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SC Amiens
Amiens Sporting Club (; commonly referred to as Amiens SC or simply Amiens) is a French association football club based in the northern city of Amiens in the Hauts-de-France region. The club was formed in 1901 and play in Ligue 2, the second division of French football. The club plays its home matches at the Stade de la Licorne located within the city. The 2017–18 Ligue 1 season was the first in the club's 116-year history, where they finished in 13th place to secure a position in Ligue 1 for the following year. Amiens have never won a major trophy. History Amiens Athlétic Club (AAC) was set up in 1901 by a group of players from the Association du Lycée d'Amiens, French schoolboy champions in 1902, 1903, and 1904. AAC crushed its first opponents, Saint-Quentin, 13–0 a few months after its creation. In April 1902, the ''Comité de Picardie de l'U.S.F.S.A'' was established by the then-president of the AAC (Henri-Frédéric Petit). AAC dominated the early USFSA league ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stade De La Licorne
Stade de la Licorne () is a multi-use stadium in Amiens, France. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Amiens SC. The stadium is able to hold 12,097 people and was built in 1999. The first match held in the stadium was the Trophée des Champions match between FC Nantes Atlantique and FC Girondins de Bordeaux on 24 July 1999. The stadium is visually striking, with an unusually large transparent roof. RC Lens played their home matches there for the 2014/15 Ligue 1 season because the Stade Bollaert-Delelis was being renovated for the 2016 European Championships. In 2018 the stadium underwent a remodel following a barrier collapse in the stands during a match against OSC Lille. The renovations were completed for €15 million, nearly as much as the original construction cost. Included in the remodel was an undersoil heating system for the pitch. References * Licorne Licorne Licorne Licorne (russian: Единорог, ''Yedinorog'', 'unico ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toulouse FC
Toulouse Football Club is French professional football club based in Toulouse. The club was founded in 1970 and currently plays in Ligue 1, the premier division of French football. Toulouse plays its home matches at the Stadium de Toulouse located within the city. ''Les Pitchouns'' have won Ligue 2 on three occasions. Toulouse have participated in European competition five times, including in 2007 when they qualified for the UEFA Champions League for the first time. The president of Toulouse FC is Damien Comolli, who succeeded the French businessman Olivier Sadran who took over the club following its bankruptcy in 2001 which resulted in it being relegated to the Championnat National. The club has served as a springboard for several players, most notably the World Cup-winning goalkeeper Fabien Barthez, international strikers André-Pierre Gignacand Martin Braithwaite History The city was left without a big side in 1967 when Toulouse FC sold its players and place in the Fren ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juventus F
Juventus Football Club (from la, iuventūs, 'youth'; ), colloquially known as Juve (), is a professional Association football, football club based in Turin, Piedmont, Italy, that competes in the Serie A, the top tier of the Italian football league system. Founded in 1897 by a group of Torinese students, the club has worn a black and white striped home kit since 1903 and has played home matches in different grounds around its city, the latest being the 41,507-capacity Juventus Stadium. Nicknamed ''Vecchia Signora'' ("the Old Lady"), the club has won 36 official List of Italian football champions, league titles, 14 Coppa Italia titles and nine Supercoppa Italiana titles, being the record holder for all these competitions; two Intercontinental Cup (football), Intercontinental Cups, two UEFA Champions League, European Cups / UEFA Champions Leagues, one UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, European Cup Winners' Cup, a joint national record of three UEFA Europa League, UEFA Cups, two UEFA Super Cups a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angel Chibozo
Angel Josué Chibozo (born 1 July 2003) is a Beninese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Primera Federación club Real Murcia, on loan from Juventus, and the Beninese national team. Club career Early career Born in Benin, Chibozo moved to Italy in 2014. He started playing football aged 11 at Inter Milan's youth sector in 2014, before joining Giana Erminio in January 2017. Juventus Chibozo signed for Juventus in summer 2017. On 9 October 2021, Chibozo made his unofficial debut for the first team in a 2–1 friendly win against Alessandria, coming on as substitute in the 63rd minute and scoring the winning goal 30 minutes later. With eight appearances, Chibozo helped the U19s reach the 2021–22 UEFA Youth League semifinals, their best-ever placing in the competition. He scored against Malmö FF and against Zenit in the group stage and he scored against Liverpool in the quarter-finals and against Benfica in the semi-finals. Chibozo ended the season with 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valmiera FC
Valmiera Football Club or shortly Valmiera FC is a Latvian football club, playing in the Virslīga, the highest division of Latvian football. The club is based in the city of Valmiera. By winning the 2017 Latvian First League, the team was promoted to the 2018 Virslīga after a 14-year absence, and won their first title in 2022 Virslīga. History A predecessor of the club and the main team of the city of Valmiera from 1978 to 1993 was FK Gauja Valmiera, which won the final Football Championship of the Latvian SSR in 1990 and continued in the top flight after the restoration of the independence of Latvia. However, after the 1993 Virslīga season Gauja was relegated and slowly declined, disbanding in the mid-1990s while playing in the 2. līga. The current club was founded in 1996 as Valmieras FK (Valmieras futbola klubs). It participated in the 1. līga (the second-highest division of Latvian football). The team finished second in the league which gave Valmiera the possibility ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tolu Arokodare
Toluwalase "Tolu" Emmanuel Arokodare (born 23 November 2000) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a centre-forward for Belgian club Genk. Career During his youth in Nigeria, Arokodare played for Kash Academy and Flying Sports Academy in Festac, as well as the Segun Odegbami International College and Sports Academy. He later joined the Box2Box FC academy in Surulere, Lagos, and had trials with European clubs SC Freiburg and Toulouse. He then joined Latvian club Valmiera in June 2019. In September 2020, Arokodare was loaned to German club 1. FC Köln for the 2020–21 season. He made his professional debut for Köln in the Bundesliga on 26 September 2020, coming on as a substitute in the 76th minute for Sebastian Andersson in the away match against Arminia Bielefeld, which finished as a 1–0 loss. On 28 June 2021, Arokodare joined Ligue 2 club Amiens on a two-year loan deal with an option to buy. On 31 January 2023, Arokodare joined Belgian Pro League side Genk on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antoine Leautey
