PLAYER PROFILE

Jeremie Aliadiere

Position: Forward

Height: 6'0

Weight: 11st 0lbs

Date of Birth: 1983-03-30 Rambouillet, France

Jeremie Aliadiere

Jeremie Aliadiere first came to the attention of Arsenal fans after scoring nine goals during their FA Youth Cup winning run of 2000/01 - a feat only equalled by Michael Owen back in 1996.

After graduating from the Clairefontaine soccer Academy, he had high hopes of breaking into the first team on a regular basis and following in the footsteps of Thierry Henry.

He made three substitute appearences in the 2002/03 season, and manged to net his first senior goal for Arsenal in the last minute against West Brom.

He started seven games in 2003/04, scoring four goals - all in the Carling Cup. In the 2004/05 campaign he made only a handful of appearances, mainly towards the end of the season as the Gunners' hopes of title success dwindled.

In the summer of 2005, he joined Celtic on loan for the season, though only made a handful of appearances before returning to the Barclays Premiership with West Ham taking over the loan deal.

He ended up playing twenty-three games for the Hammers, scoring two goals along the way. He returned to Arsenal for the 2006/07 season and proved a reliable force, scoring four goals in 12 starts, mostly in the Carling Cup.

In June 2007 he left the club, signing for Middlesbrough for an initial fee of £2m.