André-Pierre Gignac

André-Pierre Gignac is the kind of stubborn, big-bodied striker I find easy to love. A product of Bouches-du-Rhône who came up through local clubs Fos and Martigues, he grafted his way upward the hard way. But his real legend was written after crossing the Atlantic to Tigres UANL, where a player who'd flickered in Europe became a beloved, prolific goalscorer and reinvented himself. That second-act story, an unglamorous workhorse silencing doubters with sheer output, is exactly what wins me over. Give me a gritty, relentless number nine like him any day. He's a joy.

Name (English)

André-Pierre Gignac

Name (Japanese)

アンドレ＝ピエール・ジニャック

Reading

あんどれ＝ぴえーる・じにゃっく

Born

December 5, 1985 (age 40)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Sagittarius / Ox

Origin

Martigues, Bouches-du-Rhône, France

Height

187 cm

Occupation

association football player

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• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9-Pierre%20Gignac
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89%E3%83%AC%EF%BC%9D%E3%83%94%E3%82%A8%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B8%E3%83%8B%E3%83%A3%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1940

Tags

• Bouches-du-Rhône
• association football player

Last updated

2026-06-17

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