Julien Maggiotti (born 9 September 1995) is a French 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 plays as a

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for

Ligue 2 Ligue 2 (, League 2), also known as Ligue 2 BKT due to sponsor (commercial), sponsorship by Balkrishna Industries, is a French professional football league. The league serves as the second division of French football and is one of two divisions ...

club

Bastia Bastia (, , , ; co, Bastìa ) is a commune in the department of Haute-Corse, Corsica, France. It is located in the northeast of the island of Corsica at the base of Cap Corse. It also has the second-highest population of any commune on the is ...

Career

A youth product of

Lucciana Lucciana (, , ) is a French commune in the department of Upper Corsica, collectivity and island of Corsica. Geography Situated on the eastern coast of Corsica nearly to the south of Bastia, the commune extends itself to the mountainous summi ...

since the age of 5, Maggiotti began his senior career with the club in 2017. An amateur at Lucciana, Maggiotti worked as a ironworker on the side and weighed 103 kg while playing. A chance meeting with the former professional footballer Pascal Camadini convinced him to lose weight, and he gained attention as one of the most talented players on his team. He transferred to

Cholet Cholet (, , probably from Latin language, Latin ''cauletum'', "cabbage") is a Communes of France, commune of western France in the Maine-et-Loire Departments of France, department. With 54,307 inhabitants (2019), it is the second most populous c ...

in the 2020-21 season. In 17 June 2021, he moved to

Laval Laval means ''The Valley'' in old French and is the name of: People * House of Laval, a French noble family originating from the town of Laval, Mayenne * Laval (surname) Places Belgium * Laval, a village in the municipality of Sainte-Ode, Luxem ...

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 ...

. He helped them win the

2021–22 Championnat National The 2021–22 Championnat National season is the 29th season since the establishment of the Championnat National, and the 23rd in its current format, which serves as the third division of the French football league system. Team changes Team cha ...

and earn promotion into the

, and was named the club's player of the season by the fans. On 21 June 2022, he transferred to the Belgium club

Charleroi Charleroi ( , , ; wa, Tchålerwè ) is a city and a municipality of Wallonia, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. By 1 January 2008, the total population of Charleroi was 201,593.

signing a 2+1 year deal, but immediately returned to Laval on loan for the

2022–23 Ligue 2 The 2022–23 Ligue 2, commonly known as 2022–23 Ligue 2 BKT for sponsorship reasons, is the 84th season of Ligue 2. It began on 30 July 2022 and will conclude on 3 June 2023. The league will have a break from 12 November to 27 December due to ...

season. On 26 July 2023,

side

announced the signing of Maggiotti on a three-year deal, for approximately 500 000 euros.https://www.foot-sur7.fr/489247-mercato-le-zizou-de-la-mayenne-signe-au-sc-bastia

Honours

Laval *

: 2021–22

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Maggiotti, Julien 1995 births Living people Footballers from Bastia French men's footballers Corsica men's international footballers Men's association football midfielders SO Cholet players Stade Lavallois players R. Charleroi S.C. players SC Bastia players Ligue 2 players Championnat National players Championnat National 3 players French expatriate men's footballers French expatriates in Belgium Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium