# Bruno Cheyrou > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Bruno_Cheyrou > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Bruno_Cheyrou.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruno_Cheyrou > Source revision: 1311055440 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|French footballer (born 1978)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Bruno Cheyrou | image = | caption = | full_name = Bruno Olivier Cheyrou{{cite web |url=https://entreprises.lefigaro.fr/cdlf-sport-et-communication-75/entreprise-482307766 |title=CDLF Sport Et Communication (75013) |website=Figaro Entreprises |date=22 March 2024 |access-date=22 February 2025 |language=fr}}
{{cite web |url=https://www.verif.com/dirigeants/Bruno-CHEYROU-4713017/ |title=Bruno Cheyrou |website=Verif.com |access-date=23 March 2025 |language=fr}} | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1978|5|10|df=y}}{{cite news |url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/FootballFicheJoueur6005.html |title=Bruno Cheyrou |newspaper=L'Équipe |location=Paris |access-date=4 February 2019 |language=fr}} | birth_place = [Suresnes](/source/Suresnes), Hauts-de-Seine, France | height = 1.85 m | position = [Midfielder](/source/Midfielder) | currentclub = | clubnumber = | youthyears1= | youthclubs1= | years1 = 1998–2002 | years2 = 2002–2006 | years3 = 2004–2005 | years4 = 2005–2006 | years5 = 2006–2009 | years6 = 2010 | years7 =2010–2012 | clubs1 = [Lille](/source/Lille_OSC) | clubs2 = [Liverpool](/source/Liverpool_F.C.) | clubs3 = → [Marseille](/source/Olympique_Marseille) (loan) | clubs4 = → [Bordeaux](/source/FC_Girondins_de_Bordeaux) (loan) | clubs5 = [Rennes](/source/Stade_Rennais_F.C.) | clubs6 = [Anorthosis](/source/Anorthosis_Famagusta_FC) | clubs7 =[FC Nantes](/source/FC_Nantes) | caps1 = 111 | goals1 = 31 | caps2 = 31 | goals2 = 2 | caps3 = 23 | goals3 = 2 | caps4 = 28 | goals4 = 1 | caps5 = 107 | goals5 = 14 | caps6 = 12 | goals6 = 2 | caps7 = 41 | goals7 = 1 | totalcaps = 353 | totalgoals = 53 | nationalyears1= 2002–2004 | nationalteam1= [France](/source/France_national_football_team) | nationalcaps1= 3 | nationalgoals1 = 0 }} '''Bruno Olivier Cheyrou''' (born 10 May 1978) is a French former professional [footballer](/source/Association_football) who played as a [midfielder](/source/midfielder). == Club career == Cheyrou was born in [Suresnes](/source/Suresnes), Hauts-de-Seine. After success with [Lille OSC](/source/Lille_OSC), where he scored against [Manchester United](/source/Manchester_United) in the [UEFA Champions League](/source/UEFA_Champions_League), Cheyrou attracted interest from a number of clubs around Europe, most notably [Liverpool](/source/Liverpool_F.C.). [Gérard Houllier](/source/G%C3%A9rard_Houllier) had the player scouted for several months by scout David Murray before deciding to sign him in the summer of 2002 for £4.5 million (€6.5m{{cite web|url=http://www.uefa.com/FootballEurope/news/Kind=2/newsId=23906.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071218113710/http://www.uefa.com/FootballEurope/news/Kind=2/newsId=23906.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 December 2007|title=UEFA}}). On signing him, Houllier dubbed Cheyrou the "new [Zidane](/source/Zinedine_Zidane)".{{cite news|title=Houllier - Cheyrou can be our Zidane|url=http://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/latest-news/houllier-cheyrou-can-be-our-zidane|accessdate=19 April 2014|newspaper=[Liverpool F.C.](/source/Liverpool_F.C.)