Name: Yoann Miguel Gourcuff

Nickname: "La Succeseur"



Country: France
Club: FC Girondins de Bordeaux
Number: 8
Position: *AMF, SS
Side: RF/BS
Age: 22-24 years (11/07/1986)

Height: 185 cm
Weight: 78 kg

Attack: 81
Defence: 51
Balance: 81
Stamina: 84
Top Speed: 75
Acceleration: 77
Response: 76
Agility: 80
Dribble Accuracy: 89
Dribble Speed: 78
Short Pass Accuracy: 85
Short Pass Speed: 82
Long Pass Accuracy: 90
Long Pass Speed: 90
Shot Accuracy: 78
Shot Power: 86
Shot Technique: 80
Free Kick Accuracy: 83
Curling: 88
Header: 78
Jump: 73
Technique: 90
Aggression: 78
Mentality: 74
Goalkeeper Skills: 50
Team Work: 82

Injury Tolerance: B
Condition: 7
Weak Foot Accuracy: 6
Weak Foot Frequency: 6
Consistency: 5
Growth Type: Early Peak

CARDS:

P03 - Trickster
P11 - Long Ranger
S02 - Passer
S05 - 1-Touch Play
S06 - Outside Curve
S16 - Roulette Skills
S18 - Turning Skills
S19 - Scissors Skills

SPECIAL ABILITIES: Dribbling – Tactical Dribble - Playmaking - Scoring - Middle Shooting - 1-Touch Pass - Outside

Attack / Defence Awareness Card: Attack Minded


INFOS:

Yoann Gourcuff is French midfielder who was a very talented youngster. French public even called him "La Succeseur", as they saw in him a legitimate successor of the great Zinedine Zidane. But, Gourcuff never reached his full potential, even though he played magnificent football during his two-year spell in Bordeaux with whom he most notably won the 2008/09 Ligue 1 title. He was key player in that generation, scoring a lot of goals and providing even more assists from the attacking midfielder position. He was a playmaker, player with great vision and excellent passing skills, especially on long distances. His corner kicks and crosses were very dangerous and flew with great speed and swerve and almost always finished on Chamakh's, Diawara's or someone else's head. He had great first touch of the ball, which helped him to trick his opponent before even confronting him. He was skilled dribbler with arsenal of feints, which he used to defeat the opponent and then shoot or deliver an excellent cross. He could endure a lot of physical challenges, but he was rather slow player. He liked to organize the attack, so he often come close to his teammates to get the ball, and rarely ran into free space. He scored some magnificent headers, but generally wasn't too good in aerial play, mostly because of his low leap. He played for France in 31 games, representing them in 2010 World Cup where he was dismissed in the match against South Africa.

Very talented player like Hatem Ben Arfa...