Mathieu Pierre Flamini was born on 7 March 1984 and is a French former professional footballer and environmental entrepreneur.
19 Facts About Mathieu Flamini
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Mathieu Flamini impressed the team as a hardworking midfield player and played 14 times for the club.
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On 23 July 2004, Mathieu Flamini signed a professional contract for English club Arsenal, rejecting Marseille's long-term senior contract offer to which he had already verbally agreed.
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Mathieu Flamini scored important goals against Chelsea, Blackburn Rovers and Liverpool in the Premier League.
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Mathieu Flamini enjoyed a generally good rapport with Arsenal's fans, who provided him with his own song, an adaptation of the theme tune to British television programme The Sweeney.
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Mathieu Flamini played on 8 April 2008, a UEFA Champions League match in which Arsenal were knocked out by English rival Liverpool.
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Mathieu Flamini signed a contract with Italian club Milan on 5 May 2008.
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Mathieu Flamini wore the number 84 on his shirt to represent his year of birth.
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Mathieu Flamini did indeed sign for Arsenal on 29 August 2013 and became Arsenal's second acquisition of the summer, after Yaya Sanogo.
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Arsenal went on to win the tournament, though Mathieu Flamini was an unused substitute in the Final, remaining on the substitutes' bench when Arsenal repeated the feat, becoming FA Cup champions again in 2015.
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Mathieu Flamini scored both of Arsenal's goals with a Man of the Match performance.
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Mathieu Flamini joined Getafe in February 2018, making eight appearances in La Liga before leaving the club at the end of the season.
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Mathieu Flamini rejoined Getafe in December 2018, and retired from playing in 2019.
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Mathieu Flamini accepted his first call up to France by coach Raymond Domenech for a friendly against Argentina at the Stade de France on 7 February 2007 after Jeremy Toulalan was ruled out due to injury.
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Mathieu Flamini later made his international debut in a friendly against Morocco on 16 November 2007 as a substitute.
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Mathieu Flamini is a partner of GF Biochemicals, a leading global producer of levulinic acid and derivatives.
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Mathieu Flamini was part of the team that created BIOCIRCE, Europe's first master's degree dedicated to promoting bioeconomy education.
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Mathieu Flamini is part of the Environmental Excellence Committee for the candidature of Paris as the location for the 2024 Summer Olympics.
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In 2015, Mathieu Flamini was named one of People of the Year by the NME.