Olivier Jonathan Giroud, born on 30 September 1986, is a French professional footballer who plays as a forward for Premier League club Chelsea and the France national team. This article will take you through Olivier Giroud’s religion, career, cars, lifestyle, relationships, networth, childhood, endorsing brands, jersey, boots, etc.
1) Giroud could have played for Italy
Giroud has 95 international caps for France and helped the country defeat Croatia in the 2018 FIFA World Cup final in 2018 but in hindsight, things could have been completely different if Giroud had elected to play for Italy. Giroud is in fact of Italian descent through both of his grandmothers.
2) He is worth around €9 million
The current net worth of Olivier Giroud is estimated to be around €9 million as of the ongoing football season of 2018-19. His market value now stands at €18 million as of 2018. However, he reached his all-time highest market value of €27 million in February 2016.
Giroud gets around €135,000 weekly wage from his current club Chelsea. Besides his footballing income, he also made his wealth through several endorsements deals with many big brands such as Puma.
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3) He grew up in a village in France called Froges
Giroud was born in Chambéry, France in the Rhône-Alpes region, and was raised in the nearby village of Froges.
Froges is a village in the Isère department in southeastern France. It is very close to Grenoble.
Giroud started his footballing journey with his hometown club, Olympique Club de Froges, in 1992,)
4) His first professional club was Grenoble
The centre forward joined Olympic Club de Froges’ academy when he was a youngster, before joining professional club Grenoble at the age of just 13.
He played six seasons in their youth system, before making his professional debut in 2005, going on to score two goals in 24 first-team appearances for the club.
5) He has Ligue 1 winners medal to his name
Giroud scored an impressive 21 goals during the 2011-12 season to inspire Montpellier to their first-ever Ligue 1 title.
He netted 39 times in 85 appearances in all competitions for the Ligue 1 side, before joining Arsenal in the summer of 2012.
6) Giroud is catholic
Giroud is a Catholic and has a tattoo on his right arm, saying “The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want”. from Psalm 23 in Latin: “Dominus regit me et nihil mihi deerit”
7) Giroud has an older brother who was also a footballer
Giroud has an older brother, Romain, who was also a footballer, having played at the Auxerre academy and having represented France at under-15 and under-17 level, however he dropped potential professional career to study and become a nutritionist.
8) Giroud is married to an American
Olivier and Jennifer Giroud took the vow in 2011.
Jennifer, who is American, had known Giroud for several years before they got married. She lives in London and is often spotted dining at celeb hotspot Chiltern Firehouse with Giroud.
The 33-year-old is known for being notoriously private, apart from occasionally tweeting support for her husband. The couple were hit by cheating rumours after model Celia Kay took a picture of Giroud in his hotel room wearing just underwear. However, he apologized to his wife, team and fans.
In 2013, they were blessed to have a daughter named “Jade”. They also have a son called Evan, who was born in 2016.
Last year, they announced they were expecting a third child.
9) Giroud has modeled for various fashion brands
In 2013 Giroud stripped naked for Dieux du Stade, a French charity calendar featuring naked sportsmen sold for charity.
In 2014, he became the face of Hugo Boss’s Boss Bottled men’s fragrance.
In February 2015 Giroud was voted the ‘Hottest Premier League Player’. In an interview with GQ, he cited David Beckham as an inspiration for the way he looks, saying that Beckham’s “style is iconic”.
10) Giroud has worked in the movie business
On 13 November 2018, Sony Pictures France has confirmed on Twitter that Giroud has landed a role in French-dubbed version of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (known as Spiderman: New Generation in France) as the voice of the Green Goblin.
He will be joined with PSG defender and France colleague Presnel Kimpembe, who takes on the role of Scorpion.
11) Giroud’s house
Giroud lives in a £13.75 million house in Hampstead Garden Suburb. This £13.75 million house opposite the Heath extension features a grand sweeping spiral staircase with a multi-story chandelier, with a spectacular pool and spa complex in the basement and an express passenger lift serving all floors.
Giroud bought this house in 2012 when he signed for Arsenal and has continued living there even after moving to Chelsea in 2018.
Some of the celebrities who live here include Hugh Laurie – Actor and musician. Tom Hiddleston – actor,Sir Brian Leveson – Lord Justice of Appeal (Press ethics inquiry), Jonathan Ross – TV and radio presenter,Marc Sinden – Film director, actor, and theatre producer, Harry Styles – Pop singer with One Direction and Anthony Joshua – Boxer.
12) Giroud is known for his ‘scorpion kick’
Giroud scored an outstanding ‘scorpion kick’ goal for Arsenal against Crystal Palace in 2017 which won the FIFA Puskas Award. The scorpion kick is also known as a reverse bicycle kick or back hammer kick. He celebrated many of his goals by doing the imitation of the scorpion kick since scoring that goal.
The move looks almost like a forward cartwheel and involves throwing the body forwards, placing the hands on the ground to kick the back heels in front so as to kick an approaching football.The move gets its name from the player’s resemblance to a scorpion’s tail while performing the kick.
Colombian goalkeeper René Higuita is attributed with the invention of this advanced football skill.
13) Giroud’s cars
Olivier Giroud’s Car collection is quite large. The French owns some of the best luxury cars in the world. The Car brands he owns include Audi, Rolls Royce, Citrogen etc.
He has been mostly seen driving a Mercedes C class coupe to the training ground but also owns a Mercedes E class, a Mercedes S class and an Audi S5.
In January 2019, he admitted speeding in his £150k Bentley. The striker was clocked in his £150,000 Bentley speeding at 60mph on a 50mph stretch of the North Circular in May. His Continental GT V8 Coupe – has a top speed of 190mph.
14) Giroud has a boot deal with Puma
Giroud has a deal with Puma where he wears Puma supplied boots. The 33 year old wears Puma ONE 5.1 evoKnit soccer cleats during 2019-2020 season.
He famously wore a custom version of the Puma One 2018 World Cup boots for the final against Croatia which had the France national flag on it.
15) Giroud has a liking for the number 12 jersey
Giroud dons the No. 18 for Chelsea which came as a surprise considering his liking for t he number 12 jersey. For Arsenal, he wore the No. 12 shirt throughout his five-plus seasons at the club.
Before his arrival in England, he wore No. 17 for Montpellier and No. 12 for Tours. On the international stage, he has frequently worn the traditional No. 9 for France.
