Steed Malbranque (born 6 January 1980 in Mouscron) is a Belgian-born French footballer who plays for Olympique Lyonnais. Malbranque is in his second spell with Lyon, having begun his professional career there before moving to England in 2001, where he had spells with Fulham, Tottenham Hotspur and Sunderland. He returned to France in 2011 for a short spell with Saint-Étienne before retiring. However, in 2012, he returned to football, joining Lyon for the second time. He was a trainee at Lyon youth academy between 1995 and 1997, during which time he won the Under-15 championship twice, the Under-17 Cup and the reserve team championship. He also captained the French Under-18 side. He made his professional debut for the club in a 1–1 draw against Montpellier on 21 February 1998 aged 18. He went on to play a total of 96 games for the club, which included 12 appearances ...