Sylvain Legwinski

Sylvain Legwinski (born 10 June 1973) is a retired French professional footballer, who played as a midfielder. He is now assistant coach at AS Monaco in France.

Sylvain Legwinski
Personal information
Date of birth (1973-06-10) 10 June 1973
Place of birth Clermont-Ferrand, France
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1992–1999 Monaco 135 (13)
1999–2001 Bordeaux 49 (2)
2001–2006 Fulham 128 (8)
2006–2008 Ipswich Town 47 (7)
2009 St Neots Town 2 (0)
Total 361 (30)
National team
1996 France U21/Olympic 4 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Having made a name for himself at AS Monaco, he played seven years of his professional career in England, collecting more than 200 official appearances for Fulham and Ipswich Town.

Club career

Legwinski was born in Clermont-Ferrand. The son of a basketball player with Polish descent who settled at Vichy, he joined AS Monaco FC's youth system at 18, as Arsène Wenger was the main squad's manager, giving the player his first team debuts shortly after. He developed into a midfield force under Jean Tigana's guidance, scoring nine league goals in 1996–97, as Monaco won the national title.

After two seasons and four games into 2001–02 with FC Girondins de Bordeaux, Legwinski rejoined Tigana at Fulham. At the beginning of the 2006–07 season, new Fulham boss Chris Coleman made it clear that Legwinski did not fit into the side's future plans and, in August 2006, following a successful trial with Ipswich Town, the player signed a two-year contract.

In his first year at the club, Legwinski won the supporter's and manager's Player of the Year Award for 2006–07, netting five league goals. During the campaign, he became the only Ipswich player to have scored against all East Anglian opposition during one season (Norwich City, Colchester United, Southend United and Luton Town).

However, Legwinski found himself out of the picture for much of the following season, still managing to find the net twice, in draws against Queen's Park Rangers and Burnley. Due to the team's extensive midfield, he was told he would not be offered a new contract and, as Town teammate Fabian Wilnis, started looking to the future, working towards his coaching badges.[1]

In September 2008, Legwinski underwent an unsuccessful trial with Swedish team IFK Göteborg. Early in the following year, he had another tryout in the country, with Örgryte IS, which had just won promotion to the top flight.

In March 2009, Legwinski joined St Neots Town as a player/assistant manager, joining player-manager Steve Lomas.[2] Shortly after, definitely retired, he moved to Crystal Palace as a youth coach. He is now assistant coach at AS Monaco in France.

International career

An under-21 international, Legwinski scored once in four matches for the 1996 Summer Olympics quarter-finalists.

Career statistics
Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Total
SeasonClubLeague AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
France League Coupe de France Coupe de la Ligue Europe Total
1992–93MonacoFrench League20---20
1993–9400---00
1994–95211---211
1995–96292--10302
1996–97379--213910
1997–98220--20240
1998–99141---141
1999–2000100--21121
1999–2000BordeauxFrench League13120--151
2000–01321--40361
2001–0240---40
England League FA Cup League Cup Europe Total
2001–02FulhamPremier League3335121-405
2002–0335430-122506
2003–043204010-370
2004–051515020-221
2005–061301010-150
2006–07IpswichChampionship32540--365
2007–08152-10-162
Total France 1841520-11219717
England 175152217112221619
Career total 359302417123441336

Honours

Club
Monaco
Fulham

Individual

References
  1. "Klug: Fab playing his part". Club Fanzine. 16 April 2008. Archived from the original on 12 August 2014. Retrieved 16 April 2008.
  2. "Legwinski à St Neots" [Legwinski at St Neots]. L'Équipe. 3 April 2009. Archived from the original on 12 August 2014. Retrieved 24 July 2010.
  3. "France - First Division Results and Tables 1932-1998". 23 February 2005. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  4. "Ligue 1 Archive". World Football. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  5. "Fulham clinch Euro glory". BBC Sport. 27 August 2002. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
  6. "Legwinski Players' Player". TWTD. 1 May 2007. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
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