Over the years, the academy of Ligue 1 outfit, Stade Rennais has produced some of the best players in Europe. From Yoann Gourcuff to http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Petr-Cech-c29837, the academy justifies its tag as the fourth best in the business in the Old Continent
Stade Rennais have been performing well this season, with much of the credit going to their talented young squad. The academy is responsible for nurturing young talent, and has been recently named as the fourth best in the world, trailing http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/FC-Barcelona-c39078, Real
Madrid and Olympique Lyonnais on the list.
Several young players who have started off from Rennes academy; have found themselves playing in some of Europe’s elite clubs. And that is why Les Rouge-et-Noirs academy was ranked at 4th ahead of clubs like Manchester United, Bayern Munich, Juventus,
AC Milan and Sao Paulo.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Yoann-Gourcuff-c37416 (Olympique Lyonnais)
The Frenchman is considered to be one of the greatest players of his generation and is often compared to the legendary Zinedine Zidane for his style of play. He excels while playing as an attacking midfielder and is a well-known passer of the ball. The former
Rennes midfielder is said to be the best player to ever come out the club’s academy, and is one of the best playmakers around.
Gourcuff has represented France on several occasions and spent most of time with Italian giants, AC Milan, and French outfit, FC Girondins de Bordeaux. The midfielder currently plays for Les Gones and is considered a valuable asset by the club.
Sylvain Wiltord (Retired)
The former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Arsenal-c38429 and Lyon. However, other ventures didn’t
prove to be fruitful for the Frenchman, as he lacked the pace that he once possessed.
Wiltord spent his last season with FC Nantes, where he scored 8 goals for the French outfit during his one year stay with Les http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Canaries-c38723.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Moussa-Sow-c26939 (Fenerbahce SK)
The http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lille-OSC-c39800, and is currently playing for Turkish club, Fenerbahce. The player scored 25 goals in the Ligue 1, being the league’s top scorer in 2010/11 season. He helped Lille to their third
league title, one that they won after a duration of 57 years.
The 26-year-old spent four seasons with the Rennes-based club. The player was mostly featured in cup games during his time with Les Rouge-et-Noirs. The striker featured in 82 games for the SRFC.
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The 6-feet-tall forward spent 8 years at the Route de Lorient featuring in more than 150 games for the French outfit. Briand exhibited a lot of potential as a young promising striker, and earned himself a spot in the starting line-up. The player’s potential
wasn’t overlooked for long as he was called to represent the France national team on several occasions.
Briand’s career was constantly plagued by injuries, which proved to be a hindrance for him to be a world-class player. Despite that, Olympique Lyonnais were willing enough to bring the player to Stade Gerland for a fee of €7.4 million.
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