![]() Chotard with Montpellier in 2024 | |||||||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Joris Jean-Claude Jacques Chotard [1] | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | [2] | 24 September 2001||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Orange, France | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) [3] | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Brest | ||||||||||||||||
Number | 13 | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
2007–2009 | RC de Provence | ||||||||||||||||
2009–2013 | FA Chateaurenard | ||||||||||||||||
2013–2016 | Le Pontet | ||||||||||||||||
2016–2018 | Montpellier | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
2018–2019 | Montpellier B | 8 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2019–2025 | Montpellier | 178 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
2025– | Brest | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
International career | |||||||||||||||||
2018–2019 | France U18 | 7 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2019 | France U19 | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2021–2023 | France U21 | 9 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2024 | France Olympic | 9 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 10 August 2025 |
Joris Jean-Claude Jacques Chotard (born 24 September 2001) is a French professional footballer who plays as defensive midfielder for Ligue 1 club Brest. [4]
Born in Orange, Vaucluse, [2] Chotard is a product of Montpellier's youth academy. He scored his first professional goal in a 2–1 Ligue 1 defeat to Clermont on 8 May 2022, a volley described as "extraordinary". [5] On 29 June 2022, Chotard extended his contract with Montpellier. [6]
On 23 August 2025, Chotard signed a four-season contract with Brest. [7]
Club | Season | League | Cup | League cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Montpellier B | 2018–19 | National 3 | 6 | 0 | — | — | — | 6 | 0 | |||
2019–20 | CFA 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||||
Total | 8 | 0 | — | — | — | 8 | 0 | |||||
Montpellier | 2019–20 | Ligue 1 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 23 | 0 | |
2020–21 | Ligue 1 | 29 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 33 | 0 | |||
2021–22 | Ligue 1 | 36 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 38 | 0 | |||
2022–23 | Ligue 1 | 35 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 36 | 0 | |||
2023–24 | Ligue 1 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 32 | 0 | |||
2024–25 | Ligue 1 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 27 | 1 | |||
Total | 177 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 189 | 2 | ||
Career total | 185 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 197 | 2 |
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