Wilfried Niflore (born 29 April 1981) is a French professional football manager and former player.
 Niflore with Litex Lovech in 2009 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 29 April 1981 | ||
| Place of birth | Toulouse, France | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2001–2002 | Toulouse | 23 | (3) |
| 2002–2004 | Cannes | 52 | (18) |
| 2004–2005 | Tours | 30 | (9) |
| 2005–2007 | Gueugnon | 72 | (23) |
| 2008–2011 | Litex Lovech | 75 | (39) |
| 2011–2013 | Nîmes | 18 | (1) |
| 2013 | → Paris FC (loan) | 12 | (2) |
| 2013–2014 | Muret | 19 | (4) |
| Total | 301 | (99) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2014–2016 | Muret (youth) | ||
| 2016 | Muret (assistant) | ||
| 2016–2019 | Blagnac | ||
| 2019 | Cholet (assistant) | ||
| 2019 | Cholet (caretaker) | ||
| 2019–2021 | Muret | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Playing career
editIn France
editBorn in Toulouse, Niflore began his career at local club Toulouse FC, making his professional debuts in 2001–02. He earned 23 appearances for the club, scored three goals, before moved to AS Cannes in the summer of 2002. In his country Niflore also played for Tours FC and FC Gueugnon, before in January 2008 relocated to Bulgaria.
Litex Lovech
editOn 10 January 2008, Niflore signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with Litex Lovech. He made his competitive debut for Litex on 1 March 2008 against CSKA Sofia. A few days later, on 8 March Niflore scored his first goal for the club against Vihren Sandanski.
In the 2008–09 season, Niflore's form blossomed as he became first-choice striker due to the departure of Emil Angelov to Denizlispor. In this season, Niflore earned 31 appearances for the club and scored 10 goals.
Wilfried started excellently the 2009–10 season, scoring his first goals of the season in the first round of First Professional Football League on 8 August 2009 in a 5–0 victory over Lokomotiv Mezdra. He scored twice. This season proved to be one of remarkable personal achievements for Niflore. He completed the season as the Professional League's top goal-scorer with 19 goals.[1]
Return to France
editAfter 94 matches for Litex, in which he scored some 43 goals, Niflore signed for French Championnat National side Nîmes Olympique.[2] He would have spells at Paris FC and Muret before retiring in 2014.[citation needed]
Honours
editLitex Lovech
Individual
- First Professional Football League top scorer: 2009–10
References
edit- ^ "Нифлор стана голмайстор на "А" група" (in Bulgarian). Novsport.com. 16 May 2010. Retrieved 9 June 2010.
- ^ "Litex sold their star" (in Bulgarian). sportal.bg. 31 January 2011. Retrieved 31 January 2011.
External links
edit- Wilfried Niflore – French league stats at LFP – also available in French (archived)
- Wilfried Niflore at L'Équipe Football (in French)