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Nicolas Anelka, the Penalty Falls

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Nicolas Anelka celebrates his 47th birthday this Saturday, he who will remain "the terrible child" of the French football of the 2000s. Ecarté by Aimé Jacquet just before the 1998 World Cup, the kid of Trappes, trained at the INF Clairefontaine and the PSG, was crowned champion of Europe 2000 by disputing all the matches except the final against Italy (2-1, gold goal of David Trezeguet). He then missed the World Cups 2002 and 2006 and the Euro 2…
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Nicolas Anelka celebrates his 47th birthday this Saturday, he who will remain "the terrible child" of the French football of the 2000s. Ecarté by Aimé Jacquet just before the 1998 World Cup, the kid of Trappes, trained at the INF Clairefontaine and the PSG, was crowned champion of Europe 2000 by disputing all the matches except the final against Italy (2-1, gold goal of David Trezeguet). He then missed the World Cups 2002 and 2006 and the Euro 2…

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Football.fr broke the news in on Saturday, March 14, 2026.
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