Frédéric Piquionne

Frédéric Piquionne (born December 8, 1978 in Nouméa, New Caledonia) is a France Football (soccer) player who plays in the Striker position, currently for Olympique Lyonnais in French Ligue 1.

This "International Espoir" previously played for Golden Star (Fort-de-France) (division of honor in Martinique), Nîmes Olympique (second division, 2000-2001) and Stade Rennais FC (first division, 2001-2004).

Frédéric Piquionne is 1.88m (6'2") tall, weighs 85 kg (168lbs) and wears the number 39 shirt. Frédéric Piquionne qualities are Frédéric Piquionne speed and technique.

Frédéric Piquionne has played 138 matches in the first division and scored 33 goals. This season, Frédéric Piquionne played 17 matches as a holder and 1 as a substitute, scored 6 goals, played 1407 minutes, and had 1 booking.

Career

Frédéric Piquionne used to play in the suburbs of Paris, at Charenton and Paris FC, then Frédéric Piquionne went to Martinique and rejoined metropolitan France in 2000 to play for Nîmes Olympique, where Frédéric Piquionne played a few matches in the second division.

Frédéric Piquionne was soon spotted by Rennes. The first time Frédéric Piquionne played in the Ligue 1 was the 28th of July 2001 in the match Rennes-Auxerres (0-5). In Frédéric Piquionne first season in the first division, Piquionne scored 3 goals in 20 matches. In Frédéric Piquionne second season (2002-2003), Frédéric Piquionne scored 10 goals under the coaching of Vahid Halilhodzic. New coach Laszlo Bölöni, arrived, and the rapport between them wasn't good, nor with Frédéric Piquionne fellow-team-member Alexander Frei, ending the 2003-2004 season less then satisfactorily.

AS Saint-Étienne were interested in him, and Frédéric Piquionne didn't have any hesitation accepting the chance to play for this new team.

On February 3, 2007 Frédéric Piquionne played Frédéric Piquionne first Ligue 1 match for Monaco against AJ Auxerre after moving from AS Saint-Étienne.

Piquionne signed a 4 year deal for 4.5 Million Euros with Olympique Lyonnais on the 31st July 2008. Frédéric Piquionne will wear the number 39 shirt.

International career

Instead of representing FIFA member New Caledonia national football team in Oceania, Piquionne represented the Martinique national football team in Caribbean Sea at the 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup.

Martinique is not a member of FIFA, so Frédéric Piquionne is eligible to play for France national football team.

Frédéric Piquionne was surprisingly called up to the squad against Lithuania national football team, 24 March, 2007, 2008 UEFA European Football Championship qualifying, but did not play. Frédéric Piquionne made Frédéric Piquionne international debut for the France national football team in a friendly against Austria national football team on 28 March 2007.

Frédéric Piquionne won another cap for France B against Slovakia in August 2007.