Joris Chotard

Joris Chotard

Chotard with Montpellier in 2024
Personal information
Full name	Joris Jean-Claude Jacques Chotard [1]
Date of birth	(2001-09-24) 24 September 2001 (age 23) [2]
Place of birth	Orange, Vaucluse, France
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) [3]
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team	Montpellier
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–	Montpellier	160	(2)
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 Men's football Representing   France Olympic Games 2024
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 December 2024

Joris Jean-Claude Jacques Chotard (born 24 September 2001) is a French professional footballer who plays as defensive midfielder for Ligue 1 club Montpellier. ^[4]

Club career

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]

Honours

France Olympic

• Summer Olympics silver medal: 2024 ^[7]

Orders

• Knight of the National Order of Merit: 2024 ^[8]

References

1. "Squad List: Men's Olympic Football Tournament Paris 2024: France (FRA)" (PDF). FIFA. 27 July 2024. p. 4. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
2. "Joris Chotard". L'Équipe (in French). Paris. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
3. "Joris Chotard". Montpellier HSC. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
4. Joris Chotard at Soccerway
5. "Ligue 1 : l'extraordinaire premier but du Montpelliérain Joris Chotard face à Clermont Foot". Midi Libre (in French). 8 May 2022. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
6. "Joris Chotard a prolongé son contrat avec Montpellier". L'Équipe (in French). 29 June 2022. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
7. Ronay, Barney (9 August 2024). "Camello's extra-time double clinches football gold for Spain against France". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 9 August 2024.
8. "Décret du 23 septembre 2024 portant promotion et nomination dans l'ordre national du Mérite" [Decree of 23 September 2024 on promotion and appointment to the National Order of Merit]. Official Journal of the French Republic (in French). 2024 (227). 24 September 2024. PRER2420330D. Retrieved 16 March 2025.

External links

• Joris Chotard at the French Football Federation (in French)