Thierry Vatrican

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Thierry Vatrican
Personal information
Born (1975-08-19) 19 August 1975 (age 50)
Monaco
Occupation Judoka
Association football career
Position Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Sun Casino
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2005–20?? Sun Casino
International career
2005–2006 [1] Monaco 5 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals
Sport
CountryFlag of Monaco.svg  Monaco
Sport Judo
Weight class –81 kg
Profile at external databases
JudoInside.com 7620

Thierry Vatrican (born 19 August 1975) is a Monegasque former judoka and former footballer who played as goalkeeper for Sun Casino. He competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics and the 2000 Summer Olympics and was the Monegasque flag bearer at both those games. [2] [3]

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Judo career

Olympic Games

Thierry Vatrican competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics and the 2000 Summer Olympics as a judoka. He finished seventeenth at both tournaments.

Games of the Small States

He represented Monaco at the 1999, 2003, 2005, 2007 and 2009 editions of the Games of the Small States of Europe where he won a total of two gold medals, two silver medals and one bronze medal across 20 years.

Football career

Club career

Apart from judo, Thierry Vatrican was also a footballer who played for Sun Casino and the Monaco national team. [1]

He won the Challenge Prince Rainier III six times with Sun Casino. [4]

International career

Vatrican was capped five times for Monaco between 2005 and 2006, [5] and he made his debut during the 4–0 loss against Gibraltar on 27 May 2005. [6] He was then an unused substitute during Monaco’s next three matches against Occitania, Chechnya, and Kosovo respectively between December 2005 and April 2006.

He was the starting goalkeeper by November 2006 as Monaco came runners-up in the 2006 Viva World Cup after losing 20–1 against Sápmi on 24 November 2006; [7] he retired from international football after the tournament ended as Monaco would not play another match until November 2008. [1]

Career statistics

As of match played 24 November 2006.

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Monaco 200510
200640
Total50

Later career

After retiring from judo and football, Vatrican found work as a sous-chef at Monte Carlo Casino. He also became the assistant treasurer for the Monegasque Association of Olympic Athletes. [8]

Football career honours

Sun Casino

Monaco

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Thierry Vatrican". National Football Teams.
  2. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Thierry Vatrican Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
  3. ↑ "Flagbearers for Monaco". olympedia.org. OlyMADMen . Retrieved 4 January 2024.
  4. 1 2 "Challenge de Football Prince Rainier III". RSSSF. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
  5. ↑ "NF-Board Opens Registrations for the 1st Viva World Cup in Northern Cyprus". 1 July 2005.
  6. ↑ "Gibraltar – Monaco". Monégasque Football Federation. Archived from the original on 15 October 2013. Retrieved 2 October 2013.
  7. 1 2 NF-Board and VIVA World Cup
  8. ↑ Lafuente de Lavotha, Celina (24 January 2019). "Prince Albert attended induction of Jeremy Bottin as new President of Monegasque Association of Olympic Athletes". Monaco Reporter. Retrieved 13 December 2024.


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