Christian Negouai (born 20 January 1978) is a French former professional footballer who played for as a midfielder.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 20 January 1978 | ||
| Place of birth | Fort-de-France, Martinique | ||
| Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1997–1998 | FC Vaulx-en-Velin | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1998–1999 | UR Namur | ||
| 1999–2001 | Charleroi | ||
| 2001–2005 | Manchester City | 6 | (1) |
| 2005 | → Coventry City (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2005–2006 | Standard Liège | ||
| 2006 | Aalesund | ||
| 2006–2007 | FC Brussels | 5 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
He notably played in the Premier League for Manchester City and spent a spell on loan with Coventry City. He also played in Belgium with UR Namur, Charleroi and Standard Liège, FC Brussels and with Aalesund in Norway.
Career
editNegouai was bought for £1.5 million by Manchester City from Charleroi in 2001. He made six league appearances of which two were match starts and scored once against Rotherham.[1] He also appeared for Manchester City in the UEFA Cup scoring against The New Saints F.C.[2] Negouai proved to be a versatile success for Manchester City Reserves in the Premier Reserve League, scoring nine goals in 19 games after being converted to a centre forward from a defensive midfielder[3] although his time at Manchester City was hampered by a serious injury which required operations on both knees restricting his appearances.[4] According to Duncan Alexander, as of January 2019 he remains the only player to be sent off on their one and only Premier League appearance.[5]
Upon joining Standard Liège, Negouai scored the fastest goal in Belgian League history when he struck after just 11 seconds in a 2-0 win over KVC Westerlo.[6]
Personal life
editNegouai is a practising Muslim.[7]
References
edit- ^ "Man City 2-1 Rotherham". BBC. 23 November 2001. Retrieved 2 November 2009.
- ^ Phil Shaw (29 August 2003). "Negouai and Huckerby smooth City's advance but TNS earn credit". The Independent Newspaper. Retrieved 5 June 2008.[dead link]
- ^ Chris Bailey (16 June 2005). "Blues ready to offload Negouai". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 5 June 2008.
- ^ "Christian's challenge". Manchester Evening News. 23 May 2003. Retrieved 5 June 2008.
- ^ @oilysailor (2 January 2019). "The only player to get sent off in their one & only PL appearance is Christian Negouai" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Negouai in goal rush". Manchester Evening News. 18 April 2006. Retrieved 5 June 2008.
- ^ Sam Wallace (5 November 2003). "Test forces Muslim to break Ramadan". The Telegraph Newspaper. Retrieved 5 June 2008.
External links
edit- Christian Negouai at Soccerbase
- Player profile at ZeroZero
- Player profile at ESPN at the Wayback Machine (archived May 25, 2011)
- Profile at Playerhistory.com
