He can replace Trezeguet, but he can t shake Benzema. He also encountered Giroud. The French giant was born at the wrong time.

At the request of friends, let’s talk about Gomi, the French warrior with unique celebrations.

On August 6, 1985, Bafertimbi-Frediers Gomi was born in La Seine-sur-Mer, France. It is easy to tell from his skin color that he is a descendant of African immigrants.

With Senegalese blood flowing through his body, he has excellent physical fitness. He is not only strong enough, but also extremely impactful. He is simply a natural battering ram. Moreover, compared with his native African compatriots, Gomi has been receiving formal football training since he was a child. He has excellent team awareness and is willing to cover for his teammates. As a center forward, he is not the kind of individual hero who only has goals in his eyes. Even if he doesn't score, he can still make a huge contribution to the team.

His football career started with the Saint-Etienne team. As early as 2003, when he was only 18 years old, he was promoted to the Saint-Etienne first team. However, he lacked experience when he was just starting out. He suffered on the bench for several seasons and also experienced a loan career. It was not until the 2006-07 season that he became the team's main forward and paid double figures in the number of league goals in a single season.

In the following 2007-08 season, Gomi's performance became even better. As the bridgehead of Saint-Etienne, he can not only provide cover for his teammates, but he can also attack the city himself. A data sheet of 16 goals in 35 games made him a star forward in Ligue 1.

At this time, the veteran French forward Trezeguet had a bad relationship with the then French coach Domenech. Even though Trezeguet scored 20 league goals and won the Serie A Silver Boot in the 2007-08 season, Domenech just wasn't interested in Trezeguet.

However, the prerequisite for Domenech to abandon Trezeguet is to find a suitable replacement. Against this background, Domenech recruited Gomi to the national team and gave Gomi a chance to play in the warm-up match before the 2008 European Cup. Gomi's performance was also very impressive. In his first appearance with the national team, he knocked on the door of Ecuador twice and contributed to the French team's victory in the game.

Although this game is just an inconsequential friendly match, from Domenech's standpoint, he already has reason to silence the opponents. Sure enough, when the French team's squad for the 2008 European Cup was released, Trezeguet's name was nowhere to be seen. Instead, Gomi was successfully shortlisted.

Just because Gomi can replace Trezeguet in the European Cup does not mean that Domenech intends to reuse him. After all, the French team at this time also had famous strikers such as Henry and Anelka, who were above Gomi in terms of strength and qualifications. Throughout the European Cup, Gomi can only be regarded as a soy sauce.

In stark contrast to Gomi, Benzema was also a newcomer at the time. Although Benzema's performance in this European Cup cannot be said to be outstanding, in terms of playing time and tactical status, Benzema is far above Gomi.

So, why did Domenech rank Benzema ahead of Gomi? The reason is very simple. Benzema is obviously stronger than Gomi in terms of tactical value and competitive status.

In terms of tactical value, as long as Gomi can do anything, Benzema can do it all, and he can do it better. In terms of competitive status, Gomi's 16 goals in a single season is indeed impressive, but Benzema at the same stage is already the French Golden Boot.

What makes Gomi even more desperate is that he is two years older than Benzema. This means that as long as Benzema doesn't make too big a mistake, Gomi's French national team career can only live in the shadow of Benzema. In the days that followed, Gomi could not shake Benzema at all. No matter who is in charge of the French coach, Benzema will be ranked ahead of Gomi in the pecking order.

If it is just a matter of meeting Benzema, then Gomi can still serve as a substitute for the French team. Gomi's biggest crisis in the French national team is actually Giroud's strong rise. In the 2011-12 season, Giroud became a blockbuster and won the Ligue 1 Golden Boot. After that, Giroud became a regular player of the French national team, while Gomi's role became less and less...

In the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, Gomi was not selected for the French team's squad, which made him quite frustrated and planned to change the environment to prove himself again. The next club he chose was Swansea in the Premier League.

The rhythm of the Premier League is very different from that of the French Ligue 1. Gomi just arrived and did not adapt to the rhythm of the Premier League at all. So much so that in the first half of the year he joined Swansea, he gained nothing. It wasn't until the 26th round of the league that Swansea met Manchester United that Gomi opened his scoring account in the Premier League.

scored his first goal, which gave Gomi confidence. In the following days, he gradually regained his scoring feeling and maintained a relatively stable scoring efficiency. At the beginning of the 2015-16 season, Gomi scored consecutive goals in the first four rounds. Even strong teams such as Chelsea and Manchester United were still scored by him. In the same season, after Gomi scored a goal, he celebrated by imitating the crawling movement of a panther...

In all conscience, Gomi's original intention was to imitate the crawling of a panther. However, his own image is a bit tough, and his facial expression is too ferocious. So much so that many fans feel that Gomi is imitating zombies...

Gomi played in the Premier League until 2016, and then returned to Ligue 1 to play for Marseille. What is quite surprising is that in his first season with Marseille, Gomi scored 20 league goals, and his efficiency was quite astonishing. However, Marseille had no intention of keeping Gomi...

In the summer of 2017, Gomi went to Galatasaray to play for Galatasaray, continuing to maintain strong firepower output. In the 2017-18 season, Gomi scored 29 goals and was crowned the league's golden boot.. In the days that followed, Gomi focused on gold mining and wrote his own legend in the Saudi League, Turkish League and Japanese League. He played until 2024 before announcing that he would hang up his boots.

Looking at Gomi's playing career, he was a typical born at the wrong time, just in the era of the blowout of France's outstanding forwards. If he had been active in the late 1990s, with his strength, he would definitely have a chance to replace Guivarc and become the main forward of the French team.