Gaël Clichy

Gaël Dimitri Clichy (born 26 July 1985) is a French former professional footballer who played as a left-back. He is currently the assistant manager of the France national under-21 team.

Gaël Clichy

Personal information
Full name	Gaël Dimitri Clichy[1]
Date of birth	(1985-07-26) 26 July 1985 (age 39)[2]
Place of birth	Toulouse, France
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[3]
Position(s)	Left-back
Youth career
1990–1996	Hersoise
1996–1997	Matador F.C
1997–1998	Muret
1998–2000	Tournefeuille
2000–2002	Cannes
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2002–2003	Cannes	15	(0)
2003–2011	Arsenal	187	(1)
2011–2017	Manchester City	138	(2)
2017–2020	İstanbul Başakşehir	87	(3)
2020–2023	Servette	79	(1)
Total		506	(7)
National team
2004–2005	France U21	13	(0)
2008–2013	France	20	(0)
Teams managed
2023–	France U21 (assistant)
Honours Men's football Representing  France UEFA European Under-17 Championship Runner-up 2002 Denmark
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup[a]		League cup[b]		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Cannes	2002–03[4]	Championnat National	15	0					—		—		15	0
Arsenal	2003–04[5]	Premier League	12	0	4	0	5	0	1	0	—		22	0
	2004–05[5]	Premier League	15	0	5	0	1	0	2	0	1[c]	0	24	0
	2005–06[5]	Premier League	7	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	—		11	0
	2006–07[5]	Premier League	27	0	5	0	2	0	6	0	—		40	0
	2007–08[5]	Premier League	38	0	1	0	0	0	10	0	—		49	0
	2008–09[5]	Premier League	31	1	0	0	0	0	10	0	—		41	1
	2009–10[5]	Premier League	24	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	—		33	0
	2010–11[5]	Premier League	33	0	2	1	3	0	6	0	—		44	1
	Total		187	1	17	1	11	0	48	0	1	0	264	2
Manchester City	2011–12[5]	Premier League	28	0	0	0	1	0	7	0	1[c]	0	37	0
	2012–13[5]	Premier League	28	0	4	0	0	0	4	0	1[c]	0	37	0
	2013–14[5]	Premier League	20	0	4	0	3	0	4	0	—		31	0
	2014–15[5]	Premier League	23	1	1	0	0	0	6	0	1[c]	0	31	1
	2015–16[5]	Premier League	14	0	2	0	4	0	8	0	—		28	0
	2016–17[5]	Premier League	25	1	5	0	2	1	7	0	—		39	2
	Total		138	2	16	0	10	1	36	0	3	0	203	3
İstanbul Başakşehir	2017–18[5]	Süper Lig	31	0	1	0	—		9	0	—		41	0
	2018–19[5]	Süper Lig	25	1	0	0	—		2	0	—		27	1
	2019–20[5]	Süper Lig	31	2	2	0	—		12	0	—		45	2
	Total		87	3	3	0	0	0	23	0	0	0	113	3
Servette	2020–21[5]	Swiss Super League	23	0	1	0	—		—		—		24	0
	2021–22[5]	Swiss Super League	29	0	0	0	—		2	0	—		31	0
	2022–23[5]	Swiss Super League	27	1	1	0	—		—		—		28	1
	Total		79	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	83	1
Career total			506	7	38	1	21	1	109	0	4	0	676	9

1. Includes Coupe de France, FA Cup
2. Includes Coupe de la Ligue, League Cup
3. Appearance in FA Community Shield

International

As of 11 October 2013^[6]

National team	Season	Competitive		Friendlies		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
France	2008–09	1	0	1	0	2	0
	2009–10	2	0	1	0	3	0
	2010–11	4	0	1	0	5	0
	2011–12	3	0	2	0	5	0
	2012–13	1	0	1	0	2	0
	2013–14	1	0	2	0	3	0
Total		12	0	8	0	20	0

Honours

Arsenal

• Premier League: 2003–04^[2]
• FA Cup: 2004–05
• FA Community Shield: 2004^[7]
• Football League Cup runner-up: 2010–11^[8]
• UEFA Champions League runner-up: 2005–06^[9]

Manchester City

• Premier League: 2011–12, 2013–14^[2]
• Football League Cup: 2013–14,^[10] 2015–16^[11]
• FA Community Shield: 2012^[12]
• FA Cup runner-up: 2012–13^[13]

Istanbul Basaksehir

• Süper Lig: 2019–20^[14]

France U21

• Toulon Tournament: 2004^[source?]

Individual

• PFA Team of the Year: 2007–08 Premier League^[15]

References

1. "Gael Di̇mi̇tri̇ Clichy". Turkish Football Federation. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
2. "Gaël Clichy: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
3. "Gaël Clichy: Profile". UEFA. Archived from the original on 19 December 2013. Retrieved 3 February 2014.
5. "Gaël Clichy » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
6. "Gaël Clichy" (in French). French Football Federation. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
7. "Arsenal 3–1 Man Utd". BBC Sport. 8 August 2004. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
8. McNulty, Philip (27 February 2011). "Arsenal 1–2 Birmingham". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
9. "Barcelona 2–1 Arsenal". BBC Sport. 17 May 2006. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
10. McNulty, Phil (2 March 2014). "Manchester City 3–1 Sunderland". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
11. McNulty, Phil (28 February 2016). "Liverpool 1–1 Manchester City". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
12. Smith, Ben (12 August 2012). "Chelsea 2–3 Man City". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 21 January 2016.
13. McNulty, Phil (11 May 2013). "Man City 0–1 Wigan". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 12 January 2016.
14. "Istanbul's Medipol Başakşehir wins first ever Turkish Süper Lig title". Daily Sabah. 19 July 2020. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
15. "Ronaldo named player of the year". BBC Sport. 27 April 2008. Retrieved 26 April 2019.