in January 2005. Park scored two against China, three against Ukraine, two against Algeria, and two against Japan as Korea won the tournament. Park was named the Asian Young Footballer of the Year by the Asian Football Confederation.

Park also participated in the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship, where he scored a goal from a free kick against Nigeria.

FC Seoul

In 2005, Park joined the K-League, where he signed with FC Seoul. In Park's first season, he scored 18 goals and gave 4 assists in 30 appearances (including cup matches), earning him the K-League's Best Young Player of the year title and becoming top scorer of the competition. He became FC Seoul's club icon.

After the World Cup, it was expected by Korean supporters that Park would re-find his best form while playing in the K-League, but this was not the case, as he only scored 8 goals and 1 assist in 30 appearances (including cup matches) during the 2006 season.

Later on in 2006, he joined the South Korea Olympic football team for the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar, where he had a great start by scoring 2 goals against Bangladesh. But after this game, he failed to find the net for the rest of the tournament. South Korea lost to Iraq in the controversial semi-final match and were also unable to beat Iran in the third-place match, which resulted in South Korea being left without medals for the first time in many years.

Just as the 2007 K-League kicked off, Park began the season by scoring 10 goals in 11 matches (including Cup games). But soon he was hampered by a on and off foot injury that he sustained during the regular season. Due to the injury he was placed in the reserves for the South Korea national team for the 2007 AFC Asian Cup, but he did not recover from injury in time, nor were any of the forwards picked for the South Korea national football team injured or underperformed at the training camp or friendly matches, which resulted in a cut from the South Korea national football team for the 2007 AFC Asian Cup. Also during his injury, he missed the FC Seoul game with the Premiership's Manchester United. This proved to be significant as FC Seoul were shut out during the game 4–0, and could have used the influence of their star striker.

Returning from his foot injury, he played in the qualification rounds for the Beijing Olympics in which South Korea secured a place by drawing 0–0 with Bahrain on 27 November 2007.

AS Monaco

After impressive performances in the national and Olympic team squads, Park completed the move to AS Monaco on September 1. On September 13, he scored on his debut against FC Lorient in the 26th minute. In the 2nd half, he assisted his team mate Frédéric Nimani before being substituted. The game ended 2–0, and Park was named as the Man of the Match.

On 13 February 2011, Park scored his seventh goal of the season in a 3–1 win over FC Lorient. Thirteen days later, Park scored a brace in a 2–2 home draw over SM Caen.

Arsenal

On 30 August 2011, English Premier League club Arsenal signed of Park. He was given the number 9 shirt. On 1 November, Chu-Young started his first UEFA Champions League match, a 0–0 draw against French outfit Marseille. He scored his first goal for Arsenal in the fourth round of the Carling Cup against Bolton Wanderers giving them a 2–1 win. He made his Premier League debut for Arsenal as a substitute, 82 minutes into a 2–1 home defeat by Manchester United, on 22 January 2012.

On 6 March 2012, he made an appearance as a sub for Theo Walcott in the UEFA Champions League in the 3-0 win against AC Milan at the Emirates Stadium though the Italians won the tie 4–3 on aggregate.

International career

He joined the South Korea national football team in June 2005. He debuted in the match against Uzbekistan and managed to score his first goal for the team. By the end of the year Park had scored 3 goals and had made 4 assists with the South Korea.

2010 World Cup

On 17 June 2010, Park scored an own goal in a 4–1 defeat to Argentina at the 2010 FIFA World Cup. However, Park redeemed himself in Korea's next match against Nigeria by scoring a crucial free kick in a 2–2 draw, allowing the Koreans to advance to the round of 16. In the round of 16, Park's free kick just before halftime struck the left goal post. A late goal from Luis Suárez put Uruguay on top. The final score was 2–1 to Uruguay who then advanced to the quarter-finals in the 2010 FIFA World Cup, eliminating South Korea.

2010 Asian Games

Park, along with Kim Jung Woo, was called to the U-23 team to participate in the 2010 Asian Games held in Guangzhou. The team was led by former national team captain Hong Myung-Bo. Park did not play in the first game against North Korea, which ended in a 0–1 loss. He came off the bench in the next game against Jordan, which South Korea won 4–0. He started the last group game against Palestine, in which he scored the second goal in the 3–0 victory before being substituted. South Korea advanced to the knockout round, having finished second place in Group C with 6 points. In their next match against China, Park played the entire game, scoring a goal in the 50th minute to help South Korea to a 3–0 win. In the quarterfinal match against Uzbekistan, Park was once again influential in leading Korea to victory. Park scored his third goal of the tournament a few minutes into the first period of extra time, after the teams played to a 1–1 draw in normal time. South Korea eventually won the game 3–1, and Park was substituted in the 108th minute. Although Park played in the semifinal match against UAE, he was unable to find the net and South Korea lost 0–1 after UAE scored in the last minute of extra time. In the bronze medal game against Iran, Park scored his fourth goal of the tournament. With South Korea trailing 3–1, Park tapped in the ball from a cross to bring the score to 3–2. South Korea eventually won 4–3 to secure the bronze medal, with two goals from Ji Dong-Won.

