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André-Pierre Christian Gignac (born 5 December 1985) is a French professional
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who plays as a striker for
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club
Tigres UANL Club de Fútbol Tigres de la Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, simply known as Tigres UANL or Tigres, is a Mexican professional football club based in San Nicolás de los Garza, a city in the Monterrey metropolitan area, Nuevo León. Foun ...
. Gignac is described as a "powerful and dangerous" striker who is known for his "aerial presence". He is known personally by teammates and friends as simply "Dédé". Gignac began his career in his home
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of
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, playing for local club Fos and
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. In 2002, he ventured to the
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region to join professional club
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. He starred for the club for two seasons, which included a loan stint at amateur club Pau. He then joined
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in 2007, amid controversial circumstances. After early struggles Gignac reached prominence during the 2008–09 season, becoming the league's top scorer with 24 goals. After a sub-par 2009–10 season with Toulouse, Gignac joined the defending champions
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in August 2010 on a five-year contract. He scored 77 goals in 186 matches across all competitions for OM, winning two consecutive
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titles and the
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. After his contract expired he moved to Mexico to play for Tigres UANL, where he has become the club's all-time top scorer in all competitions. Gignac is a France international and made his debut with the team in April 2009 against
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as a result of his good form with Toulouse. He scored his first international goal five months later against the
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. Gignac made his first major international appearance for his country at the
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, featuring in all three matches the team contested. He also represented his country at
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, in which they were runners-up.


Early life

Gignac was born in the city of
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in Bouches-du-Rhône in the south of France. Gignac is of partial
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descent, but in an interview with French football magazine ''So Foot'' he stated he considers himself to be an adopted
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. He is the cousin of former defender
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and winger
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.


Early career

Gignac began his career with local club ''ES Fos-sur-Mer''. He spent five years at the club before joining hometown club
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. After almost seven years at the club, Gignac was released after being informed he needed to bulk up. He, subsequently, moved over to the
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to join the youth academy of professional club
Lorient Lorient (; ) is a town (''Communes of France, commune'') and Port, seaport in the Morbihan Departments of France, department of Brittany (administrative region), Brittany in western France. History Prehistory and classical antiquity Beginn ...
. After developing in the club's academy for two seasons, Gignac was promoted to the club's senior team for the
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season by
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.


Club career


Lorient

Gignac made his professional debut with Lorient on 13 August 2004, coming on as a substitute in the 78th minute with the score tied 1–1 against
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. Within seconds of coming on, he scored the winning goal to bring Lorient a 2–1 victory. An elated Gignac later said after scoring the match-winning goal that he "thought he was
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". In subsequent matches, Gignac was minor presence within the team featuring primarily as a substitute. Gignac scored his only other goal in the season against
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in a 4–1 victory on 29 October. The following week he made his first professional start, in a 2–1 defeat to
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, playing 70 minutes.


Pau

The following season, Lorient achieved promotion to
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, though without Gignac's services as he was loaned out to
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club Pau during the winter transfer period. Prior to the loan, Gignac had appeared in only one match for the club in the season. At Pau, Gignac featured as a starter for the first time in his career. He appeared in 20 league matches for the club and scored eight goals. Notable appearances with the team included a double in a victory over
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and a
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against
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. The week before the match against Châtellerault, Gignac scored the equalizing goal against
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in a 1–1 draw.


Back to Lorient

Gignac's newfound confidence saw the player return to Lorient senior team for the 2006–07 Ligue 1 season where he was inserted as starter. Initially, he began the season as a substitute, appearing as a replacement in the first three league matches. In the team's fourth league match against
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rivals
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, Gignac started the match and repaid manager Gourcuff by converting a hat-trick in 27 minutes in a 3–1 victory. On 4 November 2006, he scored the match-winning goal away to
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and, in December, scored goals in back-to-back matches against Sedan and
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. Gignac finished the campaign with 37 appearances in the league and nine goals, a club best.


