Andy Joseph Pelmard (born 12 March 2000) is a French professional

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who plays as a left-back for Italian club

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on loan from Clermont.

Club career

Nice

Pelmard made his professional debut with

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in a 1–0

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loss to

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on 23 February 2019.

Basel

On 1 July 2021, Pelmard joined

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's first team for their 2021–22 season under head coach

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on a one-year loan. Pelmard played his debut for his new club in the second qualifying round of the

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, a home game in the

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on 22 July 2021 as Basel won 3–0 against

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. Three days later, on 25 July, he played his domestic league debut for the club in the away game in the

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, as Basel won 2–0 against Grasshopper Club. In that season Pelmard played 33 of the team's 36 league matches, missing two due to injury and one due to a suspension. On 4 February 2022, Basel exercised the purchase option in their loan contract and signed Pelmard on a definite basis with a three-and-a-half-year contract until the summer of 2025. In Basel's 2022–23 season, under new head coach

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and later

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, Pelmard was again a regular in the starting eleven, playing 34 of the 36 league games. In the

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Basel advanced as far as the semi-finals, but here they were defeated by

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. Nevertheless, the player decided to move on. During his time with the club, Pelmard played a total of 116 games for Basel without scoring a goal. 67 of these games were in the

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, six in the

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, 32 in the UEFA Conference League and 11 were friendly games.

Clermont

On 12 July 2023, Pelmard returned to France to sign for

club Clermont on a four-year deal. On 14 August 2024, Pelmard was loaned to

in Italy.

International career

Pelmard is a youth international for France, having represented the France U17s at the 2017 U17 Euros and the

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Personal life

Pelmard is of Guadeloupean descent and Malagasy descent through his mother.

Career statistics

References

External links

OGC Nice Profile
* 2000 births Footballers from Nice French people of Guadeloupean descent French sportspeople of Malagasy descent Black French sportspeople Living people French men's footballers France men's youth international footballers France men's under-21 international footballers Men's association football defenders OGC Nice players FC Basel players Clermont Foot players US Lecce players Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players Swiss Super League players French expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland French expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Expatriate men's footballers in Italy French expatriate sportspeople in Italy {{France-footy-defender-2000s-stub