Ludovic Obraniak

Metz Obraniak began his football career with his local club Metz. Due to his consistent play in the reserves, he was quickly promoted to the senior side by then-manager Jean Fernandez making his debut during the 2003–04 season in a 2–0 loss to Bordeaux coming on as a late-match substitute wearing the number 13 shirt. Bordeaux On 12 January 2012, Obraniak signed a three-and-a-half-year contract with Ligue 1 outfit Bordeaux. On 24 May 2016, he scored the winning goal in the 2015–16 Israel State Cup final, against Maccabi Tel Aviv. On 17 August 2016, Obraniak was released from Maccabi Haifa after one year. Retirement On 4 October 2018, he announced his retirement as a player from football. ==International career==

Obraniak made an appearance for the France under-21 squad; however, since it was not a match for points FIFA did not consider him permanently capped. This was later confirmed by FIFA's decision to remove the age limit on nationality switches of players who had only been capped at youth level. Due to having Polish roots through his grandfather, Zygmunt Obraniak who was from Pobiedziska in Poznań County, the player became the subject of interest from the Poland national football team and applied for citizenship of the country. Since his grandfather had never renounced Polish citizenship, according to Polish laws Obraniak's citizenship did not need to be granted by the Polish government but simply verified by the Masovian voivode. Obraniak was confirmed as a Polish citizen on 5 June 2009. On 23 July 2009, he was officially called up to the Poland team by coach Leo Beenhakker for the squad's friendly against Greece, where Obraniak scored both goals in the match making a 2–0 victory for Poland. He played in all three games for Poland at Euro 2012. ==Managerial career==

Obraniak was appointed head coach of Le Touquet on 5 June 2021. ==Personal life==

Obraniak's daughter was born on 1 June 2011. Obraniak is fluent in French and English. Despite representing Poland on an international level, he does not speak Polish fluently. ==Career statistics==

Club International :''Scores and results list Poland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Obraniak goal''. ==Honours==

Lille • Ligue 1: 2010–11 • Coupe de France: 2010–11 Bordeaux • Coupe de France: 2012–13 Maccabi Haifa • Israel State Cup: 2015–16 Individual • Coupe de France Final Man of the Match: 2011 ==References==