page_title: Ludovic Giuly
section_title: Barcelona
hierarchical_section_title: Ludovic Giuly / Club career / Barcelona
caption_attribution_description: Català: Ronaldinho, jugador del Futbol Club Barcelona, celebra amb Belletti i Giuly un gol contra la Real Sociedad. Español: Ronaldinho, jugador del Futbol Club Barcelona, celebra con Belletti y Giuly un gol contra la Real Sociedad. English: Ronaldinho, Futbol Club Barcelona's player, celebrates with Belletti and Giuly a goal against Real Sociedad.
context_page_description: Ludovic Vincent Giuly is a French former professional footballer who played as a winger.
  He represented France at international level, gaining 17 caps over a five-year period and was a member of their 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup-winning squad. One of his greatest moments was being part of Barcelona's squad, as he helped the team win the UEFA Champions League in 2005–06.
context_section_description: Barcelona paid about €7 million to Monaco in order to sign Giuly on 28 June 2004, with Giuly signing a three-year contract. On 29 August 2004, Giuly scored on his Barcelona debut against Racing de Santander in a 2–0 win and played 90 minutes. On his move, Giuly was happy after enjoying a successful start to life in Spain.
  Giuly helped Barcelona to win La Liga in the 2004–05 season, ending a six-year championship drought. He was the second top scorer for the club with 11 goals. Although his season was disrupted by several muscle injuries, Giuly was able to fulfil his promise to reach double digits in goals in his first year at his new club.
  In 2005–06, he helped win the Spanish title again, as well as capture the second UEFA Champions League trophy for the Catalan club. Giuly propelled Barça into the Champions League final by scoring the only goal in their semi-final against Milan. After the match, Giuly said he had called on his teammates to keep calm and finish the job: "Ronnie passed me the perfect ball. I attempted a shot from the left, the ball went in, so much the better! Now we've got one foot in the final, we have to remain cool and work hard to try and go all the way."
  Giuly played the full 90 minutes in Paris as Barcelona came from a goal behind to defeat Arsenal 2–1 at the Stade de France. Giuly subsequently scored, but the goal was ruled out due to the foul resulting Jens Lehmann sending off (making him the first player and only goalkeeper to ever be sent off in a Champions League/European Cup final). FIFA president Sepp Blatter later said he believed Giuly's goal should have stood.
  In the 2006–07 season, Giuly, although still a key member of the Barça squad, eventually lost his starting spot in the team, when Lionel Messi was promoted from the club's youth ranks. This resulted in Giuly saying his farewell to Barcelona.
caption: Giuly celebrating a goal against Real Sociedad with Ronaldinho and Juliano Belletti.
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