![]() Ginola scored 11 times in 28 league appearances. The following season, under new manager Luis Fernandez, proved to be less successful in the league, with FC Nantes being crowned champions. Alongside Paul Le Guen, Bernard Lama and Antoine Kombouaré and coached by Artur Jorge, Ginola provided 13 goals in 38 games, which made him the top club goalscorer. In his second full season in 1993–94, PSG won the second league title of its history, losing only three times. At the end of 1993, he was also won the French Footballer of the Year award from the France Football magazine. ![]() In his first full season (1992–93), Ginola won the Coupe de France (scoring in the final) and reached the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup. His popularity did not suffer any consequence even when he admitted that he supported Paris Saint-Germain's rivals Olympique Marseille as a boy and that he would have joined them rather than PSG. He quickly adapted to the club and became a fan favourite noted for his elegant first touch and pace. Ginola joined Paris Saint-Germain in January 1992, at a time when it was pushing for major honours with the financial backing of TV channel Canal+. In 1991, he played a crucial role in a landmark victory (3–2) against the side who would go on to sign him, Paris Saint-Germain F.C. There, he began to impress with his flamboyant style of play. In 1988, he moved to RC Paris, where he remained until signing for Brest in 1990. He played fourteen times in his first season, and by 1986 he was a regular in the Toulon line-up. Ginola made his first senior appearance for Sporting Toulon as an eighteen-year-old in a 1985 2–0 victory away at Metz. In January 2015, Ginola attempted to run for the FIFA presidency but withdrew after failing to receive the required backing of at least five national football associations. He has hosted Match of ze Day, a program which broadcasts live Premier League matches on Canal+. Ginola is a regular contributor to BBC, BT Sport and CNN. Since his retirement from football, he has become involved in football punditry and acting. At international level, he made 17 appearances scoring three goals for the France national team between 19. He continued playing in the Premier League for Tottenham Hotspur, Aston Villa and Everton before retiring in 2002. * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league onlyĭavid Ginola-Ceze (born 25 January 1967) is a French former professional footballer who has also worked as an actor, model and football pundit.Ī former forward, Ginola played football for ten seasons in France before moving from Paris Saint-Germain to Newcastle United in the English Premier League in July 1995.
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