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 | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Team 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 | 55 | (2) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2004–2008 | Belgium U21 | 6 | (0) |
| 2010– | Belgium | 16 | (1) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 October 2016 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 October 2016 | |||
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.[3] 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.[4] In his first season with the team, he was named MLS Defender of the Year.[5] In July 2016, he was included in the roster for the 2016 MLS All-Star Game.[6]
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.[7] He was unused in the tournament, in which Belgium reached the quarter-finals. In the next major tournament, UEFA Euro 2016 he was also part of the squad. This time, he played in the opening game of the competition, a 2–0 defeat to Italy.[8]
- As of 15 October 2016[9]
| Belgium national team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 2010 | 2 | 0 |
| 2011 | 6 | 0 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016 | 5 | 1 |
| Total | 14 | 1 |
Goals
- As of match played 5 June 2016. Belgium score listed first, score column indicates score after each Ciman goal.[10]
| No. | Date | Venue | Cap | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 June 2016 | King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium | 11 |  Norway |
3–2 | 3–2 | Friendly |
Honours
Individual
- MLS All-Star (2)
- 2015,[11] 2016
- MLS Defender of the Year (1)
- 2015
Club
- Club Brugge
- Bruges Matins (1): 2009[12]
- Standard Liège
- Belgian Cup (1): 2010–11
Montréal Impact
- CONCACAF Champions League runner up: 2014–15[13]
References
- ^ "2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil: List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 11 June 2014. p. 4. Retrieved 10 July 2014.
- ^ http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/season=2016/teams/player=97598/index.html
- ^ Marcos au FC Bruges Ciman au Standard -lesoir.be Template:Fr icon
- ^ "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
- ^ "Villa, Pirlo and Kaka headline MLS All-Star squad to face Arsenal". FourFourTwo. 17 July 2016. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
- ^ "Adnan Januzaj included in Belgium's World Cup squad". BBC. 13 May 2014. Retrieved 13 May 2014.
- ^ Andy Hunter (13 June 2016). "Emanuele Giaccherini and Graziano Pellè seal Italy win over Belgium". theguardian.com. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
- ^ Ciman.html Laurent Ciman at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ Laurent Ciman at Soccerway
- ^ "2015 AT&T MLS All-Star Game Roster". Major League Soccer. 13 July 2015.
- ^ "Doelpunt Sonck bezorgt Club zege op Brugse Metten". Het Laatste Nieuws (in Dutch). 19 July 2009.
- ^ "Impact's CONCACAF Champions League trophy chances dashed after home defeat". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
External links
- Guardian Football
- Belgium stats at Belgian FA
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- 1985 births
- Walloon people
- Walloon sportspeople
- Belgian footballers
- Belgium under-21 international footballers
- Belgium international footballers
- Living people
- Club Brugge KV players
- R. Charleroi S.C. players
- K.V. Kortrijk players
- Standard Liège players
- Montreal Impact players
- Belgian First Division A players
- Major League Soccer players
- Major League Soccer All-Stars
- Footballers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Olympic footballers of Belgium
- 2014 FIFA World Cup players
- Belgian expatriate footballers
- Expatriate soccer players in Canada
- Belgian expatriates in Canada
- UEFA Euro 2016 players
- People from Farciennes