Laurent Ciman
|
Ciman with Belgium in 2011 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Laurent Franco Ciman[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 5 August 1985 | ||
| Place of birth | Farciennes, Belgium | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Montreal Impact | ||
| Number | 23 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2004–2008 | Charleroi | 85 | (3) |
| 2008–2010 | Club Brugge | 16 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | → Kortrijk (loan) | 34 | (2) |
| 2010–2015 | Standard Liège | 152 | (6) |
| 2015– | Montreal Impact | 30 | (2) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2004–2008 | Belgium U21 | 6 | (0) |
| 2010– | Belgium | 9 | (0) |
|
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 8 November 2015. | |||
Laurent Franco Ciman (born 5 August 1985) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Major League Soccer club Montreal Impact and the Belgium national football team.
Club career
Ciman began his career in the youth system of Charleroi and made his first team debut in 2004. His play with Charleroi attracted the interest of the top Belgian clubs. Ciman was transferred from Charleroi to Club Brugge in June 2008 and signed a three-year contract for the Belgian team, he was loaned to Kortrijk for the 2009–10 season. On 16 June 2010 he joined Standard Liège on a four-year contract.[2] Upon joining Standard Ciman established him as a starter and helped the club capture the 2010-11 Belgian Cup. He made a total of 194 appearances for the club, scoring eight goals, before leaving the club in the winter of 2015.
Ciman signed a three-year deal with Major League Soccer club Montreal Impact on 22 January 2015.[3] In his first season with the team, he was named MLS Defender of the Year. [4]
International career
Ciman was a member of the Belgian squad which came fourth at the 2008 Olympics.
Ciman also played for the National U21 side and was called up by national coach Georges Leekens for the friendly match against Bulgaria on 19 May 2010, during which he made his debut.
On 13 May 2014, Ciman was named in Belgium's squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup.[5] He was unused in the tournament, in which Belgium reached the quarter-finals.
- As of 18 May 2014[6]
| Belgium national team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 2010 | 2 | 0 |
| 2011 | 6 | 0 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 9 | 0 |
Honours
Individual
Club
- Club Brugge
- Bruges Matins (1): 2009[7]
- Standard Liège
- Belgian Cup (1): 2010–11
- Major League Soccer
References
- ↑ "2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil: List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 11 June 2014. p. 4. Retrieved 10 July 2014.
- ↑ Marcos au FC Bruges Ciman au Standard -lesoir.be (French)
- ↑ "Impact signs centre back Laurent Ciman to multi-year deal". Montreal Impact. 22 January 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
- ↑ http://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2015/11/11/montreal-impact-defender-laurent-ciman-named-2015-mls-defender-year
- ↑ "Adnan Januzaj included in Belgium's World Cup squad". BBC. 13 May 2014. Retrieved 13 May 2014.
- ↑ Laurent Ciman at National-Football-Teams.com
- ↑ "Doelpunt Sonck bezorgt Club zege op Brugse Metten". Het Laatste Nieuws (in Dutch). 19 July 2009.
- ↑ Major League Soccer. 13 July 2015 http://m.mlssoccer.com/all-star/2015/roster?utm_source=LP&utm_medium=Roster&utm_campaign=ASG15. Missing or empty
|title=(help)
External links
- Guardian Football
- Belgium stats at Belgian FA
| ||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||
.svg.png){kind=small}