Nicholas Anelka was born on March 14, 1979 in Versailles. He is a French soccer player who has the role on the field as a striker. For the French team, he is a regular starter. Carlo Ancelotti portrays Anelka as a fast player with good aerial skills, performance, shooting, ball movement.
Currently, at club level, Nicolás Anelka plays for Chelsea. Anelka became a leading goalscorer for Arsenal and has played for many of the biggest clubs in Europe.
Some clubs he has joined include Paris Saint-Germain in 1996-1997 and 2000-2002, Arsenal in 1997-1999, Real Madrid in 1999-2000, Liverpool in 2002, and Manchester City in 2002-2005. He then played for Fenerbahçe and then for Chelsea.
Internationally, Nicolás Anelka has featured many times, victorious for his initial international honors with the France team at Euro 2000. The following year he won the Confederations Cup with the team. The fact that Anelka did not keep up with the club restricted his international appearances; however, he returned to the national team for the Euro 2008 competition.
However, Anelka is an outstanding footballer and he got many honors and awards. Some honors with the club include Arsenal (FA Premier League: 1997-98, FA Cup: 1998, FA Charity Shield: 1998), Real Madrid (UEFA Champions League: 2000), Paris Saint-Germain (UEFA Intertoto Cup: 2001), Fenerbahçe (Turkish Premier Super League: 2004-05) and Chelsea (FA Cup: 2009, FA Community Shield: 2009). For the French team, his honors are the UEFA European Football Championship: 2000 and the FIFA Confederations Cup: 2001. And some of his individual honors were Premier League Player of the Month (February 1998, November 1998). 2008), PFA Team of the Year (1999, 2009). ), Barclays Golden Boot (2008-09), PFA Young Player of the Year (1999) and FA Cup Top Scorer (2009).