Pierre Lemonnier (footballer)

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Pierre Lemonnier
Personal information
Date of birth (1993-07-06) 6 July 1993 (age 30) [1]
Place of birth Rennes, France
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) [1]
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Guingamp
Number 24
Youth career
1997–2003 US Bazouges-la-Pérouse
2003–2011 Rennes
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2011–2014 Rennes B 48 (0)
2014–2015 Dijon 0 (0)
2014–2015 Dijon B 18 (0)
2015–2017 Granville 49 (4)
2017–2021 Le Mans 117 (7)
2021– Guingamp 45 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 January 2024

Pierre Lemonnier (born 6 July 1993) is a French footballer who plays as a defender for Guingamp of Ligue 2. He previously appeared in the Coupe de la Ligue for Ligue 2 club Dijon, played in the fourth and fifth tiers for Rennes B, Dijon B and Granville, with whom he reached the quarter-finals of the 2015–16 Coupe de France, and helped Le Mans gain promotion to the Championnat National in 2017–18 and to Ligue 2 the following season.

Life and career

Lemonnier was born in Rennes in 1993, [2] and raised in nearby Bazouges-la-Pérouse, where his parents worked in agriculture. [3] As a youngster, he played football at his village club, US Bazouges-la-Pérouse, before joining the junior ranks of the local league club, Stade Rennais, in 2003 as a nine-year-old midfielder. [2] He gradually developed into a defender, playing at right back or in his preferred central defence. [2] He was not taken into the club's centre de formation (academy) –the stream that leads towards a professional football career –with the rest of his age group in 2008, but after an impressive season with the amateur youths, he was accepted as a late entrant, [4] although he felt somewhat of an outsider. [5]

He made one appearance for Rennes B in the Championnat de France Amateur (CFA) in the 2010–11 season, and signed a two-year contrat stagiaire (trainee contract) in 2011. [2] In the next two seasons, he made 23 appearances for Rennes B in the Championnat de France Amateur 2 (CFA 2), mostly as a starter; [2] he also played alongside his brother Antony, two years his senior, in central defence for Rennes' Division Supérieure Élite (seventh-tier) team. [3] When his contract ended, he was not offered a professional deal, but was offered and accepted a one-year extension on amateur terms. [3] He started 24 of the 26 matches in the 2013–14 CFA 2 season, [6] and was released at the end of it. [4]

After a three-day trial, Lemonnier signed for a year at Ligue 2 club Dijon, again on amateur terms. [5] He played once for the first team, starting in a Coupe de la Ligue match against Laval, [6] made 18 appearances for the reserves in the CFA 2, [7] and was released at the end of his contract. [8]

He moved on to Granville of the CFA 2. He was a member of their team that progressed through nine rounds of the 2015–16 Coupe de France to reach the quarter-finals, in which they faced Ligue 1 "giants" Olympique Marseille. The game was goalless until the 50th minute when Michy Batshuayi scored; Lemonnier had a chance to tie the scores following a 69th-minute corner, but did not place his header sufficiently accurately. [9] He and goalkeeper Jérémy Aymes were named as Le Figaro 's men of the match. [10] He helped the team gain promotion to the CFA, and made 27 fourth-tier appearances in the 2016–17 season. [11]

Lemonnier chose to leave Granville at the end of the season. Those involved with the club were disappointed at his departure, and the media reported that it would much weaken the side. [12] He signed for Le Mans, newly promoted from CFA 2 to the new fourth-tier Championnat National 2. [11] He missed only one match as Le Mans finished as champions of their section and gained promotion to the third tier. [6] [13] He started 32 of a possible 34 matches in the 2018–19 Championnat National, and scored in two of five consecutive wins in the last five matches of the regular season that secured Le Mans a play-off place. [6] Facing Gazélec Ajaccio, who finished 18th in Ligue 2, Le Mans lost the home leg by two goals to one. In the away leg, they took a 73rd-minute lead, but still trailed on the away goals rule. In the third of six minutes stoppage time, Lemonnier conceded a penalty. The attempt was saved, and in the 97th minute, Mamadou Soro scored with an overhead kick to confirm a third successive promotion for Le Mans. [14]

Lemonnier started Le Mans' opening match of the 2019–20 Ligue 2 season. [6]

In the summer of 2021, he moved to Guingamp on a two-year deal. [15]

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  3. 1 2 3 "Pierre Lemonnier, ce n'est pas fini!" [Pierre Lemonnier, it's not over!]. Ouest-France (in French). Rennes. 3 May 2013. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
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  10. ↑ Vasseur, Jérémy (3 March 2016). "L'OM évite le piège et se hisse dans le dernier carré" [OM avoid the trap and make it into the last four]. Le Figaro (in French). Paris. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
  11. 1 2 "Foot. Le Mans FC renforce son secteur défensif" [Football. Le Mans FC strengthen their defence]. Ouest-France (in French). Rennes. 15 June 2017. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
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