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Birthdate:
05.03.1988
Birthplace: Neuville-aux-Bois, France
Other clubs: Lyon
Bought from: Lyon
Signed for LFC: £0 31.08.2007
International caps: France U-19
Liverpool debut:
05.04.2008
Last appearance: 28.10.2009
Debut goal: 12.11.2008
Last goal: 12.11.2008
Contract expiry: 2012 (signed October 2009)
LFC league games/goals: 3 / 0
Total LFC games/goals: 8 / 1
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Player Notes:
Liverpool signed French youngster Damien Plessis from Lyon on transfer deadline day in August 2007 after he impressed with the France Under-19 side during Euro 2007 in Austria. Holding midfielder Plessis had never played for Lyon's first team and is now part of the reserve ranks at Melwood. Plessis left Lyon claiming he didn't get any chances to prove himself at the French club for the last two seasons and in order to progress he felt it was best to leave. On securing his signature, Rafa Benítez said: "He is a good player, big and strong, and we're sure he'll do well for us. He's only a young boy with plenty of time to work on his game but it depends on his progress how quickly he can force his way into the first team."
The young Frenchman was given the No. 47 shirt for the 2007-08 season and was a surprise choice to start the League match against Arsenal at The Emirates which was sandwiched between the two Champions League games against the same opponents in April, 2008. He played the full 90 minutes giving an assured and composed display, as he did three weeks later in another away match (at Birmingham City). Plessis made two starts at the beginning of the 2008/9 season, but was replaced at half-time vs Sunderland with regular first-chice Alonso coming on, who had been struggling with fitness. As expected he got his chance in the League cup with other first team irregulars in September and December 2008.
Although named in seven matchday squads in 2009-2010, Plessis only actually figured once ... the League cup 4th round tie away to Arsenal at the end of October, the same venue where he had made his senior debut two and a half years earlier. Substituted at the Emirates to give Alberto Aquilani his first taste of English football, there must now be serious doubts about vthe 22-year old Frenchman ever making a big breakthrough as a Liverpool player, even though during the season he signed an extension to his contract that will keep him at the club until 2012. |
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