Damien Le Tallec

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Damien Le Tallec
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Le Tallec with Torpedo Moscow in 2022
Personal information
Full name Damien Le Tallec [1]
Date of birth (1990-04-19) 19 April 1990 (age 33)
Place of birth Poissy, France
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder, centre-back
Youth career
1995–2005 Le Havre
2005–2008 Rennes
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2009 Rennes 0 (0)
2009–2011 Borussia Dortmund 4 (0)
2009–2011 → Borussia Dortmund II 43 (14)
2012 Nantes 8 (0)
2012–2014 Hoverla Uzhhorod 41 (7)
2014–2015 Mordovia Saransk 44 (1)
2016–2018 Red Star Belgrade 76 (6)
2018–2021 Montpellier 87 (5)
2021–2022 AEK Athens 24 (1)
2022 Torpedo Moscow 9 (0)
2023 Sochaux 10 (0)
2023 Hanoi FC 0 (0)
International career
2007 France U17 9 (5)
2008 France U18 1 (0)
2008–2009 France U19 5 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 December 2023

Damien Le Tallec (born 19 April 1990) is a French-Russian

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professional footballer who plays as a centre-back.

A former France youth international, Le Tallec appeared with the under-17s, under-18s, and under-19s across his career. Although initially fielded as a second striker and occasionally on the wings, in his later career, he has primarily played as a defensive midfielder and centre-back.

Club career

Early career

Le Tallec was born in Poissy. He began his career at Le Havre joining the club at only five years of age. He spent a full decade at the club and began drawing interests from several clubs in Ligue 1. He eventually joined Stade Rennais.[ citation needed ]

Rennes

Le Tallec quickly established himself at the club joining fellow prospects Yann M'Vila, Yohann Lasimant, Abdoul Camara, and Yacine Brahimi as the club's most promising players. The foursome were particularly instrumental in the club's successes on the youth level, helping their age groups win the 2006 edition of the under-16 Tournoi Carisport, as well as capturing the under-18 championship for the 2006–07 season, and also winning the Coupe Gambardella in 2008, scoring an impressive eight goals in seven matches. In the Coupe Gambardella final against Bordeaux, he scored the final goal in the team's convincing 3–0 victory. Following the 2006–07 season, on 11 August, Le Tallec, alongside teammates M'Vila and Camara, signed his first professional contract, agreeing to a three-year deal. [2] He spent the entire season in the reserves, before being officially promoted to the senior squad and assigned the number 22 shirt for the 2008–09 season.[ citation needed ]

Though on the first-team, Le Tallec began the season with the club's Championnat de France amateur team. He appeared in 22 matches, scoring four goals, helping the side finish 1st among professional clubs in their group, thus qualifying for the playoffs, where they lost to Lyon in the semi-finals. [3]

Borussia Dortmund

Following the season, news came that Le Tallec had become unsettled at Rennes, primarily due to his limited first-team opportunities at the club. Eager to begin his professional career, [4] he was primarily linked to La Liga club Valencia and was reportedly in the process of joining the club, but due to a shake up in the club's front office, the move was put on hold and eventually called off. [5] He was later linked with moves to German clubs Hertha BSC and VfB Stuttgart. Two months later, on 8 August 2009, another German club, Borussia Dortmund, announced that they had signed the player to a three-year contract and that he will be gradually introduced to the first team. [6] [7]

Nantes

On 31 January 2012, Le Tallec returned to France, signing with Nantes in Ligue 2. [8]

Hoverla

The following two seasons, Le Tallec played with FC Hoverla Uzhhorod in the Ukrainian Premier League. [9] The club had just won the second tier last season and were searching for reinforcements, among them, Le Tallec. Despite the fact that during the two seasons Le Tallec spent in Hoverla, Hoverla performed rather mid-down table, Le Tallec was regular and his performances caught the attention of numerous clubs.[ citation needed ]

Mordovia

In the summer of 2014, Le Tallec moved to Russia and signed with Premier League side FC Mordovia Saransk. [9] Mordovia had just won the second tier and got promoted to the Premier League. Same as in Hoverla, at Mordovia, Le Tallec also performed regularly. By the winter-break of the 2015–16 season, coach Miodrag Božović, a specialist of Russian football as he had just spent 8 years coaching in Russian Premier League, was in held of Serbian side Red Star Belgrade, who were forming a strong team in order to take the title from their main rivals FK Partizan, who had become chronic winners in the last decade, and in that built-up of the team, Božović made a priority of signing both Mordovia players, Le Tallec and Mitchell Donald, and both ended up moving to Belgrade.[ citation needed ]

