Olivier Giroud Brother Romain Giroud Left Football To Become A Nutritionist

Romain Giroud is the brother of Olivier Giroud who has played professional football in the French lower division.

Giroud's big bro played football and won titles until 2014. He started his career at Auxerre B in 1998 and moved to the Rennes B team. Between 1999 to 200, he played for the Grenoble B. However, he spent most of his playing time at Echirolles.

For the 2005-2006 season, he played in the French 6 tier with Seyssinet and ended his career with Gieres. Romain has shared the dressing room with footballers like Grégory Ursule, Eddy Capron, and Fabien Debec.

Having played professional football for many years, Romain represented France at under-15 and under-17 levels. He was also a teammate with stars like Thiery Henry, Nicolas Anelka and David Trezeguet at the Auxerre academy.

The 5 feet 9 inches tall athlete mostly played as a defender. 

Romain Giroud became a nutritionist after retiring from his professional footballing career.

Olivier Giroud's brother gave up a prospective professional career to pursue his studies and become a nutritionist. Initially, his family did not take the decision positively, especially Oliver, who saw him as his idol. But as time passed, Romain did exceptionally well in his new career.

Romain holds a degree in dietetics and has worked with FGC Rugby as well as top sportsmen in the area and the city of Grenoble. He has held positions at AS Monaco in charge of monitoring and supporting players in their daily nutritional strategy.

In the meantime, Olivier started his athletic career by playing for his hometown team, Olympique Club de Froges. He is often regarded as one of the most underrated strikers in the world, having won every prestigious title with France and his clubs.

In 2020, when Olivier made his 100 caps for France, Romain said it was an emotional moment for him and the family. 

The proud brother said: "It was an important moment. This does not leave us indifferent. We thought of him well during the day. The game couldn't have gone better. All counters are green. I just hung up with him; he's going to training."

Romain continued: "It's a lot of emotion, so it's hard to transcribe. He wanted to share that. He is pleased on a small cloud. Lucid about the fact that we must continue and that other deadlines are coming very quickly, he was very touched by the many messages of friendship and the attention he received from everyone."

Romain Giroud is ten years older than Oliver Giroud and turned forty five this year.

Born on June 8, 1977, in Chambéry, Romain was a role model for his younger brother, who turned 36 years old this October. The siblings have a striking resemblance to one another.

On Twitter, Internet users have made a hilarious comparison between the brothers. One of the users has jokingly said Romain Giroud is an "alter-globalist" or even "organic" version of the former Blues striker. Similarly, a fan says Romain is Giroud disguised in Patron Incognito.

Olivier Giroud has stated that he became passionate about football due to his brother. As a child, he once said he feared the 1980s comedy character 'Alf'. Due to this, his brother, Romain, regularly taunted him about his fear of the much-loved sitcom star.

Giroud has said: "My brother got used to teasing me about the kid's TV character called Alf. I was very much afraid of him because he was so ugly. My brother used to tell, Be careful; Alf is going to take you tonight!' He went too far with it!

When asked about the first football kit, Giroud said to Tribal Football that it was of his brothers. He has said: "Maybe my brother's France shirt from when he played with the youth national team. He played for France's Under-15s, and I was six years old. He was a center-back."

"He played with Henry, Trezeguet, and Anelka! He was a talented player but didn't have a professional football career in the end."