David Bellion: Man United forward Profile & Stats
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David Bellion

Position: forward

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HAN P W D L F A Diff Win%
H 23 17 4 2 47 10 +37 73.91
A 15 7 2 6 17 14 +3 46.67
N 2 1 0 1 2 3 -1 50.00
TOTALS 40 25 6 9 66 27 +39 62.50

Name: David Bellion
Birthdate: 27-11-1982
Age: 43
Birthplace: Sèvres, Paris, France
Height: 5' 9" (1.75m)
Weight: 12st (76.2kg)
Years at Club: 2003-2006
Signing Info: Transferred from: AFC Sunderland ,01/07/2003, £2m
Previous Clubs: Cannes, AFC Sunderland, West Ham United (loan), Nice (loan)
Debut: 27/08/2003 v Wolverhampton Wanderers (H) 1-0 (Premiership)
Farewell: Transferred to Nice, 01/07/2006, £Free
Passed Away:

Biography

David Bellion is a former French footballer known for his speed and versatility, playing primarily as a forward or winger. Bellion joined Manchester United from Sunderland, 01/07/2003 for 2 million pounds as one of Sir Alex Ferguson's younger attacking options, but despite showing promise, he struggled to cement a long-term place in the first team. Known for his electric pace, Bellion's career saw him play in both the Premier League and Ligue 1, where he found greater success after leaving Old Trafford.

Early Career and Rise at Sunderland
Bellion started his professional career at Cannes in France before moving to Sunderland in 2001, where his performances, particularly his blistering speed, caught the attention of Sir Alex Ferguson. He showed glimpses of his talent at Sunderland, scoring a few important goals and standing out for his quick runs down the wing, which earned him a transfer to Manchester United in 2003.

Manchester United Career (2003-2006)
Bellion joined Manchester United in 2003, viewed as a promising young talent who could add pace to United's attack. While his speed was undeniable, Bellion struggled to establish himself in United's first team due to the competition from established forwards like Ruud van Nistelrooy, Ryan Giggs, and Cristiano Ronaldo.

Bellion's greatest asset was his blistering pace, which allowed him to stretch defenses and create opportunities in wide areas. He could play both as a central striker and on the wing, making him a versatile option in attack. However, his decision-making and consistency were often questioned, which limited his impact at the highest level. After returning to France, Bellion found greater success at OGC Nice and Bordeaux, where he contributed more regularly. At Bordeaux, Bellion won the 2008–09 Ligue 1 title, playing a key role in the team's attack and enjoying his most consistent spell of form. He scored 31 goals in 142 appearances for Bordeaux, showcasing his improvement after leaving the Premier League.

Although David Bellion's time at Manchester United didn't lead to the long-term success many hoped for, he remains known for his explosive pace and contributions to United's attack during his brief stay. His career later blossomed in Ligue 1, where he found greater consistency and success, particularly with Bordeaux, winning the Ligue 1 title in 2009.
 
League League Cup FA Cup Charity Shield European Cup Europa League Super Cup Cup Winners Cup Inter-cont Cup World Clubs Cup    
Season Goals Season Apps
No Season League Goals League Apps LC Goals LC Apps FAC Goals FAC Apps CS Goals CS Apps EC Goals EC Apps Europa Goals Europa Apps SC Goals SC Apps CWC Goals CWC Apps IC Goals IC Apps CWC Goals CWC Apps Season
Goals		 Season
Apps
1. 2003-2004 2 14 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 22
2. 2004-2005 2 10 1 3 0 1 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 18
TOTALS 4 24 2 5 0 3 0 1 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 40

