Eugénie Anne Claudine Le Sommer-Dariel[3] (born 18 May 1989) is a French professional footballer who plays as a forward for French club Lyon and the France national team.[4] She primarily plays as a creative attacking midfielder and left winger, but has also played as a second striker for her country.
 Le Sommer with Lyon in 2018 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Eugénie Anne Claudine Le Sommer[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 18 May 1989 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Grasse, France | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.61 m (5 ft 3 in)[2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Lyon | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1994–1998 | Trélissac | ||||||||||||||||
| 1998–2004 | AS Guermeur | ||||||||||||||||
| 2004–2007 | Lorient | ||||||||||||||||
| 2007 | CNFE Clairefontaine | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2007–2010 | Stade Briochin | 65 | (33) | ||||||||||||||
| 2010– | Lyon | 205 | (194) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021 | → OL Reign (loan) | 18 | (8) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2004–2005 | France U17 | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2006–2008 | France U19 | 26 | (11) | ||||||||||||||
| 2008–2009 | France U20 | 8 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
| 2009– | France | 192 | (93) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 January 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 April 2024 | |||||||||||||||||
Le Sommer is one of the most decorated players in modern women's club football and has scored more goals for France than any player of both men and women.[5] She has won 12 French domestic league titles and is one of just three players to have won a record eight European Cups with Lyon.
Early life edit
Le Sommer is one of seven children, five girls and two boys. Her father, Thierry, was a retired policeman.[6] Her mother had played football in her youth.[6]
Club career edit
Le Sommer began playing football at the age of five joining the women's section of Trélissac FC.[7] After a four-year stint at the club, she joined AS Guermeur in the Brittany region. She later played at one of the biggest clubs in the region, FC Lorient, and earned many honors in the youth section of the club helping her youth sides win the Coupe Fédérale 16 ans in 2005 and the Mozaïc Foot Challenge in 2006, with the latter being held at the prestigious Clairefontaine academy.
Le Sommer was later selected to attend CNFE Clairefontaine, the women's section of the Clairefontaine academy. After a short stint there, she joined D1 Féminine club Stade Briochin. In her debut season with Saint-Brieuc, Le Sommer appeared in all 22 league matches scoring four goals. The 2008–09 season saw her score 10 goals in 22 matches. For her efforts, she was nominated for the UNFP Female Player of the Year losing out to Lyon player Louisa Necib.
Le Sommer got off to a fast start for the 2009–10 season scoring ten goals in her first seven league matches, which included a hat trick against Toulouse in a 5–4 defeat. She finished the season as the league's top scorer and was awarded the UNFP Female Player of the Year the following season.
On 30 June 2010, Le Sommer announced she would be joining the four-time defending champions Lyon departing her former club, Stade Briochin, after three seasons.[8]
On 30 August 2020, Le Sommer scored the opening goal in Lyon's 3–1 defeat of Wolfsburg in the final of the 2019–20 UEFA Women's Champions League.[9] It was both Le Sommer and Lyon's seventh overall win in the competition and fifth in a row.[10]
On 12 May 2021, it was announced that Le Sommer would be joining OL Reign in USA on loan for the 2021 season.[11]
International career edit
Le Sommer has earned caps with the women's under-17, under-19, and under-20 teams. With the under-19 team, she participated in both the 2007 and 2008 editions of the La Manga Cup, as well as both the 2007 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship, as an underage player, and 2008 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship, with the latter being held on home soil. France reached the semi-finals at the 2007 finals and lost in the group stage in 2008. Le Sommer later featured with the under-20 team at the 2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, held in Chile. In the tournament, Le Sommer scored a team-leading four goals, which included a brace against Argentina in the final group stage match, which sent France through to the knockout rounds to face Nigeria. In the match against Nigeria, with France trailing 2–1, Le Sommer equalised in the 49th minute. France won 3–2 with a late goal from Nora Coton-Pélagie, but were eliminated in the next round by North Korea. Le Sommer was awarded the Bronze Ball as the tournament's third best player.