Red Star Belgrade

On 29 January 2016, Le Tallec signed a 2.5-year contract with Red Star Belgrade. [10] In his league debut with Red Star less than a month later, he scored a goal against FK Mladost Lučani. [11] At the end of his first season at Red Star, they won the Serbian championship and qualified for a berth in the Champions League qualifying rounds.[ citation needed ]

Having played most of the former season as central midfielder, along Mitchell Donald, since start of the 2016–17 season, Le Tallec was often adapted as central defender by Red Star coach Miodrag Božović. [12] While with Red Star Belgrade, Le Tallec made 104 appearances and scored 7 goals in all competitions and won 2 Serbian SuperLiga titles, between 2016 and 2018. In May 2018, Le Tallec announced that he would leave the club definitely in the summer the same year, after the end of his contract. [13]

Montpellier

On 20 June 2018, Le Tallec returned to his home country and signed with Ligue 1 club Montpellier. [14]

AEK Athens

On 9 July 2021, Le Tallec was announced as the new signing of Greek Super League club AEK Athens, having signed a two-year contract, with the option for one more year extension once it's over. [15]

On 12 September, he scored the opening goal with a header in the 7th minute against Ionikos, in a game which ended in a 3–0 win for the hosts.[ citation needed ]

Torpedo Moscow

On 30 August 2022, Le Tallec returned to Russia and signed with Torpedo Moscow. [16] His contract with Torpedo was terminated by mutual consent on 13 January 2023. [17]

Sochaux

On 31 January 2023, Le Tallec signed a contract with Sochaux-Montbéliard until 30 June 2024. [18]

Hanoi FC

On 8 September 2023, Le Tallec joined Vietnamese side Hanoi FC on a short-term contract. [19] He made his debut in a 4–2 away loss against Pohang Steelers on 20 September.

International career

Le Tallec has featured for all of France's national youth teams, beginning with the under-15 team, earning his first selection in March 2006[ citation needed ]. He was a member of the under-17 team that reached the semi-finals at the 2007 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship, before losing to England. He scored two goals in the tournament, both of them in the same game against Germany. [20] He later played with the same under-17 team at the 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup held in South Korea. [21] Le Tallec appeared in all five matches, scoring four goals, one against Haiti, [22] a brace against Tunisia in the Round of 16, [23] and one against Spain whom defeated France on penalties in the quarterfinals. In total with the under-17s, Le Tallec scored 14 goals in 18 appearances. [24]

With the under-19 team, Le Tallec appeared in 15 matches, scoring 6 goals. He scored three of those goals during the qualification process for the UEFA U-19 Championship against the Republic of Ireland, [25] Liechtenstein, [26] and Romania. [27] The victory over Romania assured qualification to the tournament. [28] At the tournament, held in the Ukraine, Le Tallec appeared in all four matches, helping France reach the semi-finals before suffering defeat to England. [29]

In 2019, Le Tallec started the process of applying for Russian citizenship, and said he would be honoured if he were to be called up to the Russia national team after the process was complete. [30] In April 2020, he was granted permanent residency in Russia [31] before receiving Russian citizenship in October. [32] It was reported that he was not eligible to play for Russia as he had already played in official international matches for the youth teams of France. [33]

Personal life

Le Tallec is the younger brother of Anthony Le Tallec, and cousin of Florent Sinama Pongolle. [34]

Career statistics

As of match played 6 December 2023 [9]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Rennes 2008–09 Ligue 1 0000000000
Borussia Dortmund 2009–10 Bundesliga 4010——50
2010–11 001020—30
2011–12 0000000000
Total4020200080
Borussia Dortmund II 2009–10 3. Liga 82———82
2010–11 Regionalliga West 2411———2411
2011–12 111———111
Total4314———4314
Nantes 2011–12 Ligue 2 80———80
Hoverla 2012–13 Ukrainian Premier League 20520——225
2013–14 21210——222
Total41730——447
Mordovia 2014–15 Russian Premier League 29120——311
2015–16 15100——151
Total44220——462
Red Star Belgrade 2015–16 Serbian SuperLiga 142———142
2016–17 3636160—484
2017–18 26110150—421
Total76671210—1047
Montpellier 2018–19 Ligue 136310—00373
2019–20 28230—20332
2020–21 23040——270
Total87580—20975
AEK Athens 2021–22 Super League Greece 2414020—301
Torpedo Moscow 2022–23 Premier League 9020——110
Sochaux 2022–23 Ligue 2 10000——100
Hanoi FC 2023–24 V.League 1 000050—50
Career total346352813002040636

Honours

Rennes

Borussia Dortmund

Red Star Belgrade

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