Toulouse


2007–08 season

On 25 June 2007, it was announced Gignac had signed a four-year deal with
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. However, it was revealed soon after that Lorient had accepted a €4.5 million bid from
Lille Lille ( , ; nl, Rijsel ; pcd, Lile; vls, Rysel) is a city in the northern part of France, in French Flanders. On the river Deûle, near France's border with Belgium, it is the capital of the Hauts-de-France Regions of France, region, the Pref ...
and that the player had already agreed to a pre-contract with the Northern side, putting his move to Toulouse in jeopardy. Despite this, Toulouse trumped Lille's offer by offering the player more than double the salary he had been offered by Lille. The clubs entered a war of words, with Toulouse questioning the legitimacy of Lille's agreement while Gignac and Lille questioned the ethics and tactics of Toulouse. Eventually, Gignac's move to Toulouse was validated. Gignac made his competitive debut for Toulouse in the first leg of the club's
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third qualifying round match against
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, coming on as a substitute in the 65th minute. Toulouse lost the match 1–0 and conceded the two-legged tie 5–0 on aggregate, thus being eliminated from the Champions League. On 4 October 2007, after coming on as a substitute for Swedish striker
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, Gignac scored a
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against Bulgarian club
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to cancel out
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's opening goal from the penalty spot and enable Toulouse to progress to the group stages of the
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on the
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. Despite the hype, both Gignac and Toulouse had disappointing 2007–08 seasons, with Gignac appearing in 28 matches and scoring only 2 goals. Toulouse finished the season in 17th place, just one place above the relegation zone. Some media outlets attributed Gignac's struggle for form to him playing second fiddle to Johan Elmander. Gignac also struggled with weight problems during the season.


2008–09 season

In the 2008–09 season, Gignac's form blossomed as he became first-choice striker following the departure of Johan Elmander to
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. He scored his first goal of the season in Toulouse's second match, against
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, with an 88th-minute strike to seal a 2–1 victory. Over the course of the season, Gignac scored several vital goals for his club, notably braces against
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,
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,
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, Marseille and twice against
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, including his final two goals of the season. He overtook Johan Elmander (Toulouse's top scorer the season prior with 11 goals) during the 19th league match. In the events leading up to the 31st matchday, he was challenged by his coach
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to score a goal with his left foot (weak foot). The coach promised to kiss his left foot in front of everyone if he scored with his left foot against Nantes in that match. Gignac practiced shooting with his left foot the entire week and in the match, he scored the only goal of the night with his left foot. Afterwards, he ran towards the coach where Alain bowed down to kiss his foot but Gignac prevented him from doing so, out of respect for him and instead hugged Alain. (After this incident, Gignac improved upon his shooting abilities with his left foot and went on to score more goals with it.) For his efforts, he was awarded the
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award twice for September and March, nominated for the Ligue 1
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Award (which was won by
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), selected to the Ligue 1 Team of the Year and received the league's top scorer award with 24 goals to his name.


2009–10 season

Gignac switched to the number 10 shirt for the 2009–10 season and, on 14 August 2009, signed a one-year contract extension tying him to Toulouse until 2013. The extension signaled an end to rumours of a move during the fall transfer window, where the player had been linked with moves to fellow Ligue 1 club
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, English
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clubs
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and
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and Italian
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clubs
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and
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. Gignac scored his first goal of the season on 15 August 2009 in a 3–1 victory over Saint-Étienne. Five days later, he scored a brace in the first leg of the club's playoff round match against Turkish club
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. The 3–1 result in the first leg was enough for Toulouse to reach the group stage of the competition where Gignac struck again, this time against Belgian side
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in a 2–2 draw. After going scoreless for seven weeks in the league, on 24 October, Gignac scored the second goal in the club's 2–0 away win over
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. Two weeks later, Gignac scored the game-winning goal against
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. Two months later, he scored both goals in another 2–0 victory, this time against Sochaux. On 16 January 2010, Gignac provided the assists on all three goals scored by the club in its 3–1 win over
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. Despite being injured for the majority of the spring campaign, Gignac finished the season as the club's top scorer. Gignac totalled 34 Ligue 1 goals for Toulouse, remaining their highest scorer in the league in the 21st century until September 2014, when his record was surpassed by
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.


