page_title: Olivier Giroud
section_title: Chelsea
hierarchical_section_title: Olivier Giroud / Club career / Chelsea
caption_attribution_description: FA Cup 5th round 16.2.18
context_page_description: Olivier Jonathan Giroud is a French professional footballer who plays as a forward for Premier League club Chelsea and the France national team.
  He began his career at Grenoble in Ligue 2 before joining Tours in 2008. In his second season at Tours, he was the division's top scorer with 21 goals, earning him a move to top-flight side Montpellier. Giroud was again the top scorer with 21 goals in the 2011–12 season, giving the club their first ever Ligue 1 title before moving to Arsenal. Giroud won the FA Cup with Arsenal in 2014, 2015 and 2017, and totalled 105 goals in 253 games for the club. In January 2018, he transferred to Chelsea where, in his first full season, he became the first player from the club to score more than 10 goals in a single European campaign.
  Giroud made his full international debut for France in 2011. He has since become the nation's third-highest goalscorer with 39 goals in 96 caps, and was part of the teams which reached the quarter-finals at UEFA Euro 2012 and the 2014 FIFA World Cup, the final of UEFA Euro 2016, and won the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
context_section_description: On 31 January 2018, Giroud signed an 18-month contract with Chelsea for an undisclosed fee. He made his debut five days later in a Premier League away game at Watford, where he came on in the 64th minute replacing Pedro. However, the result was a 4–1 loss. On 12 February, Giroud started his first game for the club  in which he provided an assist for Eden Hazard in a 3–0 home win against West Bromwich Albion. He scored his first goal in the FA Cup fifth round against Hull City in the 4–0 home win. On 14 April, Giroud came off the bench to score twice as Chelsea recovered from a 2–0 deficit to beat Southampton 3–2 at St Mary's Stadium. It was his first time scoring in the Premier League with his new club.
caption: Giroud (left) playing for Chelsea in February 2018
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