Detailed Match & Performance Charts

MUFC Player Goals MUFC Player Appearances MUFC Player Opponent Manager MUFC Player Club Manager
No Opponent Goals Appearances
1. Dinamo Bucharest 1 1
2. Everton 1 1
3. Bolton Wanderers 1 1
4. Tottenham Hotspur 1 1
5. Fenerbahce 1 1
6. Norwich City 1 1
7. Arsenal 1 1
8. Leeds United 1 1
No Opponent Appearances Goals
1. Blackburn Rovers 3 0
2. Tottenham Hotspur 3 1
3. Arsenal 3 1
4. Wolverhampton Wanderers 2 0
5. Panathinaikos 2 0
6. Portsmouth 2 0
7. Everton 2 1
8. Liverpool 2 0
9. Fenerbahce 2 1
10. Fulham 1 0
11. Leeds United 1 1
12. Rangers 1 0
13. West Bromwich Albion 1 0
14. Aston Villa 1 0
15. Stuttgart 1 0
16. Newcastle United 1 0
17. Northampton Town 1 0
18. Leicester City 1 0
19. Charlton Athletic 1 0
20. Chelsea 1 0
21. Norwich City 1 1
22. Dinamo Bucharest 1 1
23. Bolton Wanderers 1 1
24. Crewe Alexandra 1 0
25. Crystal Palace 1 0
26. Southampton 1 0
27. Middlesbrough 1 0
28. Exeter City 1 0
No Opponent Manager No
1. Souness, Graeme 3
2. Wenger, Arsene 3
3. Jones, Dave 2
4. Shum, Itzhak 2
5. Redknapp, Harry 2
6. Moyes, David 2
7. Daum, Christoph 2
8. Coleman, Chris 1
9. Reid, Peter 1
10. McLeish, Alex 1
11. Megson, Gary 1
12. O'Leary, David 1
13. Magath, Felix 1
14. Robson, Bobby 1
15. Calderwood, Colin 1
16. Pleat, David 1
17. Adams, Micky 1
18. Curbishley, Alan 1
19. Houllier, Gerard 1
20. Mourinho, Jose 1
21. Worthington, Nigel 1
22. Andone, Ioan 1
23. Allardyce, Sam 1
24. Santini, Jacques 1
25. Gradi, Dario 1
26. Dowie, Iain 1
27. Wigley, Steve 1
28. McClaren, Steve 1
29. Jol, Martin 1
30. Cooper, Terry 1
31. Benitez, Rafa 1
No MUFC Managers Count
1. Ferguson, Alex 40
Stadiums Competition Opponents Opponent Nationality
No Stadium Count
1. Old Trafford 23
2. Ewood Park 2
3. Anfield 1
4. Apostolos Nikolaidis 1
5. Elland Road 1
6. Fratton Park 1
7. Gresty Road 1
8. Millennium Stadium 1
9. Molineux 1
10. Reebok Stadium 1
11. Riverside Stadium 1
12. Sixfields Stadium 1
13. Stamford Bridge 1
14. Sukru Saracoglu 1
15. The Hawthorns 1
16. Villa Park 1
17. White Hart Lane 1
No Competition Count
1. Premiership 24
2. European Cup 7
3. League Cup 5
4. FA Cup 3
5. Charity Shield 1
No Opponent Count
1. Blackburn Rovers 3
2. Tottenham Hotspur 3
3. Arsenal 3
4. Wolverhampton Wanderers 2
5. Panathinaikos 2
6. Portsmouth 2
7. Everton 2
8. Liverpool 2
9. Fenerbahce 2
10. Fulham 1
11. Leeds United 1
12. Rangers 1
13. West Bromwich Albion 1
14. Aston Villa 1
15. Stuttgart 1
16. Newcastle United 1
17. Northampton Town 1
18. Leicester City 1
19. Charlton Athletic 1
20. Chelsea 1
21. Norwich City 1
22. Dinamo Bucharest 1
23. Bolton Wanderers 1
24. Crewe Alexandra 1
25. Crystal Palace 1
26. Southampton 1
27. Middlesbrough 1
28. Exeter City 1
No Opponent Nationality Count
1. England 33
2. Greece 2
3. Turkey 2
4. Scotland 1
5. Germany 1
6. Romania 1
Roy Keane own goal v Real Madrid Old Trafford 2000 Cup Finals
No Date Opponent Competition Own Goals
Player has never scored an own goal against the club.
No Date Opponent WDL F-A Competition
1. 08-08-2004 Arsenal L 1-3 Charity Shield
Penalties scored for Manchester United Manchester United Hat-Tricks
No Date Opponents Competition Penaltys
Player has never scored a penalty for the club.
No Date Opponent Competition Goals
Player has never scored a hat-trick or better during a game.
 
Red Cards  
No Date Opponent Competition
Player has never been sent off during a match.
 

