Zacharie Boucher

Zacharie Boucher

Zacharie Boucher
Personal information
Date of birth	(1992-03-07) 7 March 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth	Saint-Pierre, Réunion, France
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Troyes (loan)
Number	30
Youth career
2000–2007	Stade Tamponnaise
2006–2007	CREPS Réunion
2007–2011	Le Havre
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2010–2014	Le Havre	65	(0)
2014–2015	Toulouse	32	(0)
2015–2020	Auxerre	112	(0)
2018–2019	→ Angers (loan)	2	(0)
2020–2021	Aris	9	(0)
2022–	Bastia	11	(0)
2024–	→ Troyes (loan)	0	(0)
International career‡
2007–2008	France U16	9	(0)
2008–2009	France U17	13	(0)
2009–2010	France U18	7	(0)
2010–2011	France U19	9	(0)
2011–2013	France U20	7	(0)
2013–2014	France U21	6	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 January 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 May 2014

Zacharie Boucher (born 7 March 1992) is a French professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Ligue 2 club Troyes, on loan from Bastia. He was a French youth international and has served as the number one goalkeeper at under-16, under-17, and under-18 level.

Club career

Born in Saint-Pierre, Réunion, Boucher began his professional career at Le Havre. For the 2010–11 season, he was installed as the club's third goalkeeper behind starter Mike Van Hamel and backup Johny Placide. He made his professional debut on 29 July 2011 in a 2–1 win over Istres appearing as a substitute for starting goalkeeper Placide in the first half. ^[1]

After being voted the Best Goalkeeper in Ligue 2 ^[2] for 2013, Boucher signed with Ligue 1 outfit, Toulouse in the 2013–14 winter transfer window. He quickly displaced Comorian international, Ali Ahamada, and with a series of excellent displays, helped the club to a credible 9th-place finish. The 2014–15 season did not go as well as his first, with him losing his starting place and having to share goalkeeping duties, where the club only narrowly avoided relegation as they finished in 17th place.^{[ citation needed ]}

In July 2015, Boucher decided against staying at Toulouse and transferred to Ligue 2 club Auxerre, ^[3] where he would be the undisputed first choice goalkeeper. He expressed his desire to one day return to the top flight, of which he knew he was capable of playing in, but believed remaining at Auxerre for the near future would be more beneficial for his development. ^[4]

At the beginning of the 2018–19 season, he lost his starting place at Auxerre to Quentin Westberg (in the league) and Sonny Laiton (in the Coupe de la Ligue. ^[5]

On 31 August 2018, the last day of the 2018 summer transfer window, Boucher joined Ligue 1 side Angers on loan for the season. ^[5]

On 9 September 2020, he signed a two-year contract with Aris. ^[6]

On 12 June 2021, Aris announced that Boucher had been released. ^[7] On 11 January 2022, he signed for Ligue 2 club Bastia until the end of the 2021–22 season. ^[8]

International career

Born in Réunion, Boucher is of Malagasy descent and was approached to join the Madagascar national team in March 2018. ^[9] He is a youth international for France.

Career statistics

As of 14 January 2022

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup		League cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Le Havre	2011–12	Ligue 2	16	0	0	0	1	0	—		—		17	0
	2012–13	Ligue 2	29	0	3	0	1	0	—		—		33	0
	2013–14	Ligue 2	20	0	0	0	0	0	—		—		20	0
	Total		65	0	3	0	2	0	—		—		70	0
Toulouse	2013–14	Ligue 1	17	0	—		—		—		—		17	0
	2014–15	Ligue 1	14	0	0	0	0	0	—		—		14	0
	Total		31	0	0	0	0	0	—		—		31	0
Auxerre	2015–16	Ligue 2	36	0	0	0	2	0	—		—		38	0
	2016–17	Ligue 2	38	0	3	0	3	0	—		—		44	0
	2017–18	Ligue 2	35	0	0	0	1	0	—		—		36	0
	2018–19	Ligue 2	2	0	0	0	0	0	—		—		2	0
	2019–20	Ligue 2	1	0	0	0	1	0	—		—		2	0
	Total		112	0	3	0	7	0	—		—		122	0
Angers (loan)	2018–19	Ligue 1	2	0	0	0	1	0	—		—		3	0
Aris	2020–21	Super League Greece	9	0	0	0	—		0	0	—		9	0
Bastia	2021–22	Ligue 2	0	0	0	0	—		—		—		0	0
Career total			219	0	6	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	235	0

Honours

Individual

• Toulon Tournament Best Goalkeeper: 2013
• Ligue 2 Goalkeeper of the Year: 2012–13 ^{[ citation needed ]}

References

1. "Angers v. Le Havre Report". Ligue de Football Professionnel (in French). 29 July 2011. Retrieved 29 July 2011.
2. "Ligue1.com - RISING STAR: ZACHARIE BOUCHER". www.ligue1.com. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
3. "Zacharie Boucher signs for Auxerre (in French)". m.20minutes.fr (in French). 10 June 2015. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
4. "Boucher : "Ma famille ne me reconnaissait pas"". France Football (in French). Retrieved 14 May 2018.
5. "Mercato : Boucher part à Angers, Michel et Ketkeophomphone arrivent". L'Yonne républicaine (in French). 1 September 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
6. "Άρης: Ανακοίνωσε τον Μπουσέ". www.sport24.gr. 9 September 2020.
7. "Άρης: Τέλος ο Μπουσέ" [Aris: About Boucher]. www.sport-fm.gr (in Greek). 12 June 2021. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
8. "Zacharie Boucher s'engage avec le Sporting" [Zacharie Boucher signs for the Sporting] (in French). SC Bastia. 11 January 2022. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
9. "Madagascar : Ronny Rodelin (Caen) bientôt avec les Barea ?". 30 March 2018.

External links

• Zacharie Boucher club profile
• Zacharie Boucher – French league stats at LFP – also available in French (archived)
• Zacharie Boucher at the French Football Federation (in French)
• Zacharie Boucher at the French Football Federation (archived) (in French)