On 12 February 2009, Le Sommer made her international debut in a 2–0 win over the Republic of Ireland coming on as a substitute.[12] After appearing consistently with the national team, which included scoring two goals over the course of four matches at a tournament in Cyprus, Le Sommer was selected by coach Bruno Bini to play at UEFA Women's Euro 2009, despite the player not appearing with the team during the qualification process. During the tournament, Le Sommer played in all four matches her nation contested. France reached as far as the quarterfinals losing to the Netherlands 4–5 on penalties with Le Sommer converting her penalty shot. On 23 September 2009, Le Sommer scored her third international goal against Serbia in a 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification match.
She played for France at the 2012 Summer Olympics, scoring one goal, in the 2–1 loss to Japan in the semifinals.[13]
Le Sommer was a striker for France at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup. She scored against England on 9 June 2015 in France's opening 1–0 victory. She also scored two of France's goals in their 3–0 victory over South Korea in the quarterfinal.[6]
She played in France's 2016 Olympic campaign, scoring two goals in the group stage, one against Colombia and one against New Zealand.[13]
On 22 September 2020, Le Sommer scored two goals in a 7–0 win over North Macedonia in the Euro 2021 qualifiers, to become the all-time top scorer with 82 goals, breaking the previous record of 81 goals by Marinette Pichon.[5]
In France's second match of the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup, she scored the opening goal of the match against Brazil.[14]
Personal life edit
Le Sommer married Florian Dariel, an Olympique Lyon employee, in Brittany on 11 August 2020, two days after winning the 2019–20 Coupe de France féminine.[15] Current and former teammates such as Ada Hegerberg and Corine Franco attended the ceremony.
Career statistics edit
Club edit
- As of match played on 10 January 2024[16]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Stade Briochin | 2007–08 | Division 1 Féminine | 22 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 4 |
| 2008–09 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 12 | ||
| 2009–10 | 22 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 22 | ||
| Total | 65 | 33 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 38 | ||
| Lyon | 2010–11 | Division 1 Féminine | 20 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 33 | 28 |
| 2011–12 | 21 | 22 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 35 | 36 | ||
| 2012–13 | 20 | 20 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 35 | 31 | ||
| 2013–14 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 26 | 17 | ||
| 2014–15 | 22 | 29 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 31 | 38 | ||
| 2015–16 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 32 | 24 | ||
| 2016–17 | 19 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 32 | 29 | ||
| 2017–18 | 20 | 17 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 34 | 33 | ||
| 2018–19 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 31 | 21 | ||
| 2019–20 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 12 | ||
| 2020–21 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 7 | ||
| 2021–22 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 2 | ||
| 2022–23 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 30 | 9 | ||
| 2023-24 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 9 | ||
| Total | 240 | 191 | 59 | 57 | 90 | 48 | 389 | 296 | ||
| Career total | 296 | 219 | 60 | 62 | 89 | 48 | 445 | 329 | ||
International edit
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 2008–09 | 16 | 3 |
| 2009–10 | 11 | 5 | |
| 2010–11 | 20 | 7 | |
| 2011–12 | 20 | 10 | |
| 2012–13 | 16 | 10 | |
| 2013–14 | 14 | 4 | |
| 2014–15 | 19 | 13 | |
| 2015–16 | 14 | 6 | |
| 2016–17 | 17 | 6 | |
| 2017–18 | 9 | 9 | |
| 2018–19 | 11 | 7 | |
| 2019–20 | 7 | 6 | |
| 2020–21 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2021–22 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2022–23 | 7 | 6 | |
| Total | 182 | 92 | |
Honours edit
Lyon
- Division 1 Féminine: 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20
- Coupe de France Féminine: 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2018–19, 2019–20
- UEFA Women's Champions League: 2010–11, 2011–12, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2021–22
- International Women's Club Championship: 2012
- Valais Women's Cup: 2014
France
Individual
- FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Bronze Ball: 2008
- UNFP Female Player of the Year: 2009–10, 2014–15
- FIFA Women's World Cup All-Star Team: 2015
- UEFA Women's Player of the Year Award Top 10: 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18
- Algarve Cup Best Player: 2015
- France National Championship Best Striker: 2009–10, 2011–12, 2016–17
- UEFA Women's Champions League Best Striker: 2011–12
- UEFA Women's Championship All-Star Team: 2013
- FIFPro: FIFA FIFPro World XI 2015,[19] 2016[20]
- NWSL Best XI: 2021[21]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Goalscorers" (PDF). UEFA.com. 16 November 2009. p. 3. Retrieved 18 September 2011.
