Candie Monique Nadine Herbert (born 4 June 1977 in

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) is a French former

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who played as a striker for

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and

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in the

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. Herbert was a member of the

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, making her debut in 1994 and gaining her 83rd and last

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in 2010.

Career

Herbert began her career playing for

, where she established herself as an international making her debut for France at the age of 17. She later joined ''USO Bray-la-Buissière'' before finally settling in with

at the start of the new

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. Herbert spent seven productive years at the club making 98 league appearances and scoring 46 goals. In 2007, she returned to Hénin-Beaumont and, in her second season with the club, scored a career high 13 goals. The 2009–10 season saw the emergence of the much younger attacker

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. Due to this and other circumstances, Herbert began the season with the Hénin-Beaumont reserves in the women's third division. She then rejoined Soyaux, playing there until 2012.

International career

Herbert made her international debut on 14 May 1994 in a 1–1 draw with

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. She has collected 79 caps since her debut scoring 11 goals. On 28 October 2009, Herbert scored her first international brace in a

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against

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. The match saw France hammer Estonia 12–0. Herbert has participated in several international tournaments for her nation beginning with

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UEFA Women's Euro 2001 The 2001 UEFA Women's Championship was the eighth UEFA Women's Championship, a competition for the women's national football teams and member associations of UEFA. It took place in Germany between 23 June and 7 July 2001. It was won by Germany wi ...

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, and ending with

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International goals

References

External links

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France player profile
1977 births Living people People from Seclin French women's footballers France women's international footballers ASJ Soyaux-Charente players Women's association football forwards Footballers from Nord (French department) Division 1 Féminine players FCF Hénin-Beaumont players {{France-women-footy-bio-stub