Marseille


2010–11 season

On 20 August 2010, prior to the start of the press conference for new signing
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, Marseille club president
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confirmed the club had reached a tentative agreement with Toulouse for the transfer of Gignac. Gignac underwent a medical the following day and signed a five-year contract. The transfer fee was undisclosed but was reported to be within the region of €16–18 million. Gignac was assigned the number 10 shirt and made his club debut nine days after signing in a league match against
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. He scored his first goal for the club two months later in a 1–1 draw with Saint-Étienne. On 3 November, Gignac scored a hat-trick in the 7–0 away win against Slovak club
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in a UEFA Champions League group stage match. Gignac endured a rough patch for the majority of the season, which led to criticism from local media, club supporters and former club players, most notably
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, who said Gignac's game had "become too predictable". Gignac admitted the criticism was justified and stated that "you will see the real Gignac in 2011". Following the winter break, Gignac attempted to live up to his declaration by scoring in the team's first league match in a 2–1 win over Bordeaux. Three days later, he scored the second goal in a 2–0 victory over Auxerre in the
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. The win sent Marseille to the competition's final match. On 5 February, he scored a goal in a win over Arles-Avignon and, in the following week, scored both goals in a 2–1 victory over Sochaux. He played the full 90 minutes in the 2011 Coupe de la Ligue Final on 23 April, a 1–0 win over
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.


2011–12 season

Gignac was not named in the Marseille squad for the
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on 27 July, which they won 5–4 against Lille at the Stade de Tanger in Morocco. He was close to a move to English Premier League club
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during the transfer window, but this collapsed at the last moment as Marseille failed to bring in
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as a replacement. He was also offered as part of a failed bid for
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's
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. Gignac expressed frustration at the move to Fulham being called off. On 26 November 2011, Gignac was relegated to Marseille's reserve squad. He made only six league starts during the season, and his only goal came in the penultimate match against Sochaux, when he came on in the 50th minute for Rémy and concluded a 3–0 home victory. He was an unused substitute on 14 April as Marseille won the
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against Lyon.


2012–13 season

Despite Marseille finishing tenth in the league, their Coupe de la Ligue win earned them entry into the
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. In the
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, Gignac scored in each leg of a 4–1 aggregate victory over Turkish club
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. Gignac regained his position on the first team and scored in Marseille's first home match of the season, a first in a 2–0 win over Sochaux. He then scored the only goal of an away victory over reigning league champions Montpellier. Gignac scored two first-half goals against
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in ''
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'' on 7 October, to secure a draw for the home side and to retain the league lead. On 6 January 2013, he scored twice, including the extra-time winner, as Marseille won 2–1 against
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in the last 64 of the Coupe de France. Gignac's 13 goals eventually helped Marseille to second place, behind PSG.


2013–14 season

Gignac scored in each of Marseille's three opening matches of the league season, all victories, with the third being the 84th-minute only goal of an away win at Valenciennes on 24 August. In January 2014, he scored braces in consecutive rounds of the Coupe de France: an extra-time double to dispatch Reims in the round of 64 on 5 January, and a further two in a 4–5 home defeat to Nice 16 days later. On 4 May, he scored twice in a 4–2 win over Lyon, finishing the season with 16 league goals, joint-second with four other players behind PSG's
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.


2014–15 season

Gignac began the season with two goals in a 3–3 draw at
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on 9 August 2014, the first being the first goal under new manager
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, and the latter a penalty. On 20 September, he scored Marseille's first two goals as they defeated Rennes 3−0 and moved to the top of the Ligue 1 standings. Three days later, he scored another double in a 5–0 thrashing away to Stade de Reims. On 4 January 2015, in the round of 64 of the Coupe de France away to fourth-tier
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, Gignac scored twice in the first half in an eventual 3–3 draw which ended in his team losing on penalties. He scored a further two on 5 April as Marseille hosted rivals PSG, twice putting his team ahead in an eventual 2–3 loss. The 2014–15 season saw Gignac get his best goal return for Marseille, scoring 23 times in all competitions and 21 in Ligue 1 play as he finished runner-up to Lyon's
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for the league's golden boot.