- ^ "FIFA Women's World Cup Canada 2015™ List of Players" (PDF). Fifa Data. 6 July 2015. p. 11. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
- ^ "Warum hat Eugenie Le Sommer ein D auf dem Trikot?". OneFootball. 8 August 2023.
- ^ Rantz, Susie (12 May 2021). "One of the world's best attackers is joining OL Reign". Sounderatheart.com. Archived from the original on 25 May 2022. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
- ^ a b "Bleues : Eugénie Le Sommer dépasse le record de buts en équipe de France de Marinette Pichon". lequipe.fr (in French). 22 September 2020.
- ^ a b c FIFA.com (1 January 1900). "Family support spurs on Le Sommer". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 26 June 2015. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
- ^ "Le Sommer ready to make history". Archived from the original on 23 June 2009. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
- ^ "Statut pro pour ces dames". Olympique Lyonnais Féminin (in French). 30 June 2010. Retrieved 30 June 2010.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Wolfsburg 1-3 Lyon: Women's Champions League final report". UEFA. 30 August 2020. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
- ^ "Lyon win fifth Women's Champions League in a row with win over Wolfsburg". DW. 30 August 2020. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
- ^ "Le Sommer Joins OL Reign on Loan from Olympique Lyonnais". OL REIGN: WE ARE THE BOLD.
- ^ FIFA.com. "FIFA Women's World Cup Canada 2015™ - Eugenie-LE-SOMMER - Matches Played". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 15 June 2015. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
- ^ a b "Eugénie Le Sommer Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
- ^ "Renard Clinches France's Win Over Brazil". VOA. 30 July 2023.
- ^ "Eugénie Le Sommer : la star des Bleues s'est mariée et partage un sublime cliché de la noce - Closer". Closer Magazine (in French). 12 August 2020. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
- ^ a b "La Carriere de Eugénie Le Sommer" (in French). StatsFootoFeminin. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
- ^ "Le Sommer FFF profile" (in French). Archived from the original on 13 June 2015. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
- ^ "Equipe de France A – Eugénie Le Sommer" (in French). footofeminin. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
- ^ "First Women's World XI Revealed". 2015 FIFPro Award. FIFPro World Players' Union. 18 February 2016. Archived from the original on 28 July 2017. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
- ^ "Las mejores futbolistas: el once mundial". 2016 FIFPro Award (in Spanish). FIFPro World Players' Union. 8 March 2017. Archived from the original on 28 July 2017. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
- ^ "NWSL Announces the Winners of Mastercard Inaugural 2021 Best XI Awards". 17 October 2021. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
External links edit
- Eugénie Le Sommer – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Eugénie Le Sommer at Olympics.com
- Eugénie Le Sommer at Olympedia
- Eugénie Le Sommer on Instagram
- Eugénie Le Sommer at Équipe de France (in French)
- Eugénie Le Sommer at Équipe de France Olympique (archived) (in French)
- Eugénie Le Sommer at the French Football Federation (in French)
- Eugénie Le Sommer at the French Football Federation (archived 2020-10-05) (in French)
- Lyon profile
