Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Julie Martine Thibaud [1] | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 20 April 1998 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Niort, France | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Defender | ||||||||||||||||
Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Leicester City | ||||||||||||||||
Number | 17 | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
2005–2013 | AS Échiré Saint-Gelais | ||||||||||||||||
2013–2016 | Soyaux | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
2014–2017 | Soyaux | 38 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
2017–2023 | Bordeaux | 88 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
2023– | Leicester City | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
2016–2018 | France U19 | 15 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
2017–2018 | France U20 | 15 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2019–2022 | France U23 | 6 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
2023– | France | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 November 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21 February 2023 |
Julie Martine Thibaud (born 20 April 1998) is a French professional footballer who plays as a defender for Women's Super League club Leicester City and the France national team.
Thibaud started playing football at a tiny club called AS Échiré Saint-Gelais in Saint-Gelais, but she had to move aged 15, as her club did not have any women's team and she had been playing with the boys until then. [2] She then joined ASJ Soyaux, before going to the FC Girondins de Bordeaux in 2017. [3]
Thibaud was called up to the France national team for the first time by Corinne Diacre on 10 September 2020. [4]
On 31 August 2023, Thibaud signed for Women's Super League side Leicester City on a two year deal. [5]
France U19
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