Yoann Miguel Gourcuff (IPA-frjoan ?u?kyf; born 11 July 1986) is a French (France) professional football (association football) player who currently plays for Ligue 1 club Bordeaux (Girondins Bordeaux) and the French national team (France national football team). He operates mainly as an attacking midfielder (Midfielder#Attacking midfielder), but can also be utilized as a withdrawn striker (Forward (association football)#Second striker).

Yoann is the son of Christian Gourcuff, the current manager (Coach (sport)) of Ligue 1 club FC Lorient, where Yoann began his career. In 2001, he followed in his fathers footsteps and joined Rennes (Stade Rennais F.C.). After progressing through the youth ranks and making the senior team, Gourcuff quickly became a fan favorite among supporters and his individual achievements soon led to interest from clubs abroad, which resulted in a move to Italian (Italy) club AC Milan (A.C. Milan). Gourcuff achieved many club honours despite not being able to break into the starting eleven, which resulted in the player being sent on loan to his current club Bordeaux. Following a successful season, in which he earned several club and individuals honours, Gourcuff signed with Bordeaux permanently. His playing style and ability have drawn comparisons to French (France) legend Zinedine Zidane. Gourcuff is a former winner of the UNFP Ligue 1 Player of the Year (Troph�es UNFP du football#Player of the Year) award and, in December 2009, was named the French Player of the Year (France Football#French player of the year).

Gourcuff is a French international (France national football team) and made his national team debut in August 2008. He scored his first international goal two months later against Romania (Romania national football team). Since joining the national team, he has been inserted into the playmaker role by coach (Coach (sport)) Raymond Domenech, a position that was vacated and never filled following the retirement of Zidane in 2006.