Born to be a goal-scoring machine!

France’s Kevin Gameiro celebrates scoring during his team’s friendly international soccer match against Ukraine in Donetsk June 6, 2011. REUTERS/Konstantin Chernichkin[/caption]Kevin Gameiro started his professional career in Strasbourg. At the end of the 2005/06 season, Strasbourg relegated to the Ligue 2. Gameiro scored just 1 goal in his first season, but in the next campaign the striker scored 3 goals in 16 matches, helping his team return to the top division of French football.

After these two seasons, Kevin Gameiro developed as a forward and found the net on 6 occasions in the 2007/08 season, but despite his good performance Strasbourg relegated again. The team took 19th place in the championship. However, Gameiro had already been too good for Le Racing.

Then, Lorient paid €3m. for the French striker. In his first season at Lorient, Gameiro scored 11 goals in The Ligue 1 and helped his new team achieve its best result at that time in its history – 10th place in the standings.

The next season was even more successful for Lorient, as they finished in 7th. Kevin Gameiro scored 17 goals and finished as the second best scorer in The Ligue 1, only 1 goal from behind Niang of Marseille. Gameiro scored a goal against Lyon in the Coupe de la Liga quarterfinals and helped his team knock out the Kids out of the competition. Another memorable moment of Gameiro’s career at Lorient was the 3-0 victory over Paris Saint-Germain at Parc des Princes.

The next chapter of Gameiro’s career was exactly in Paris Saint-Germain. The Parisians paid about €11m. for the goal-scoring machine. Paris Saint-Germain finished in 2nd position in The Ligue 1 in Gameiro’s debut season in Paris. But, just a year later he lifted the most prestigious trophy in France.
To continue; the French attacker was sold to Sevilla, which was great for his development as a player. This is the third season for the forward at the club and he has already won The Europa League on two occasions. His team qualified again for the semi-finals of the competition. Kevin Gameiro has already scored over 60 goals for Sevilla in all competitions.

Gameiro’s great skills won him 8 caps for the French national team in the period between 2010 and 2012. He has also scored a goal for France in the friendly game against Ukraine in 2011. However, the forward is in very good shape and should be considered to be included in the squad for Euro 2016 by the manager Didier Deschamps.

To conclude; Kevin Gameiro has great finishing skills. His main quality is his speed and fast pace. He also has great positioning on the pitch and that’s why he is so effective.