Steed Malbranque
Steed Malbranque (born 6 January 1980) is a Belgian-born French footballer who plays for Olympique Lyonnais. Malbranque is in his second spell with Lyon, having begun his professional career there before moving to England in 2001, where he had spells with Fulham, Tottenham Hotspur and Sunderland. He returned to France in 2011 for a short spell with Saint-Étienne before retiring. However, in 2012, he returned to football, joining Lyon for the second time.
Club career
Lyon
He was a trainee at Lyon youth academy between 1995 and 1997, during which time he won the Under-15 championship twice, the Under-17 Cup and the reserve team championship. He also captained the French Under-18 side.
He made his professional debut for the club in a 1–1 draw against Montpellier on 21 February 1998 aged 18. He went on to play a total of 96 games for the club, which included 12 appearances and two goals in the Champions League and seven appearances in the UEFA Cup.
Malbranque was an unused substitute in the final as Lyon won the 2001 French Coupe de la Ligue.