Maxime Le Marchand

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Maxime Le Marchand
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Le Marchand playing for Fulham in 2018
Personal information
Full name Maxime Le Marchand [1]
Date of birth (1989-10-11) 11 October 1989 (age 34) [2]
Place of birth Saint-Malo, France
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) [2]
Position(s) Centre-back, left-back [3]
Youth career
1995–2000 Saint-Malo
2000–2009 Rennes
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2009–2010 Rennes 0 (0)
2009–2010Le Havre (loan) 27 (1)
2010–2012 Le Havre B 9 (1)
2010–2015 Le Havre 134 (4)
2015–2018 Nice 65 (1)
2016 Nice B 1 (0)
2018–2021 Fulham 40 (0)
2021Royal Antwerp (loan) 13 (3)
2021–2023 Strasbourg 38 (1)
Total317(10)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Maxime Le Marchand (born 11 October 1989) is a French former professional footballer who played as a centre-back.

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Career

Youth career

Le Marchand was born in the port city of Saint-Malo in Brittany and began his youth football career with his hometown club, Saint-Malo. In 2000, he joined the prestigious youth academy of Rennes. Upon arriving at the club, Le Marchand initially joined as a left-sided midfielder, but eventually moved to the left-back role. After ascending the youth ranks, he added the left winger position into his arsenal often playing both positions in dual roles. Between 2006 and 2008, he was frustrated by injuries to his ankle, but was still able to celebrate Rennes's capturing of the under-18 championship for the 2006–07 season, and the Coupe Gambardella in 2008 alongside his Rennes teammates Yann M'Vila, Damien Le Tallec, and Yacine Brahimi. [4]

Le Havre

Following the 2008–09 season, Le Marchand signed his first professional contract, agreeing to a three-year deal with Rennes. [5] Though he was contracted to Rennes, he was not inserted onto their senior team and, instead, sent on loan to Ligue 2 club Le Havre to receive regular playing time. [6] At Le Havre, he was assigned the number 21 shirt. On 7 August 2009, he made his professional first team debut in the club's 1–1 Ligue 2 away draw with Sedan, playing the entire match. [7] [8] He scored his first competitive goal for the club's first team, on 30 August 2009, in their 1–1 Ligue 2 away draw with Vannes. [9] After a successful season on loan with Le Havre, on 23 June 2010, Le Marchand signed permanently for the club. [10]

Nice

on 25 June 2015, Le Marchand joined Ligue 1 club Nice [11] On 8 August 2015, he made his competitive debut for Nice in their opening match of the 2015–16 Ligue 1 season, playing the entire match in the 2–1 home loss to Monaco. Seven days later, he scored in the 42nd minute to register his first competitive goal for Nice in the 3–3 Ligue 1 away draw with Troyes. [7]

On 2 November 2017, Le Marchand scored an own goal three minutes into second-half added time in the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League group stage 1–0 loss to Lazio, causing Nice to slump to their sixth straight defeat in all competitions. [12]

Fulham

On 12 July 2018, Le Marchand signed for newly promoted Premier League side Fulham. [13]

He joined Royal Antwerp on loan until the end of the season on 1 February 2021. [14] [15]

Strasbourg

On 26 August 2021, he left Fulham to join Strasbourg. [16] [17]

On 26 June 2023, Le Marchand announced his retirement from football due to recurring injuries with his back. [18]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition [19]
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cupLeague cupEuropeOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Le Havre 2009–10 Ligue 2 2710000271
2010–11 Ligue 22200030250
2011–12 Ligue 22012010231
2012–13 Ligue 22804010330
2013–14 Ligue 23120010322
2014–15 Ligue 23311010351
Total161570701755
Nice 2015–16 Ligue 1 261001000261
2016–17 Ligue 110010101 [lower-alpha 1] 1131
2017–18 Ligue 129010209 [lower-alpha 2] 0410
Total6511020101782
Fulham 2018–19 Premier League 2601020290
2019–20 Championship 12000102 [lower-alpha 3] 0150
2020–21 Premier League20002040
Total400105020480
Royal Antwerp (loan) 2020–21 Belgian Pro League 133102 [lower-alpha 1] 0163
Strasbourg 2021–22 Ligue 112100121
2022–23 Ligue 126010270
Total38110000000391
Career total317101101401212035611
  1. 1 2 Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  2. Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, five appearances in UEFA Europa League
  3. Appearances in Championship play-offs

Honours

Fulham

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