|date=8 October 2002|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140419234111/http://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/latest-news/houllier-cheyrou-can-be-our-zidane|archivedate=19 April 2014}} Over time this tag proved to be a burden as he failed to live up to expectations. His first Liverpool goal came against Spartak Moscow in the Champions League,{{cite web |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/champions_league/2290000.stm |title=Liverpool trounce Spartak |publisher=BBC |date=2 October 2002 |access-date=3 November 2009}} however, this would be his only goal of the 2002–03 season. Despite being left out of Liverpool's squad for the victorious [2003 Football League Cup Final](/source/2003_Football_League_Cup_Final){{cite web|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/2811805.stm|title=Liverpool lift Worthington Cup |publisher=BBC|date=2 March 2003 |access-date=8 October 2018}} he contributed in the earlier rounds, and was on the pitch as Liverpool secured their place in the final by beating [Sheffield United](/source/Sheffield_United).{{cite web|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/2675751.stm|title=Liverpool conquer brave Blades |publisher=BBC|date=21 January 2003 |access-date=8 October 2018}} A spell of four goals in five games over the Christmas period of the 2003–04 season at one time suggested his Liverpool career may make a turn for the better. Arguably, the highlight of Cheyrou's Liverpool career was the winning goal he scored in the 33rd minute at [Chelsea](/source/Chelsea_F.C.) during the 2003–04 season.{{cite web |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/3362519.stm |title=Chelsea 0–1 Liverpool |publisher=BBC |date=7 January 2004 |access-date=27 August 2009}} He only scored once more in the league for Liverpool, in the 1–1 draw at [Wolves](/source/Wolverhampton_Wanderers_F.C.) in January 2004.{{cite web |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/3412633.stm |title=Wolves 1–1 Liverpool |publisher=BBC |date=21 January 2004 |access-date=27 August 2009}} Three days later, Cheyrou had another memorable game for Liverpool in the [FA Cup](/source/FA_Cup) where he scored twice to help Liverpool beat [Newcastle](/source/Newcastle_United_F.C.) 2–1.{{cite web |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/fa_cup/3403711.stm |title=Liverpool 2–1 Newcastle |publisher=BBC |date=24 January 2004 |access-date=27 August 2009}} At the beginning of the 2004–05 season, new manager [Rafael Benítez](/source/Rafael_Ben%C3%ADtez) deemed Cheyrou surplus to requirements and immediately loaned him to [Marseille](/source/Olympique_de_Marseille) in a season-long deal. He played 20 times for the club, scoring one goal. In the 2005–06 season, he was once again sent on a season-long loan, this time to [Bordeaux](/source/Girondins_de_Bordeaux), with a view to a permanent move; however, this failed to materialise. Ahead of the following season, he made a permanent move to Rennes and played there for three and a half seasons, scoring some goals. In January 2010 [Anorthosis Famagusta](/source/Anorthosis_Famagusta) signed the midfielder from [Stade Rennes](/source/Stade_Rennes). After six months with Anorthosis, the 32-year-old midfielder returned to France and signed a two-year contract for [FC Nantes](/source/FC_Nantes).[http://www.fcnantes.com/articles/article2809.php?num=3411 Bruno Cheyrou: "Apporter mon experience"] == International career == Cheyrou has been capped three times by the [France national team](/source/France_national_football_team) between 2002 and 2004, making his senior international debut on 21 August 2002 in a 1–1 draw against [Tunisia](/source/Tunisia_national_football_team). == Personal life == Bruno has a younger brother, [Benoît Cheyrou](/source/Beno%C3%AEt_Cheyrou), who played for [Toronto FC](/source/Toronto_FC). Cheyrou and his wife Constance have a son born in 2007 in France. == Career statistics == {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition |- !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|National Cup !colspan="2"|League Cup !colspan="2"|Europe !