Gabriel Obertan is a French player born in the Pantin region of France. Born on 26th February 1989 this 20 year old lad plays as a striker for his present club Manchester United. As an youth Gabreil started his career with Paris –Pantin in the year 1997. He later moved to Paris FC in the year 2002, and eventually joined Paris-Saint Germain the following year.

After his brief stint at various clubs in Paris he moved to the Clairfontaine academy in 2004 to enhance his skills as a footballer. In this academy he was spotted by Bordeaux and after a year’s training he moved to the Bordeaux club as one of its member. He was offered his first contract at the age of 17 with Bordeaux. For the first initial year he made around 17 appearances for his team. He got a extension in his contract and played 26 matches for Bordeaux in the following year. However his coach Laurent Blanc loaned him to fellow club FC Lorient for a period of six months where he played a total of 15 matches.

On 6th july 2009 Gabriel Obertan was picked up by Manchester United for a sum of about £ 3 million. It is believed that he is inducted into the team to fill up the void created by the departure of many high profile players who have left Manchester United