Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 31 March 1992 | ||
Place of birth | St. Pierre, Réunion | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | FC Fleury 91 | ||
Youth career | |||
Le Havre | |||
JS Saint-Pierroise | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2010–2014 | Kilmarnock | 50 | (2) |
2014 | Oldham Athletic | 1 | (0) |
2015–2016 | Bangkok | ||
2014–2015 | Toulouse Rodéo | 11 | (2) |
2016–2020 | AS Vitré | 57 | (14) |
2020–2022 | FC Fleury 91 | ||
2022– | JS Saint-Pierroise | ||
International career‡ | |||
2018– | Madagascar [1] | 4 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11:34, 27 November 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 09:55, 2 February 2020 (UTC) |
William Gros (born 31 March 1992) is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for JS Saint-Pierroise and the Madagascar national team.
Gros played in France for Le Havre and in his native Réunion for JS Saint-Pierroise before signing for Scottish club Kilmarnock in September 2010. [2] After making a substitute appearance, he scored on his first start for the club in March 2011 against St Mirren. [2] Gros signed a new three-year contract with the club in August 2013. [3] In March 2014, following a lack of games, Gros announced he was considering his future at the club. [4]
In June 2014 Gros went on trial with English club Oldham Athletic. [5] On 21 July 2014, Gros signed a one-month contract with the club. [6] [7] Oldham manager Lee Johnson told Gros to prove his fitness in order to earn a longer contract with the club. [8] Gros was released by the club on 21 August 2014. [9]
He then returned to France, playing with Toulouse Rodéo and AS Vitré. [10]
Gros then joined FC Fleury 91 in the summer of 2020. [11]
Gros rejoined JS Saint-Pierroise in the summer of 2022.[ citation needed ]
Gros has distant Malagasy ancestry, a great-great-grandmother, [12] a generation that usually exceeds those allowed by the FIFA eligibility rules (parents and grandparents). However, he was called up to the Madagascar national team on 11 August 2018. [13] He made his professional debut for Madagascar in a 1–0 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification win over Equatorial Guinea on 16 October 2018. [14]
Gros was born to a Martiniquais father and a Réunionnais mother of Malagasy descent. [15] He is the cousin of the footballers Vincent and Mathieu Acapandié. [16]
Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Other | Total | |||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Kilmarnock | 2010–11 [17] | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 |
2011–12 [18] | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |
2012–13 [19] | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1 | |
2013–14 [20] | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | |
Total | 50 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 2 | |
Oldham Athletic | 2014–15 [21] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Toulouse Rodéo | 2014–15 [10] | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 |
AS Vitré | 2016–17 [10] | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 |
2017–18 [10] | 24 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 3 | |
2018–19 [10] | 25 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 10 | |
Total | 57 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 16 | |
Career total | 119 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 132 | 20 |
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