Mathieu Flamini

**Mathieu Pierre Flamini** (born 7 March 1984) is a French former professional footballer and biochemical entrepreneur. A midfielder, he played for French side Marseille, English sides Arsenal and Crystal Palace, Italian side Milan and Spanish side Getafe. At international level, he was capped by the France national team on three occasions.

Flamini is a co-founder of GF Biochemicals, the first company in the world able to mass-produce levulinic acid.

### Club

|rowspan=2|Club|rowspan=2|Season|colspan=3|League|colspan=2|Cup|colspan=2|Europe|colspan=2|Other|colspan=2|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan=2|Marseille|2003–04|Ligue 1|14|0|1|0|9|0|—|24|0||
|rowspan=5|Arsenal|2004–05|Premier League|21|1|7|0|4|0|0|0|32|1|
|2005–06|Premier League|31|0|5|0|12|0|1|0|49|0|||
|2006–07|Premier League|20|3|6|0|6|1|—|32|4||||
|2007–08|Premier League|30|3|2|0|8|0|—|40|3||||
|rowspan=6|Milan|2008–09|Serie A|29|0|1|0|7|0|—|37|0||
|2009–10|Serie A|25|0|2|1|5|0|—|32|1||||
|2010–11|Serie A|23|2|2|0|5|0|—|30|2||||
|2011–12|Serie A|2|1|0|0|0|0|0|0|2|1|||
|2012–13|Serie A|18|4|1|0|3|0|—|22|4||||
|rowspan=5|Arsenal|2013–14|Premier League|27|2|3|0|6|0|—|36|2||
|2014–15|Premier League|23|1|2|0|7|0|1|0|33|1|||
|2015–16|Premier League|16|0|4|2|4|0|0|0|24|2|||
|Crystal Palace|2016–17|Premier League|10|0|3|0|—|13|0|||||
|rowspan=3|Getafe|2017–18|La Liga|8|0|0|0|—|8|0||||
|2018–19|La Liga|10|0|3|0|—|13|0||||||

### International

**Appearances and goals by national team and year**

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="2"|France|2007|1|0|
|2008|2|0|||

## Honours

**Marseille**
- UEFA Cup runner-up: 2003–04

**Arsenal**
- FA Cup: 2004–05, 2013–14, 2014–15
- FA Community Shield: 2014
- UEFA Champions League runner-up: 2005–06

**Milan**
- Serie A: 2010–11
**Individual**
- Arsenal Player of the Season: 2007−08

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Mathieu Flamini
- **image**: Mathieu Flamini Arsenal Members' Day 2015 (19929864949).jpg
- **image size**: 220
- **caption**: Flamini in training for Arsenal F.C., Arsenal in 2015
- **fullname**: Mathieu Pierre Flamini
- **birth place**: Marseille, France
- **height**: 1.78 m
- **position**: Midfielder
- **youthyears1**: 1992–2003
- **youthclubs1**: Olympique de Marseille, Marseille
- **years1**: 2003–2004
- **clubs1**: Olympique de Marseille, Marseille
- **caps1**: 14
- **goals1**: 0
- **years2**: 2004–2008
- **clubs2**: Arsenal F.C., Arsenal
- **caps2**: 102
- **goals2**: 7
- **years3**: 2008–2013
- **clubs3**: A.C. Milan, Milan
- **caps3**: 97
- **goals3**: 7
- **years4**: 2013–2016
- **clubs4**: Arsenal F.C., Arsenal
- **caps4**: 66
- **goals4**: 3
- **years5**: 2016–2017
- **clubs5**: Crystal Palace F.C., Crystal Palace
- **caps5**: 10
- **goals5**: 0
- **years6**: 2018–2019
- **clubs6**: Getafe CF, Getafe
- **caps6**: 18
- **goals6**: 0
- **totalcaps**: 307
- **totalgoals**: 17
- **nationalyears1**: 2004–2005
- **nationalteam1**: France national under-21 football team, France U21
- **nationalcaps1**: 8
- **nationalgoals1**: 1
- **nationalyears2**: 2007–2008
- **nationalteam2**: France national football team, France
- **nationalcaps2**: 3
- **nationalgoals2**: 0