var playerInfo={"5E5612EA3A8A833D":"171cm","E17A5F6F92350E090E8BE67DDCE16BA0":"<P>Steed Malbranque (born 6 January 1980 in Mouscron) is a Belgian-born French footballer who plays for Olympique Lyonnais. Malbranque had previously played professionally for Lyon in France before moving to England where he had spells with Fulham, Tottenham Hotspur and Sunderland.<BR><BR><STRONG>Lyon<BR><\/STRONG>He was a trainee at Lyon youth academy between the years of 1995&#8211;97 during which time he won the Under-15 championship twice, the Under-17 Cup and the reserve team championship. He also captained the French Under-18 side. He made his professional debut for the club in a 1&#8211;1 draw against Montpellier on 21 February 1998 aged 18. He went on to play a total of 96 games for the club which included 12 appearances and 2 goals in the Champions League and 7 appearances in the UEFA Cup.<BR><BR><STRONG>Fulham<BR><\/STRONG>He eventually made his move to the Premier League in 2001 joining Fulham for a fee believed to be &#163;4.5million after being spotted by James Cox one of their many scouts, making his debut in a 3&#8211;2 defeat at Old Trafford against Manchester United and went on to score 10 goals in his first season. He was the top scorer during the 2002&#8211;03 season with 13 goals that helped save Fulham from relegation and was offered the chance to play for Belgium towards the end of the campaign. On 13 May 2006, after extensive contract talks with the club failed, Malbranque was placed on the transfer list at Fulham after he declared his intentions to leave at the end of his contract.<BR><BR><STRONG>Tottenham<BR><\/STRONG>Malbranque made his debut for Tottenham almost ten weeks after signing for the club on 8 November at White Hart Lane playing 63 minutes in a League Cup 3&#8211;1 victory over Port Vale. He had been unable to play earlier than that after a non-essential groin operation. He started for Spurs as they won the 2008 Football League Cup Final against Chelsea.<BR><BR><STRONG>Sunderland<BR><\/STRONG>Malbranque followed teammates Pascal Chimbonda and Teemu Tainio to Sunderland. Malbranque signed a four-year contract on 30 July 2008. He went on to score his first goal for the club with the first goal in Sunderland's 4&#8211;1 victory over Hull City at the KC Stadium. Malbranque became a fans 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 AS St-Etienne 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 loosen up funds for new summer signings as well as cut their wage bill.<BR><BR><STRONG>Saint-&#201;tienne<BR><\/STRONG>On 3 August 2011, it was announced Malbranque had signed with French side AS Saint-&#201;tienne on a two-year contract, thus ending a ten-year stay in English football. A month after joining, rumours circulated that Malbranque had asked to be released from his contract due his son being ill with cancer. The following day, Saint-&#201;tienne announced they and Malbranque had agreed to a mutual termination of his contract.<BR><BR><STRONG>Return to Lyon<BR><\/STRONG>On 2 August 2012 it was confirmed by Malbranque's first club Lyon that he was being taken on trial with the view to a permanent contract. On 25 August 2012 Malbranque signed a one year contract with Lyon. <\/P>","BFE43781BF2A8A9E3EADFCC3CC1AF971":"1","C377723034B3384C":"1082","F4AE865DDB6B58D9":"Steed Malbranque","2299C98649C2E7A9E5F02ED855F2A9FC":"Lyonnais,Saint-Etienne,Sunderland,Tottenham Hotspur,Fulham,Lyonnais","38FCF119BEE99893":"Caen","7DECC0B2C7F83A01B36F8F67FA49C295":"2016-7-1","3D0CAED1D8820318D15DE014CB00C4C7":"France,Belgium","C99F63DD4716E450533B17E1817DB7B9":"1980-1-6","2B1A74B80063A830":"1","97B41D9FF6388BC00A2A0187557FA1F5":"","4ADA354908754559E53E3FA7C013DA37":"10","C497EA9EA23AEEDCAF9AD5DB76B19323":"<STRONG><BR>Lyon<BR><\/STRONG>French League Cup: 2000&#8211;01<BR><BR><STRONG>Tottenham Hotspur<BR><\/STRONG>Carling League Cup: 2007&#8211;08","DC9241C78561BCD0":"Steed Malbranque","9085EF0B5B518612":"75kg","776ABA890334BE6B3BFB7EFC5D96F457":"Lyonnais","031D6804B38B16BF":"5884","e_index":6};