Baptiste Aloé (born 29 June 1994) is a French professional

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who plays as a

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for club Nancy.

Club career

Marseille

Aloé was born in

La Ciotat La Ciotat (; oc, label= Provençal Occitan, La Ciutat ; in Mistralian spelling ''La Ciéutat''; 'the City') is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southern France. It is the southeasternmo ...

Bouches-du-Rhône Bouches-du-Rhône ( , , ; oc, Bocas de Ròse ; "Mouths of the Rhône") is a department in Southern France. It borders Vaucluse to the north, Gard to the west and Var to the east. The Mediterranean Sea lies to the south. Its prefecture and large ...

and as a young boy played for his local club, E.S. de La Ciotat, before joining

Marseille Marseille ( , , ; also spelled in English as Marseilles; oc, Marselha ) is the prefecture of the French department of Bouches-du-Rhône and capital of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Situated in the camargue region of southern Franc ...

in 2003. He made his professional debut on 4 October 2012 in the 2012–13 Europa League campaign against Cypriot side

AEL Limassol Athlitiki Enosi Lemesou ( el, Αθλητική Ένωση Λεμεσού, translation=Athletic Union of Limassol) commonly known as AEL, is a Cypriot sports club based in the city of Limassol, most famous for its football team. AEL also maintain ...

in a 5–1 home win. He played the full 90 minutes as a right back. He made his first appearance in

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as a second-half substitute in the visit to

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on 2 November 2014, and played the whole of the 3–1 win at home to

Bordeaux Bordeaux ( , ; Gascon oc, Bordèu ; eu, Bordele; it, Bordò; es, Burdeos) is a port city on the river Garonne in the Gironde department, Southwestern France. It is the capital of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, as well as the prefectur ...

three weeks later. On 6 March 2015, he made his first professional goal against Toulouse FC. During this period, he took part in fourteen matches.

Loans to Valenciennes

In late August 2015, Aloé was loaned out to

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club

Valenciennes Valenciennes (, also , , ; nl, label=also Dutch, Valencijn; pcd, Valincyinnes or ; la, Valentianae) is a commune in the Nord department, Hauts-de-France, France. It lies on the Scheldt () river. Although the city and region experienced a s ...

. At the end of October 2016, Aloé had to undergo meniscus surgery and was ruled out from football for at least a month.

Valenciennes

After two years of being on loan, Aloé signed on with a three-year contract.

Dinamo București

On 3 February 2022, he signed a contract with

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n side

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Nancy

On 15 July 2022, Aloé joined Nancy on a two-year deal.

International career

Aloé played twice for France at under-18 level in 2012. Aloé played once for France at under-21 level in 2015.

Career statistics

References

External links

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Eurosport profile
* 1994 births Living people People from La Ciotat Footballers from Bouches-du-Rhône Men's association football defenders French men's footballers France men's youth international footballers France men's under-21 international footballers Olympique de Marseille players Valenciennes FC players K Beerschot VA players FC Dinamo București players AS Nancy Lorraine players Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players Liga I players French expatriate men's footballers French expatriate sportspeople in Romania Expatriate men's footballers in Romania {{France-footy-defender-1990s-stub