Alexandre Licata (born 2 January 1984) is a French former professional
footballer
A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...
who played as a
striker.
Career
Licata was born in
Grenoble
lat, Gratianopolis
, commune status = Prefecture and commune
, image = Panorama grenoble.png
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, caption = From upper left: Panorama of the city, Grenoble’s cable cars, place Saint- ...
. He started his career at
Lille OSC
Lille Olympique Sporting Club (), commonly referred to as LOSC, LOSC Lille or simply Lille, is a French professional football club based in Lille, Hauts-de-France that competes in Ligue 1, the top flight of French football. Lille has played its ...
. Licata joined
CS Louhans-Cuiseaux
Louhans-Cuiseaux Football Club is a football club located in Louhans, France.
History
The club was founded in 1970 as ''Club Sportif Louhans Cuiseaux 71'' after the merger of ''Club Sportif Louhannais'' (founded in 1916) and ''Club de Cuiseaux'' ...
in 2004 when they were in the
Championnat National
The Championnat de France National ( en, French National Championship), commonly referred to as simply National or Division 3, serves as the third division of the French football league system behind Ligue 1 and Ligue 2. Contested by 18 clubs, t ...
, scoring 20 goals in his first two seasons. On 9 May 2009, the 25-year-old striker from
AS Monaco
Association Sportive de Monaco Football Club SA, commonly referred to as AS Monaco () or Monaco, is a professional football club based in Monaco that is member of French Football Federation (FFF) and competes in Ligue 1, the top tier of Fre ...
signed a new four-year contract with
AJ Auxerre
Association de la Jeunesse Auxerroise (), commonly known as AJ Auxerre or simply Auxerre (), is a French football club based in the commune of Auxerre in Burgundy. The club was founded in 1905 and currently plays in Ligue 1, the first division o ...
, who offered him a much higher salary.
He was drafted in to help score goals, as fellow striker
Daniel Niculae
Daniel George Niculae (; born 6 October 1982) is a former Romanian professional footballer who played mainly as a striker. Currently he is the president of Liga I club
Rapid București.
He has made 39 appearances for Romania since his debut ...
failed to score a single goal in the 2008–09 season. However, he has missed all of the season up until April 2010 because of a serious ankle injury. After never fully recover from the injury he decided to retire in 2012.
Career statistics
References
External links
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Living people
1984 births
Footballers from Grenoble
French men's footballers
Men's association football forwards
Ligue 1 players
Ligue 2 players
Lille OSC players
Louhans-Cuiseaux FC players
AS Monaco FC players
FC Gueugnon players
SC Bastia players
AJ Auxerre players