Tigres UANL

On 18 June 2015, Gignac signed with Mexican club
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, ending rumours of alleged interest from several European teams. Upon signing, he said his ambition to join the club was to win the domestic league and help his side reach the final of
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. Gignac made his official debut with Tigres on 15 July in the away game of semi-finals of the
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against Brazilian side
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at the
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, a 2–1 defeat. In the second leg, he scored his first goal to open a 3–1 victory, taking his team into the
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against River Plate of Argentina. After losing the 2015 Copa Libertadores finals, Gignac debuted in the Apertura 2015 season of
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on 9 August, scoring in a 2–2 draw against
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at the Estadio Universitario. Six days later, he recorded a hat-trick in a 4–1 home win over
Chiapas Chiapas (; Tzotzil language, Tzotzil and Tzeltal language, Tzeltal: ''Chyapas'' ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Chiapas ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Chiapas), is one of the states that make up the Political divisions of Mexico, ...
for the first win of the season for the
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-based team. He made his debut in the ''
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'' by scoring the second goal of the 3–1 home victory over arch-rival
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on 19 September. Gignac's 11 goals contributed to the team reaching the
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, in which he scored in each leg of a 3–1 aggregate win over Chiapas in the quarter-finals. He repeated the feat in the 4–4 draw against Pumas in the
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, also converting his attempt as they won in a
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. The following 30 January, Gignac scored his second hat-trick for Tigres, as they won 3–1 at home against León in the Clausura 2016 season. He scored against
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for his 5th consecutive match of the season, in a 2–2 draw. Gignac scored 13 goals in regular season and finished as the top goal scorer of the Clausura 2016. On 2 March 2016, Gignac scored a late goal against
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in a 1–1 away draw, for a 3–1 aggregate win in the quarter-finals of the 2015–16 CONCACAF Champions League. On 5 April, he scored twice in the final six minutes of a 2–0 home win over Querétaro (same score aggregate) to advance his team to the final, where on 27 April in the second leg of the finals against América at the
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, he scored the goal of the 2–1 defeat (losing the aggregate by 4–1). Gignac scored a hat-trick in quarter-finals of the Apertura 2016 season playoffs against Pumas. He scored one goal in each, first and second leg of semi-finals against León. In the first leg of the finals against América he scored the goal of the 1–1 draw, also converting his attempt as they won in a
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in the second leg. In the last match of the Clausura 2017 season, he scored a hat-trick in the 5–1 victory over Querétaro that qualified Tigres to playoffs. In quarter-finals, Tigres faced city rival: Monterrey. Gignac had only scored one goal in six previous derbies. Tigres won 4–1 in the first leg and 2–0 in the second leg, with Gignac scoring twice in both matches. In the home leg of the finals against Guadalajara, Gignac scored twice to level the score at 2–2. On 15 July 2018, Gignac scored in Tigres' 4–0
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victory over
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, tying
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's record of 80 goals with the club and becoming the club's joint-second highest scorer. A week later, Gignac scored in the 2–0 league win over León, surpassing Gaitán with 81 goals to become the lone second-highest goalscorer in club history. On 4 August 2019, Gignac scored in Tigres' 1–0 victory over Pumas, becoming the club's all-time top scorer in all competitions. His goal against Pumas took his tally in Tigres to 105 goals, surpassing the club's previous recordholder,
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. On 1 March 2020, he scored a bicycle kick in a 3–0 win against Pumas in Liga MX Clausura 2020. This goal has been nominated for the
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2020. On 22 December 2020, Gignac scored the winning goal in a 2–1 win over
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in the
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. On 4 February 2021, Gignac scored a brace in a 2–1 win against
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in the second round of the
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. On 7 February, he scored a penalty in a 1–0 win over
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in the semi-finals, to help his team to become the first Mexican club to reach the final of the competition. He later extended his contract until 2024.