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan="5"|[Lille](/source/Lille_OSC) |[1998–99](/source/1998%E2%80%9399_French_Division_2) |[Division 2](/source/French_Division_2) |20||6||2||0||||||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||22||6 |- |[1999–2000](/source/1999%E2%80%932000_Lille_OSC_season) |Division 2 |21||5||1||0||1||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||23||5 |- |[2000–01](/source/2000%E2%80%9301_Lille_OSC_season) |[Division 1](/source/French_Division_1) |28||6||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||28||6 |- |[2001–02](/source/2001%E2%80%9302_French_Division_1) |Division 1 |27||11||0||0||0||0||11{{efn|name=UCL|Appearances in [UEFA Champions League](/source/UEFA_Champions_League)}}||4||colspan="2"|–||38||15 |- !colspan="2"|Total !86!!28!!3!!0!!1!!0!!11!!4!!colspan="2"|–!!101!!32 |- |rowspan="3"|[Liverpool](/source/Liverpool_F.C.) |[2002–03](/source/2002%E2%80%9303_Liverpool_F.C._season) |[Premier League](/source/Premier_League) |19||0||2||0||2||0||5{{efn|Appearances and goal in UEFA Champions League, appearances in [UEFA Cup](/source/UEFA_Cup)}}||1||1{{efn|Appearance in [FA Community Shield](/source/FA_Community_Shield)}}||0||29||1 |- |[2003–04](/source/2003%E2%80%9304_Liverpool_F.C._season) |Premier League |12||2||4||2||0||0||3{{efn|name=UC|Appearances in UEFA Cup}}||0||colspan="2"|–||19||4 |- !colspan="2"|Total !31!!2!!6!!2!!2!!0!!8!!1!!1!!0!!48!!5 |- |rowspan="1" valign=top|[Marseille](/source/Olympique_de_Marseille) (loan) |[2004–05](/source/2004%E2%80%9305_Olympique_de_Marseille_season) |[Ligue 1](/source/Ligue_1) |19||1||1||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||20||1 |- |rowspan="1" valign=top|[Bordeaux](/source/FC_Girondins_de_Bordeaux) (loan) |[2005–06](/source/2005%E2%80%9306_FC_Girondins_de_Bordeaux_season) |Ligue 1 |26||1||1||0||3||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||30||1 |- |rowspan="5"|[Rennes](/source/Stade_Rennais_F.C.) |[2006–07](/source/2006%E2%80%9307_Stade_Rennais_F.C._season) |Ligue 1 |17||3||1||0||2||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||20||3 |- |[2007–08](/source/2007%E2%80%9308_Ligue_1) |Ligue 1 |27||0||1||0||2||0||6{{efn|name=UC}}||2||colspan="2"|–||36||2 |- |[2008–09](/source/2008%E2%80%9309_Stade_Rennais_F.C._season) |Ligue 1 |23||4||4||0||1||0||2{{efn|Appearances in [UEFA Europa League](/source/UEFA_Europa_League)}}||0||colspan="2"|–||30||4 |- |[2009–10](/source/2009%E2%80%9310_Stade_Rennais_F.C._season) |Ligue 1 |8||0||0||0||1||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||9||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !75!!7!!6!!0!!6!!0!!8!!2!!colspan="2"|–!!95!!9 |- !colspan="3"|Career total !239!!39!!17!!2!!12!!0!!27!!7!!1!!0!!296!!48 |} {{notelist}} == Honours == '''Lille''' * [Division 2](/source/Ligue_2): [1999–2000](/source/1999%E2%80%932000_French_Division_2){{citation needed|date=March 2025}} == References == {{Reflist}} == External links == * [https://www.liverpoolfc.com/info/bruno-cheyrou Profile] at the Liverpool F.C. website * {{FFF player}} * {{UEFA player}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Cheyrou, Bruno}} Category:1978 births Category:Living people Category:Footballers from Suresnes Category:French men's footballers Category:Lille OSC players Category:Liverpool F.C. players Category:Olympique de Marseille players Category:FC Girondins de Bordeaux players Category:Stade Rennais FC players Category:Anorthosis Famagusta FC players Category:FC Nantes players Category:Premier League players Category:Ligue 1 players Category:Ligue 2 players Category:Cypriot First Division players Category:France men's international footballers Category:French expatriate men's footballers Category:Expatriate men's footballers in England Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus Category:French expatriate sportspeople in England Category:French expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Category:Men's association football midfielders --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Bruno Cheyrou](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruno_Cheyrou) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruno_Cheyrou?action=history)). 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