Jérôme Rothen

Rothen made his debut on 29 March 2003 against Malta. He was a member of the France national football team at Euro 2004, where he made a brief substitute appearance in their defeat by Greece in the quarter-finals. Rothen was not selected in the 2006 FIFA World Cup squad for France. He was recalled to the squad for Euro 2008 qualifying and, on 10 October 2007, marked his comeback with a superbly taken free-kick against the Faroe Islands, the last scored free-kick for France as of 13 June 2015.

Club

International

Early career

Rothen underwent training at the famous Clairefontaine Football Academy in France. He started his career with Caen. He then moved to Troyes AC where he played under manager Alain Perrin.

Monaco

Rothen was bought by AS Monaco on 1 January 2002 for €5 million. With Monaco, Rothen won the Coupe de la Ligue in 2003. He also helped the club reach the final of the Champions League in May 2004, where they lost to FC Porto 3–0.

Paris Saint-Germain

A native of the Paris metropolitan area, Rothen fulfilled a childhood dream when he signed for the capital side Paris Saint-Germain in 2004 for €11 million. He rejected lucrative offers from more powerful European clubs such as Manchester United, Chelsea and Valencia in order to join PSG, the club he supported during his youth. In the French capital, his dream soon turned sour. Often injured, Rothen appeared in only 18 league games and 2 Champions League fixtures in his debut season. 2005-06 was equally disappointing. Under the orders of Laurent Fournier and then Guy Lacombe, the left winger struggled to reproduce the kind of displays that had made him famous at Monaco. Often injured, he nonetheless took part in a Coupe de France win over fierce rivals Olympique de Marseille. In the second half of 2006, returning from injury, Rothen found himself cast aside by Guy Lacombe. In December 2006, he faked an injury in order to organize a transfer deal that would materialize during the January transfer…

Troyes

UEFA Intertoto Cup: 2001 Monaco

Coupe de la Ligue: 2002–03 UEFA Champions League runner-up: 2003–04 Paris Saint-Germain

Coupe de France: 2005–06; runner-up: 2007–08 Coupe de la Ligue: 2007–08 Trophée des Champions runner-up: 2004, 2006 Bastia

Ligue 2: 2011–12 France

FIFA Confederations Cup: 2003 Individual

Ligue 2 Team of the Year: 1999–2000, 2011–12 Ligue 1 Team of the Year: 2002–03 LFP Player of the Month: February 2003 UNFP Player of the Month: September 2007 (Ligue 1), February 2012 (Ligue 2) Ligue 2 Player of the Year: 2011–12