2011 Asian Cup

Although Park had been listed on the roster for the 2011 Asian Cup, he was unable to participate due to an injury and was replaced by Koo Ja-Cheol. And Park joined the training camp of the Monaco during the Asian Cup despite of his injury. After that, he has been named captain of the national team to replace Park Ji-Sung, who retired from the national team after the tournament.

International goals

:''Scores and results list South Korea's goal tally first.'' Tashkent June 8, 2005 January 21, 2006 January 25, 2006 March 1, 2006 February 17, 2008 February 17, 2008 May 31, 2008 June 7, 2008 November 19, 2008 June 6, 2009 August 12, 2009 September 5, 2009 May 24, 2010 June 22, 2010 March 25, 2011 June 3, 2011 September 2, 2011 September 2, 2011 September 2, 2011 September 6, 2011 October 11, 2011 November 11, 2011

# !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Half-time score !! Final score !! Competition
1.	June 3, 2005	|		1–1	1–1	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)>2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
2.	|	Kuwait City		1–0	4–0	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)>2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
3.	|	Riyadh		1–1	1–1	2006 LG Cup
4.	|	Riyadh		1–0	1–0	2006 LG Cup
5.	|	Seoul		1–0	1–0	Friendly match
6.	|	Chongqing		1–0	3–2	East Asian Football Championship 2008>2008 East Asian Cup
7.	|	Chongqing		2–2	3–2	East Asian Football Championship 2008>2008 East Asian Cup
8.	|	Seoul		2–0	2–2	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)>2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
9.	|	Amman		1–0	1–0	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)>2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
10.	|	Riyadh		2–0	2–0	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)>2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
11.	|	Dubai		1–0	2–0	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)>2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
12.	|	Seoul		1–0	1–0	Friendly match
13.	|	Seoul		1–0	3–1	Friendly match
14.	|	Saitama, Saitama>Saitama		2–0	2–0	Friendly match
15.	|	Durban, South Africa>Durban		2–1	2–2	2010 FIFA World Cup
16.	|	Seoul		3–0	4–0	Friendly match
17.	|	Seoul		1–0	2–1	Friendly match
18.	|	Goyang		1–0	6–0	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)>2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
19.	|	Goyang		2–0	6–0	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)>2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
20.	|	Goyang		4–0	6–0	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)>2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
21.	|	Kuwait City		1–0	1–1	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)>2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
22.	|	Suwon		1–0	2–1	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)>2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
23.	|	Dubai		2–0	2–0	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)>2014 FIFA World Cup qualification

Career statistics

Club

12 6 7 1 2 3 2 0 4 0 8 0 12 0 0

Club	Season	League	Cup	League Cup	Continental	Total
	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
rowspan="4" valign="center"	FC Seoul		19	|	2	0	11
K-League 2006	2006	26	|	2	2	4
K-League 2007	2007	11	|	1	0	3
K-League 2008	2008	13	|	0	0	4
colspan="2">Total
rowspan="3" valign="center"	Monaco		31	5	|	1	0
2009–10 Ligue 1	2009–10	27	|	6	1	0
2010–11 Ligue 1	2010–11	33	|	0	0	2
colspan="2">Total	!91!!25!!10!!2!!2!!0!!-!!-!!103!!27
rowspan="1" valign="center"	Arsenal		1	0	|	0	3	1	2	0	6	1
Total		!1!!0!!0!!0!!3!!1!!2!!0!!6!!1
Career total	!161!!48!!15!!4!!27!!11!!2!!0!!205!!63

Honours

Club

FC Seoul

K-League Cup Winners (1) : 2006

AS Monaco

Coupe de France Runner-up (1) : 2009–10

International

AFC U-19 Championship : 2004

Qatar Youth Championship : 2004

East Asian Football Championship : 2008

Individual

Youth

Daegu MBC U-18 Championship Top Scorer : 2003

Keumgangdaegi U-18 Championship Top Scorer : 2003

President's U-18 Championship Top Scorer : 2003

Autumn's U-18 Championship Top Scorer : 2003

Club

K-League Rookie of the Year : 2005

K-League Best XI : 2005

South Korea Golden Ball : 2005

South Korea Golden Shoe : 2005

South Korea Most Popular Player : 2005, 2006

International

AFC U-19 Championship MVP : 2004

AFC U-19 Championship Top Scorer : 2004

Qatar Youth Championship MVP : 2004

Qatar Youth Championship Top Scorer : 2004

AFC Asian Young Footballer of the Year: 2004

References

Ju-young Park special

External links

AS MONACO FOOTBALL CLUB – OFFICIAL SITE – Team

National Team Player Record

France Football League Player Profile

FIFA – International games played by Park Chu-Young

Soccerbase – Club games played by Park Chu-Young

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