Jérémy Malherbe (born 15 March 1991) 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
goalkeeper.
Malherbe signed a short-term contract with
Scottish Premiership club
Dundee
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in January 2018, and was released at the end of the season.
Popularity in Serbia
Although Malherbe has never played football in Serbia, he has surprisingly accumulated a fairly noticeable number of fans in that country, and is a subject of a somewhat of a
cult following
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. This curiosity is attributed to the users of the Serbian humour website
Vukajlija, who jokingly claimed that Malherbe, then a member of
Grenoble, sent them betting tips. Although the claims were quickly discovered to be false, the users soon formed an online
fan club
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, posting updates about Malherbe's football career and achievements.
Career statistics
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1991 births
Living people
French men's footballers
Footballers from Strasbourg
Men's association football goalkeepers
Ligue 2 players
Championnat National 2 players
Championnat National 3 players
Challenger Pro League players
Belarusian Premier League players
Super League Greece players
Grenoble Foot 38 players
Gap HAFC players
Stade de Reims players
K.S.V. Roeselare players
FC Dynamo Brest players
Dundee F.C. players
Panionios F.C. players
French expatriate men's footballers
French expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium
French expatriate sportspeople in Belarus
Expatriate men's footballers in Belarus
French expatriate sportspeople in Scotland
Expatriate men's footballers in Scotland
French expatriate sportspeople in Greece
Expatriate men's footballers in Greece