Gabriel Obertan is considered the successor to Thierry Henry, plays for Bordeaux , eighteen years old and a pure technique. Born outside, is ambidextrous, but seems destined to mature and consecrated as a second striker. He has power (one meter and 86 to 78 pounds), a dribbling delicious, smooth and rapid a pace reminiscent of Henry, sold in the summer from Arsenal to Barcelona.
France continues to baptize young of absolute value: after celebrating the leap of Karim Benzema ('87) and Hatem Ben Arfa ('87), the two stars of Olympique Lyon, is preparing to follow closely the rise Gabriel Obertan, which began as a child playing in Pantin, the team of the country in which it was born February 26, 1989.
FEATURES - Impress for shifting, for the agility, the ability to jump the opponent with speed, for the wisdom with which packages to assist the striker David Bellion and Marouane Chamakh. Obertan debuted in Ligue1, with the shirt of Bordeaux, 30 September 2006: a memory ruined by the defeat (0-2) in the field of Valenciennes. The Bordeaux he bought in 2005, burning the competition of several foreign clubs: they had fired on the tag of the Obertan ' Arsenal Arsene Wenger and Manchester United : Alex Ferguson, however, has continued to court him and will make another attempt in the summer to take him to Anfield Road.
CLIMBING - Gabriel Obertan left Pantin, a small amateur club in 2002 at the age of thirteen he entered the nursery of the Paris Saint Germain: a season and then move to the training center in Clairefontaine. Obertan considered a predestined by the French press: he had already dominated the scene with the national Under-17 Championship, collecting applause in 2004 during the " Tornoi du Val de Marne . It 'been brought to Bordeaux by coach Philippe Lucas. Obertan has a contract until 2011. In the summer of 2006 held its first retreat with the senior team, just giving a test in the friendly with sumptuous Libourne Saint-Seurin, on that challenge also made a goal at the end of a thrilling descent.
NUMBERS - Obertan is in his second professional season. In the last edition of the seventeen games played Ligue1 has signed an away goal against Saint Etienne (0-2) was 22 April 2007. In this league, so far, has been used twelve times: only one starter. In total, remained in the field for 223 minutes. He scored a goal against Rennes (3-0) at the 14th day. Five, however, the presence in the Uefa Cup.
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| 2006 - |  Bordeaux | 29 (2) |
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