Olivier Giroud Credits God, Team to Play in World Cup Finals

December 15, 2022233 views0

Olivier Giroud Credits God, Team to Play in World Cup Finals

2022-12-15T13:54:11+01:00

By Church News

Olivier Jonathan Giroud, a French professional footballer who plays as a striker for Serie A club AC Milan and the France national team credits God as the French national team wins a slot to play in the FIFA World Cup finals against Argentina on 18th Dec.In addition to his professional career, Giroud has spoken publicly about his Christian faith. As reported by Premier Christian News, Giroud served as a guest editor-in-chief of a French Christian magazine called “Jesus” in 2019.“I try to speak about my faith whenever I can,” he said at the time. “I feel I have to use my media profile to talk about my commitment to Jesus Christ and the matters that concern me.”During a 2019 interview with the Daily Mail, Giroud shared that he grew up attending church with his mother.“I just carried on, and now I’m seeing a Christian priest studying the Bible together, and I feel like I want to know more about Jesus Christ’s life,” he explained. “And every time I read the word of the Holy Bible, it makes me feel grateful about everything that has happened to me.”“I’m very religious, so, at that moment, I just thanked God,” he said. “I was very grateful to have the opportunity to live my dream. To live every single day for me is a day blessed.”Giroud also has a tattoo on his right arm with the words “Dominus regit me et nihil mihi deerit,” which is Latin for “The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not want,” taken from Psalm 23.Giroud began his senior club career playing for his hometown club Grenoble before he signed with Tours in 2008, aged 21.He was named Ligue 2 Player of the Year in 2010 after finishing as the league’s top goalscorer.Giroud was subsequently the subject of a then-club record association football transfer when he moved to Montpellier in a transfer worth €2 million, winning the club’s first Ligue 1 title and finishing as the league’s top goal scorer in 2012.ALSO READ Marcus Rashford- ‘It’s impossible not to have faith in God’