Steed Malbranque

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Steed Malbranque, the Belgian midfielder, made 98 appearances for Sunderland. He found the net 2 times, averaging 0.02 goals per game. His most prolific season in our data was 2008-09, with 1 goal. He also set up 3 goals for team-mates in our match data. In our match data he features from 2010 to 2011. More of his recorded appearances came under Steve Bruce than any other manager — 23 in all. Among the bigger results he featured in was a 3-0 win over Blackburn Rovers at home in 2011. He lined up alongside J. Henderson more than any other team-mate in our data, the two starting 22 games together.

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Steed Claude Malbranque (born 6 January 1980) is a former professional footballer who principally played as a winger or attacking midfielder . During his second spell at Lyon he also played as a central midfielder . Born in Belgium, Malbranque represented France at international level. Malbranque started his professional career with Lyon, before moving to England in 2001, where he had spells with Fulham , Tottenham Hotspur and Sunderland . He returned to France in 2011 for a short spell with Saint-Étienne . In 2012, he joined Lyon for the second time. At Tottenham, he became one of 17 Spurs players to manage 50 games in a single season. — Wikipedia

Position: MF
Nationality: Belgium
Birthplace: Mouscron
Born: 6 Jan 1980
Height: 171 cm
Weight: 75 kg

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At Sunderland

Malbranque followed teammates Pascal Chimbonda and Teemu Tainio to Sunderland . Malbranque signed a four-year contract on 30 July 2008. [ 10 ] He went on to score his first goal for the club with the first goal in Sunderland's 4–1 victory over Hull City at the KC Stadium . [ 11 ] Malbranque enjoyed his best form in a Sunderland shirt during the 2009–10 season, proving fruitful on the left wing as opposed to the right. He scored his second Sunderland goal in their FA Cup third round victory over non-league Barrow . His run of form helped Sunderland climb the table after a positive streak of results mid-season. Malbranque remained at Sunderland for the 2010–11 season, moving into a more central role to accommodate loan signing Danny Welbeck . He featured in Sunderland's early seven match unbeaten run, which included games against Manchester City , Arsenal , Liverpool and Manchester United . Malbranque missed a penalty in Sunderland's 2–0 victory against Stoke City . On 1 February 2011, he made his 100th appearance for Sunderland playing against Chelsea at the Stadium of Light . Malbranque became a fan favourite during his time with Sunderland but in the 2011 summer transfer window it was revealed that he was in advanced talks with French team Saint-Étienne with a view to joining them. His manager at Sunderland, Steve Bruce , stated he was surplus to requirements, and it was also revealed his transfer would free up funds for new summer signings as well as cut their wage bill. — Wikipedia

Career

Olympique Lyonnais (1998–01)→France national under-21 association football team (2000–02)→Fulham F.C. (2001–06)→Tottenham Hotspur F.C. (2006–08)→Sunderland A.F.C. (2008–11)→AS Saint-Étienne (2011–11)→Olympique Lyonnais (2012)

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