![]() Allain in 2019 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 28 November 1991 | ||
Place of birth | Clamart, France | ||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Grenoble | ||
Number | 16 | ||
Youth career | |||
2005–2010 | Montrouge FC | ||
2009–2010 | ACBB | ||
2010–2011 | Clyde | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2011 | Ivry | 3 | (0) |
2011–2016 | Red Star | 11 | (0) |
2016–2019 | Dijon II | 45 | (0) |
2018–2019 | Dijon | 13 | (0) |
2019–2020 | Olympiacos | 3 | (0) |
2021 | Örebro SK | 23 | (0) |
2022 | Dalkurd | 13 | (0) |
2022–2023 | Gazélec Ajaccio | 12 | (0) |
2023 | Ionikos | 0 | (0) |
2023– | Grenoble | 6 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 May 2025 |
Bobby Allain (born 28 November 1991) is a French professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Ligue 2 club Grenoble. He has previously played in France for Ivry, Red Star and Dijon.
Allain signed his first professional contract with Clyde in Scotland, where he played in the under-19 team. [1] He returned to France, and began playing senior football with Ivry and Red Star, before moving to Dijon in 2016. [2]
Allain spent a couple of years as the backup goalkeeper at Dijon. He made his professional debut with Dijon in a 3–1 Coupe de la Ligue win over Caen on 31 October 2018. [3]
On 24 July 2019, Greek Super League side Olympiacos announced the signing of Allain on a two-year contract. [4]
On 28 December 2020, it was announced that Örebro SK, of Sweden's top division Allsvenskan, had signed Bobby on a two-year deal. [5]
In August 2022 it was announced that he had signed for Gazélec Ajaccio.
Allain was born in France, and is of Scottish descent through his mother. [6] [7] His uncle Xavier Perez was the goalkeeper for Red Star in the 1980s. [8]
Both of Allain's parents are deaf, and he is fluent in sign language. In his spare time he is the goalkeeper coach for France's deaf football team. [9]
Olympiacos