All Matches played
No Date Comp Opponent WDL F-A HAN Goal!! Scorers Opponent scorers
1. 27-08-2003 PL Wolves W 1-0 H 0 John O'Shea 10'
2. 16-09-2003 EC/UCL Panathinaikos W 5-0 H 0 Mikael Silvestre 13', Quinton Fortune 15', Ole Gunnar Solskjaer 33', Nicky Butt 40', Eric Djemba-Djemba 83'
3. 25-10-2003 PL Fulham L 1-3 H 0 Diego Forlan 45'+2 Lee Clark 3', Steed Malbranque 66', Junichi Inamoto 79'
4. 28-10-2003 LC Leeds United W 3-2 A 1 David Bellion 78', Diego Forlan 108', Eric Djemba-Djemba 117' Roque Junior 49', 114'
5. 01-11-2003 PL Portsmouth W 3-0 H 0 Diego Forlan 37', Cristiano Ronaldo 80', Roy Keane 82'
6. 04-11-2003 EC/UCL Rangers W 3-0 H 0 Diego Forlan 6', Ruud van Nistelrooy 43', 60'
7. 22-11-2003 PL Blackburn Rovers W 2-1 H 0 Ruud van Nistelrooy 24', Kleberson 38' Brett Emerton 62'
8. 26-11-2003 EC/UCL Panathinaikos W 1-0 A 0 Diego Forlan 85'
9. 03-12-2003 LC West Bromwich Albion L 0-2 A 0 Bernt Haas 6', Scott Dobie 56'
10. 06-12-2003 PL Aston Villa W 4-0 H 0 Ruud van Nistelrooy 16', 45', Diego Forlan 90', 90'+3
11. 09-12-2003 EC/UCL Stuttgart W 2-0 H 0 Ruud van Nistelrooy 45'+2, Ryan Giggs 58'
12. 26-12-2003 PL Everton W 3-2 H 1 Nicky Butt 9', Kleberson 44', David Bellion 68' Gary Neville 13' (o.g.), Duncan Ferguson 90'
13. 11-01-2004 PL Newcastle United D 0-0 H 0
14. 17-01-2004 PL Wolves L 0-1 A 0 Kenny Miller 67'
15. 25-01-2004 FAC Northampton Town W 3-0 A 0 Mikael Silvestre 34', Chris Hargreaves 47' (o.g.), Diego Forlan 68'
16. 20-03-2004 PL Tottenham Hotspur W 3-0 H 1 Ryan Giggs 30', Cristiano Ronaldo 89', David Bellion 90'+3
17. 03-04-2004 FAC Arsenal W 1-0 N 0 Paul Scholes 32'
18. 13-04-2004 PL Leicester City W 1-0 H 0 Gary Neville 56'
19. 17-04-2004 PL Portsmouth L 0-1 A 0 Steve Stone 36'
20. 20-04-2004 PL Charlton Athletic W 2-0 H 0 Louis Saha 28', Gary Neville 65'
21. 24-04-2004 PL Liverpool L 0-1 H 0 Danny Murphy 63' (pen)
22. 01-05-2004 PL Blackburn Rovers L 0-1 A 0 Jonathan Stead 85'
23. 08-08-2004 CS Arsenal L 1-3 N 0 Alan Smith 55' Gilberto Silva 49', Jose Antonio Reyes 58', Mikael Silvestre 79' (o.g.)
24. 15-08-2004 PL Chelsea L 0-1 A 0 Eidur Gudjohnsen 15'
25. 21-08-2004 PL Norwich City W 2-1 H 1 David Bellion 32', Alan Smith 50' Paul McVeigh 75'
26. 25-08-2004 EC/UCL Dinamo Bucharest W 3-0 H 1 Alan Smith 47', 50', David Bellion 70'
27. 28-08-2004 PL Blackburn Rovers D 1-1 A 0 Alan Smith 90'+3 Paul Dickov 17'
28. 30-08-2004 PL Everton D 0-0 H 0
29. 11-09-2004 PL Bolton Wanderers D 2-2 A 1 Gabriel Heinze 44', David Bellion 90'+2 Kevin Nolan 52', Les Ferdinand 90'
30. 25-09-2004 PL Tottenham Hotspur W 1-0 A 0 Ruud van Nistelrooy 42' (pen)
31. 28-09-2004 EC/UCL Fenerbahce W 6-2 H 1 Ryan Giggs 7', Wayne Rooney 17', 28', 54', Ruud van Nistelrooy 78', David Bellion 81' Marcio Nobre 47', Tuncay Sanli 60'
32. 26-10-2004 LC Crewe Alexandra W 3-0 A 0 Alan Smith 10', Liam Miller 57', Steve Foster 59' (o.g.)
33. 10-11-2004 LC Crystal Palace W 2-0 H 0 Louis Saha 22', Kieran Richardson 39'
34. 01-12-2004 LC Arsenal W 1-0 H 1 David Bellion 1'
35. 04-12-2004 PL Southampton W 3-0 H 0 Paul Scholes 53', Wayne Rooney 58', Cristiano Ronaldo 87'
36. 08-12-2004 EC/UCL Fenerbahce L 0-3 A 0 Tuncay Sanli 46', 62', 90'+1
37. 01-01-2005 PL Middlesbrough W 2-0 A 0 Darren Fletcher 9', Ryan Giggs 79'
38. 04-01-2005 PL Tottenham Hotspur D 0-0 H 0
39. 08-01-2005 FAC Exeter City D 0-0 H 0
40. 15-01-2005 PL Liverpool W 1-0 A 0 Wayne Rooney 21'
 

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