 Sinama Pongolle playing for Rostov in 2012 | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Florent Stéphane Sinama Pongolle[1] | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 20 October 1984[2] | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Saint-Pierre, Réunion | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[3] | |||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Forward | |||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||
| Saint-Pierroise | ||||||||||||||
| 1995–2001 | Le Havre | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 2001–2006 | Liverpool | 38 | (4) | |||||||||||
| 2001–2003 | → Le Havre (loan) | 42 | (7) | |||||||||||
| 2006 | → Blackburn Rovers (loan) | 10 | (1) | |||||||||||
| 2006–2008 | Recreativo | 68 | (22) | |||||||||||
| 2008–2010 | Atlético Madrid | 40 | (5) | |||||||||||
| 2010–2012 | Sporting CP | 5 | (1) | |||||||||||
| 2010–2011 | → Zaragoza (loan) | 24 | (4) | |||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | → Saint-Étienne (loan) | 23 | (4) | |||||||||||
| 2012–2014 | Rostov | 18 | (2) | |||||||||||
| 2014 | Chicago Fire | 7 | (1) | |||||||||||
| 2015 | Lausanne-Sport | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | Dundee United | 4 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2016–2018 | Chainat Hornbill | 62 | (33) | |||||||||||
| 2019 | Saint-Pierroise | 10 | (1) | |||||||||||
| Total | 351 | (85) | ||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||
| 2001 | France U17 | 6 | (9) | |||||||||||
| 2002–2006 | France U21 | 37 | (11) | |||||||||||
| 2008 | France | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||
Florent Stéphane Sinama Pongolle (born 20 October 1984) is a French former professional footballer who played as a forward.
He was signed at only 16 by Liverpool, but could never impose himself in the first team. He also spent several seasons in Spain, with Recreativo, Atlético Madrid and Zaragoza.
Pongolle is now a pundit with Canal + in France.[4]
- ^ "Acta del partido celebrado el 11 de mayo de 2011, en San Sebastián" [Minutes of the match held on 11 May 2011, in San Sebastián] (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. 11 May 2011. Archived from the original on 4 February 2019. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
- ^ "Florent Sinama-Pongolle". L'Équipe (in French). Paris. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
- ^ "FIFA Club World Championship Japan 2005 – Official Rosters". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 4 December 2005. Archived from the original on 19 December 2005.
- ^ "Florent Sinama Pongolle: Where are they now". 1 August 2019. Retrieved 5 May 2022.