Pierre Morice

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Pierre Morice
Personal information
Date of birth (1962-03-25) 25 March 1962 (age 61)
Place of birth Saint-Brieuc, France
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1980–1987 Nantes 142 (6)
1987–1990 Chamois Niortais 87 (19)
1988–1989 → Saint-Étienne (loan) 21 (2)
1990–1991 Nice 9 (0)
1993 Tampa Bay Rowdies 22 (9)
1994–1995 Minnesota Thunder 18 (0)
Total299(36)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Pierre Morice (born 25 March 1962) is a French former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. [1]

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Career

Pierre played seven seasons for FC Nantes in the 1980s, where he was part of the French Division 1 winning team. He was also part of the Nantes squad that went on to the final rounds of the UEFA Cup (what is now the Champions League) where he scored the winning goal against Spartak Moscow in the round of 16. [2]

He went onto play for Division 1 teams Chamois Niortais, AS Saint-Etienne, and OGC Nice before moving to the United States where he finished out his career in the USL with the Minnesota Thunder (now the Minnesota United FC). [3]

Personal life

His son, Max Morice, played one season of college soccer at Yale, before signing a professional contract with Ligue 1 club Rennes in August 2012. [4]

Honours

Nantes

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References

  1. ↑ "Pierre Morice". footballdatabase.eu.
  2. ↑ "(C3) UEFA Cup : Spartak Moscow vs. Nantes". footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
  3. ↑ "Soccer is a Habit that Thunder's Morice Can't Kick." Minneapolis Star-Tribune , 15 May 1994.
  4. ↑ "Morice Signs Professional Contract To Play In France". Yale Athletics. 21 August 2012. Retrieved 26 July 2013.


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