Cédric Anselin

French footballer (born 1977)

Cédric AnselinPersonal information

Date of birth|  (1977-07-24) 24 July 1977 (age 48)
Place of birth|  Lens, Pas-de-Calais, France
Position(s)|  Midfielder
Senior career*
Years|  Team|  Apps|  (Gls)
1995–1999|  Bordeaux|  9|  (0)
1997–1998|  → Lille (loan)|  14|  (1)
1999|  → Norwich City (loan)|  7|  (1)
1999–2001|  Norwich City|  19|  (0)
2001–2002|  Ross County|  11|  (0)
2002–2004|  Oriente Petrolero|  |
2004|  Mildenhall Town|  |
2004–2005|  Cambridge United|  2|  (0)
2005|  Gravesend & Northfleet|  |
|  King's Lynn|  |
|  Dereham Town|  |
|  Lowestoft Town|  |
2016–2018|  Sheringham|  |
Total|  |  62|  (2)
Managerial career
2017–2018|  Sheringham
2018–2020|  Norwich United
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Cédric Anselin (born 24 July 1977) is a French former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.[1] He was a French under-21 international. He subsequently managed Norwich United from 2018 to 2020.

## Career

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Anselin was born in Lens, Pas-de-Calais. He began his career in his native France with Bordeaux and Lille. While with Bordeaux, he played in the 1996 UEFA Cup Final alongside, among others, Zinedine Zidane and Bixente Lizarazu.

Anselin joined English club Norwich City on loan towards the end of the 1998–99 season and signed permanently for a fee of £250,000 in the summer of 1999. He found it difficult to settle at Carrow Road due in part to the language barrier, and the club agreed to release him in the summer of 2001. He scored one goal during his spell at Norwich, his strike coming in a 4–2 win over Oxford United.[2]

He spent the majority of the 2001–02 season with the Scottish club Ross County before his career took him to the Bolivian team Oriente Petrolero. He returned to England, briefly playing with Cambridge United before moving into non-league football. A brief spell at King's Lynn was followed by a move further down the league pyramid to Dereham Town late in 2007. He then signed a contract with Lowestoft Town. On 25 August 2009 he joined the coaching team of Norwich United.[3] He also made a brief 45-minute appearance against a Norwich City XI in a July 2010 preseason friendly.

He subsequently joined Cromer Town, where he became first team coach.[4] In 2016 he joined Sheringham,[5] where he became player-manager of the club.[6]

In 2018 he was appointed manager of Norwich United. He left the club in June 2020.[7] He returned to Sheringham in January 2023 when he was appointed Director of Football.[8]

## References

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1. ^ Cédric Anselin at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database
2. ^ "Oxford 2 Norwich 4". Sporting Life. 24 April 1999. Retrieved 9 May 2010.
3. ^ Norwich United: Anselin joins management team, 16 September 2009
4. ^ "I had the rope around my neck and I was ready" - Former Norwich City star Cedric Anselin reveals he nearly took own life Pink Un, 28 August 2012
5. ^ From Bordeaux to Sheringham: the adventures of former Norwich City midfielder Cedric Anselin Eastern Daily Press, 13 November 2016
6. ^ Cédric Anselin: I was ready to take my own life but phoning Clarke Carlisle saved me The Guardian, 4 December 2017
7. ^ Former Canary quits managerial role Pink 'Un, 14 June 2020
8. ^ Cedric Anselin appointed Sheringham Football Club director Eastern Daily Press 13 January 2023

* Mark Davage; John Eastwood; Kevin Platt (2001). Canary Citizens. Jarrold Publishing. ISBN 0-7117-2020-7.

## External links

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* Career information at ex-canaries.co.uk
* Interview with Anselin talking about his battle with Mental Health
* Cédric Anselin at Soccerbase
* Article about Cédric Anselin from When Saturday Comes
* Article about Cédric Anselin from the Pink'un
* Cédric Anselin – French league stats at LFP – also available in French (archived) https://www.pitchero.com/clubs/norwichunitedfc/news/cedric-talks-to-my-football-writer-2416265.html

*[Apps]: League appearances
*[Gls]: League goals