International career

Gignac received his first international call-up for
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for the
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match against
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. He missed the first match due to injury, but was fit enough to earn his first cap on 1 April 2009 coming on as a substitute in the 69th minute and providing the assist to
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's goal in the 1–0 victory. On 12 August 2009, Gignac scored France's lone goal after 42 minutes when set up by
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against last-place
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in a World Cup qualifier in
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. On 10 October, he scored a brace in a five-minute span, again against the Faroes, in France's 5–0 rout in
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, securing a place in the play-offs. Four days later, Gignac struck against
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, scoring the final goal in France's 3–1 victory after appearing as a substitute for
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in the second half. On 11 May 2010, Gignac was named to France manager
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's 30-man preliminary squad to participate in the
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tournament proper. He was later named in the 23-man team to compete in the competition, after which he was issued shirt number 11 for the tournament. On 11 June, Gignac made his
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debut in the nation's opening group stage match against
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, replacing
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as a substitute in the 85th minute of a goalless draw. He also appeared in the final two group stage matches, which included a start against the hosts
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. France lost the match 2–1, which resulted in the team's elimination from the competition. On 6 September 2013, Gignac made his first appearance for France in three years during a 0–0 draw with
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in
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for the
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. His next appearance came as a late substitute in a friendly against
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on 11 October 2014. Three days later, he was selected to start in France's away friendly against
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, scoring his first international goal in five years from a
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in a 3–0 win, after
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was brought down by
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. On 13 November 2015, he scored France's second goal in a 2–0 home friendly victory over defending world champions
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, a powerful header from a
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cross. He was named in
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' squad for their hosting of
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. He played six of their seven matches – starting only the goalless group draw with
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– and was a 78th-minute substitute for
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in the
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that the team lost to Portugal in extra time. In this match, Gignac came close to securing the title for France, hitting the post in the last minute of regular time. Later on, Gignac was included in the French squad for the
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.


Career statistics


Club


International

: :''Scores and results list France's goal tally first.''


Honours

Marseille *
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:
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, 2011–12 Tigres UANL *
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:
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, Apertura 2016, Apertura 2017, Clausura 2019 *
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:
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:
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*
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runner-up:
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France *
UEFA European Championship The UEFA European Football Championship, less formally the European Championship and informally the Euro, is the primary association football tournament organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). The competition is contes ...
runner-up:
2016 File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses during the 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh ...
Individual * UNFP Ligue 1 Player of the Month: September 2008, March 2009, September 2014 * UNFP Ligue 1 Team of the Year: 2008–09 *
Ligue 1 Ligue 1, officially known as Ligue 1 Uber Eats for sponsorship reasons, is a French professional league for men's association football clubs. At the top of the French football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. A ...
top goalscorer: 2008–09 *
Liga MX The Liga MX, officially known as the Liga BBVA MX for sponsorship reasons, is the top professional football division in Mexico, holding 2 tournaments per year. The league is considered the strongest in North America, and among the strongest in a ...
Best XI:
Apertura 2015 The ' and ' tournaments is a split season format for Spanish-speaking sports leagues. It is a relatively recent innovation for many Latin American football leagues in which the traditional association football season from August to May is divi ...
, Clausura 2016, Clausura 2017, Apertura 2018, Clausura 2019, Clausura 2022 *
Liga MX The Liga MX, officially known as the Liga BBVA MX for sponsorship reasons, is the top professional football division in Mexico, holding 2 tournaments per year. The league is considered the strongest in North America, and among the strongest in a ...
Golden Boot: Clausura 2016, Apertura 2018, Clausura 2022 *
Liga MX The Liga MX, officially known as the Liga BBVA MX for sponsorship reasons, is the top professional football division in Mexico, holding 2 tournaments per year. The league is considered the strongest in North America, and among the strongest in a ...
Best Forward: 2015–16, 2018–19 * Liga MX Balón de Oro: 2015–16 * CONCACAF Best XI:
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CONCACAF Champions League The CONCACAF Champions League, known officially as the Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League for sponsorship reasons, is an annual continental club football competition organized by CONCACAF. The tournament is contested by clubs from North Ameri ...
Golden Ball:
2020 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, COVID- ...
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CONCACAF Champions League The CONCACAF Champions League, known officially as the Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League for sponsorship reasons, is an annual continental club football competition organized by CONCACAF. The tournament is contested by clubs from North Ameri ...
Golden Boot:
2020 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, COVID- ...
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CONCACAF Champions League The CONCACAF Champions League, known officially as the Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League for sponsorship reasons, is an annual continental club football competition organized by CONCACAF. The tournament is contested by clubs from North Ameri ...
Team of the Tournament:
2020 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, COVID- ...
* FIFA Club World Cup Silver Ball:
2020 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, COVID- ...
* FIFA Club World Cup top goalscorer:
2020 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, COVID- ...
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Liga MX The Liga MX, officially known as the Liga BBVA MX for sponsorship reasons, is the top professional football division in Mexico, holding 2 tournaments per year. The league is considered the strongest in North America, and among the strongest in a ...
All-Star:
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