Nicolas S�bastien Anelka is a French footballer who plays for Mumbai City in the Indian Super League. Prior to his retirement from international football, Anelka was also a regular member of the French national team. Former Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti has described him as a quick player with good aerial ability, technique, shooting, and movement off the ball. Anelka began his career at Paris Saint-Germain, but soon moved to Arsenal. He became a first team regular and won the PFA Young Player of the Year Award the following season. Real Madrid signed him for �22.3 million in 1999, but he did not settle in well and returned to Paris Saint-Germain in a �20 million deal. Despite regular first team football in Paris, Anelka set his eyes upon the Premier League once more; he went on loan to Liverpool in January 2002 but joined Manchester City for �13 million at the start of the 2002?03 season. After three seasons in Manchester, he moved to Fenerbah�e for two seasons before returning to England to join Bolton Wanderers ? in deals worth �7 million and �8 million, respectively. He transferred to Chelsea from Bolton for a reported �15 million in January 2008. [More at Wikipedia]

March 14th, 1979 in Le Chesnay (Age 45)