Who is Antoine Griezman? Antoine Griezman is a French professional soccer player born in 1991. His position is the storm, his tool the left foot. Griezman grew up in Burgundy, the son of a nurse and a city clerk. Griezeman started with football, when he was six years old. Because he was too skinny and too small (176cm), Griezman was rejected by a number of youth development clubs.
2005 Griezman was discovered by a scout and became a member of the Basque football club Real Sociedad de Futbol (Royal Football Association). He now lived in Bayonne and drove every day to the Basque city, fifty kilometers away, for training.
2009 Griezman rose to the Primera division (Santander League), a Spanish sponsor with twenty teams.
2014 Griezman moved to Atletico Madrid and played there until 2020 football at a high level. Griezman was at the European Championship 2016 awarded as the best player. In the final, Griezman scored the decisive penalty and was awarded the Golden Boot. (top scorer.) Griezmann, whose name enchants with a special composition, got the nickname Grizou, based on the former French champion Zinedine Zidane, called Zizou.
Other awards in the same year were: Footballer of the Year French trade magazine and Uefa Team of The Year (France).
2018 Grizou clinched the world title for France against Croatia and was awarded the Bronze Ball.
2020 wurde Antoine Griezman für 120 Million francs loaned from Atletico Madrid to FC Barcelona. He signed a contract until the year 2024 with a release clause of 800 million francs. The transfer clause was clear, that Griezman at least 45 Minutes of playing time had to be on the pitch, a longer season on the pitch would have committed the club, to convert the loan agreement into a purchase agreement. To the 40 millions not to pay, und den zu teuer gewordenen Fussballspieler nicht kaufen zu müssen, Atletico Madrid circumvented this clause, (says Watson) in which the coach Griezman only from the 60. minute sent onto the field. So Griezman sat on the bench for almost two seasons, before his club Atletico Madrid took him back.
Privates: Griezman not only stands out because of his relatively boyish build and his blue eyes, but also through his changing hairstyles and hair colors. (currently mint blue, sometimes flaxen yellow). Following his idol David Beckham, Griezman always plays with long sleeves. Since 2017 Griezman is married to Erika Choperena of Spain, which is only 142cm tall (no model) with whom he has three children.
Griezman's annual salary is 11 millions.
(Good Grizou, Image from Pinterest)