Thursday December 5, André-Pierre Gignac will celebrate his 39th birthday. As his forties are fast approaching, the Frenchman is still running in the Tigers jersey. A group he joined almost ten years ago. Indeed, the French striker moved to Mexico in 2015, after the end of his lease at Olympique de Marseille. A club that he had in his heart and in his skin. But he managed to make room in his heart for the Monterrey team, with which he very quickly fell in love. A feeling that is mutual.
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APG is a legend in Mexico
For almost ten years, everything has been going well between the former Toulouse Football Club player and the Tigers. Having become a legend, the Frenchman scored 219 goals in 403 matches in all competitions. A very important part of his club, he has garnished his list of achievements with eleven trophies, including the CONCACAF Champions League won in 2020. Individually, he has also been honored on numerous occasions, notably being elected Ballon d'Or of the Mexican championship in 2016. Which was a first for a footballer from the Old Continent.
In addition, he is the best European scorer in the history of Liga MX but also the best scorer in the history of Tigres. Very popular in Mexico, APG, who regularly delights us with nice goals, is in perfect love with the Tigres with whom he has participated in 23 matches in all competitions this season. Time for him to score 7 goals and deliver 1 assist (1359 minutes played). But this year, the French international (36 caps and 7 goals with the A) arrives at a turning point in his Mexican adventure.
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The presidency of the Monterrey club extends its arms to him
Indeed, the native of Martigues will be at the end of his contract on June 30, 2025. Despite the numerous approaches in recent years, in particular from OL who had tried it; Gignac had always remained loyal to the Tigres and had even extended his lease in 2023 with the desire to end his playing career in Mexico. A country where he could well begin his second career and his second life. Indeed, Fox Sports reveals that the management of the Monterrey club, which wishes to rely on former and current legends of the club, wants to offer a very high position to APG. The Mexican media also mentions the seat of “sporting” president of the Tigers.
Guido Pizarro would be its technical director. A crazy project that the former OM man really likes, since he would be ready to put on this costume after hanging up his crampons. A few months ago, he spoke about his future. “We will see later with the board of directors, but the idea is to be close and help as much as possible so that, in 10 years, Tigres is as close as possible to the biggest clubs in Mexico, so that we are on the same level. We know that there are two strong clubs (América and Chivas) and we want to be at the same level as them. In recent years, we have proven in Mexico that we can be a strong team.” On the field currently, APG intends to help the Tigers for a long time once he retires from sports. The love story is not about to end…
Pub. the 02/12/2024 17:03
– UPDATE 03/12/2024 01:03
