From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Jérémy Toulalan
Personal information
Full name	Jérémy Toulalan
Date of birth	September 10, 1983 (1983-09-10) (age 24)
Place of birth	Nantes, France
Height	1.83m
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Lyon
Number	28
Youth clubs
	FC Nantes Atlantique
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2001-2006 2006-	Nantes Lyon	94 (1) 41 (0)
National team2
2006-	France	8 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 8 October, 2007. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 17 October, 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Jérémy Toulalan (born 10 September 1983 in Nantes) is a French footballer who plays central midfielder for Olympique Lyonnais and the France national football team. He was named in the UEFA U-21 Championship 2006 Team of the Tournament as a left winger (to accommodate central midfielders Ismaïl Aissati and Rio Antonio Mavuba, also in that selection). He is a product of the FC Nantes Atlantique youth academy, making his first-team debut during the 2001-02 season. He would stay at his hometown club until the end of the 2005-06 season, when he agreed a transfer to the Olympique Lyonnais, who had just won their fifth consecutive Ligue 1 title.

He earned his first cap for France in the 5-0 win against Faroe Islands on 11 October 2006.

Since joining Lyon, Toulalan has been one of the their most consistent performers, and whilst perhaps naturally a more attacking player, he has taken over the holding role vacated by Mahamadou Diarra's transfer to Real Madrid with great success.

v • d • e Olympique Lyonnais – current squad
1 Coupet • 2 Clerc • 3 Cris • 4 Müller • 5 Bodmer • 6 Källström • 7 Baroš • 8 Juninho • 9 Fred • 10 Benzema • 11 Grosso • 12 Rémy • 14 Govou • 15 Paillot • 18 Ben Arfa • 20 Réveillère • 21 Belhadj • 22 Anderson • 23 Keïta • 24 Beynié • 25 Hartock • 26 F.Santos • 27 Mounier • 28 Toulalan • 29 Squillaci • 30 Vercoutre • 35 Roux • Manager: Perrin