Antoine Arthur Leautey (born 14 April 1996) is a French professional footballer who plays for club Amiens as a winger. He has also played senior football with Chamois Niortais and Boulogne, and passed through the youth systems at Caen and Paris Saint-Germain. Playing career Born in Versailles, near Paris, Leautey spent time in the youth set-up at Paris Saint-Germain as a junior. He later joined Caen, where he played 33 games for the reserve team between 2014 and 2016, scoring 10 goals. In the summer of 2016, Leautey agreed terms with Championnat National side Boulogne. After scoring twice in 14 appearances during the first-half of the season, he was signed by Ligue 2 club Chamois Niortais on a three-and-a-half-year contract. However, he was loaned back to Boulogne for the remainder of the 2016–17 season. Leautey made his professional debut with Niort on the opening weekend of the 2017–18 campaign in the 0–0 draw with AC Ajaccio at the Stade René Gaillard on 28 July 2017 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mamadou Fofana (footballer, Born 2000)
Mamadou Fofana (born 17 September 2000) is a French professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Ligue 2 club Amiens. Career Fofana made his professional debut for Le Havre in a 2–0 Ligue 2 draw against Troyes AC, Troyes on 24 August 2020. On 22 June 2021, he signed a three-year contract with Amiens Amiens (English: or ; ; pcd, Anmien, or ) is a city and commune in northern France, located north of Paris and south-west of Lille. It is the capital of the Somme department in the region of Hauts-de-France. In 2021, the population of .... Personal life Fofana was born in France is of Malian and Mauritanian descent. He is the brother of the professional footballers Gueïda Fofana, Gueïda and Guessouma Fofana. References External links * HAC Foot Profile 2000 births Living people Footballers from Le Havre French footballers French sportspeople of Malian descent French sportspeople of Mauritanian descent Association football midfielders Le Havre AC p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Formose Mendy (footballer, Born 2001)
Formose Mendy (born 2 January 2001) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a defender for Amiens Amiens (English: or ; ; pcd, Anmien, or ) is a city and commune in northern France, located north of Paris and south-west of Lille. It is the capital of the Somme department in the region of Hauts-de-France. In 2021, the population of ... and the Senegal national team. Career statistics Club ;Notes References External links * 2001 births Living people People from Dakar Sportspeople from Dakar Senegalese footballers Senegal international footballers Senegal youth international footballers Senegalese expatriate footballers Association football defenders Belgian First Division B players Ligue 2 players FC Porto players Club Brugge KV players Club NXT players Amiens SC players 2022 FIFA World Cup players Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Expatriate footballers in Portugal Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in Bel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicholas Opoku
Nicholas Opoku (born 11 August 1997) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a defender for French club Amiens, on loan from Udinese. He has also been capped at the international level. Club career Opoku started his career with Kumasi Corner Babies, before moving to top-tier club Berekum Chelsea. On 11 August 2017, he signed a three-year deal with Tunisian club Club Africain. On 13 July 2018, Opoku signed with Serie A side Udinese until 30 June 2022. On 28 January 2020, Opoku joined Ligue 1 club Amiens on loan with an option to buy until 30 June 2020. International career Opoku was a part of the Ghana under 17 squad that competed in 2013 African U-17 Championship. He has also represented the Ghana under-20 team. In July 2017, Opoku made his senior international debut in a 2–1 defeat against United States. He came as a 38th minute substitute for Rashid Sumaila following his knee injury. In April 2021, The Court of Arbitration for Sport asked Tunisian side Cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sebastian Ring
Karl Sebastian Ring (born 18 April 1995) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays for French club Amiens as a left-back. He started his professional career with Örebro SK, spending time on loan with BK Forward before later moving to England with Grimsby Town. He has since played for Kalmar FF and in Poland for Wisla Krakow. Career Örebro SK Ring started his football career at a young age with local side Adolfsbergs IK. He played for the first team in Division 4, before signing a two-year youth contract with Örebro SK before the 2013 season. The following summer, Ring went on loan to BK Forward for the remainder of the contract and played 33 league games with the side in Division 1. In January 2015, Örebro offered Ring a senior contract, which he accepted. During the 2015 Allsvenskan season he was an unused substitute for the team, being the second choice behind Logi Valgarðsson in the left-back position. He however made his senior debut in Svenska Cupen, when he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mamadou Fofana (footballer, Born 1998)
Mamadou Fofana (born 21 January 1998), also known as Nojo, is a Malian professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Defender (association football), defender for Ligue 2 club Amiens SC, Amiens and the Mali national football team, Mali national team. Club career Fofana transferred to Alanyaspor in 2016, joining from the academy of Stade Malien. Fofana made his professional debut for Alanyaspor in a 2–3 Süper Lig loss to Çaykur Rizespor on 14 January 2017. On 12 August 2021, he moved to Ligue 2 club Amiens SC, Amiens and signed a five-year contract. International career Fofana represents Mali internationally, and represented the Mali national under-17 football team, Mali U17s at the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup, and the Mali national under-20 football team, Mali U20s at 2017 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations. Fofana made his senior debut for the Mali national football team in a 2018 World Cup qualification tie against Ivory Coast national football team, Ivory Coast on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
