National team caps and goals correct as of 05:22, 11 June 2007 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)
Ludovic Giuly (born July 10, 1976 in Lyon) is a French footballer who plays as a winger for A.S. Roma.

Club career
After starting his career with Olympique Lyonnais in 1994, Giuly was signed by Monaco in January 1998.
Giuly captained AS Monaco FC on an amazing run to the Champions League final where they lost to FC Porto in the 2003-04 season

Barcelona
On July 17, 2007, Giuly signed with Roma for a fee of €1.8 million per year to the player and €3,2M to his former club.

Roma
Giuly has been capped for France, but was removed from his country's Euro 2004 squad due to a leg injury he sustained in the 2004 Champions League Final. However, he also added that if he got a chance to play for his country again, he would take it.

International career
During his career Giuly has been employed as a wide midfielder and as a "second striker" playing behind and to the side of an out-and-out forward, such as Fernando Morientes at Monaco. At Barcelona, Giuly played on the right side of a three man forward line which included Messi, Ronaldinho and Samuel Eto'o.

Honours

He earned himself the nicknames Ludo, Petit Prince de Monaco, Magic Imp, The Atomic Goblin, El Raton and Speedy Giuly.
During the 2005/06 season, his teammates at Barcelona decided that Giuly looked like Freddie Mercury and started calling the Frenchman by the name of the former Queen singer. According to some, he also resembles French President Nicolas Sarkozy.
Before the 2006 Champions League Final, Giuly pledged to come to the next preseason with a moustache (in honor of Mercury) if Barça won.
A cult hero in his native France, Ludovic Giuly has spawned many fan clubs and dedicated fans.