Loïc Baal (born 28 January 1992) is a professional

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who plays as a

defensive midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

. Born in

metropolitan France Metropolitan France (french: France métropolitaine or ''la Métropole''), also known as European France (french: Territoire européen de la France) is the area of France which is geographically in Europe. This collective name for the European ...

, he plays for the French Guiana team.

Club career

Baal has previously played for

Le Mans Le Mans (, ) is a city in northwestern France on the Sarthe River where it meets the Huisne. Traditionally the capital of the province of Maine, it is now the capital of the Sarthe department and the seat of the Roman Catholic diocese of Le Man ...

, where he made two appearances in

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 ...

, and

Mulhouse Mulhouse (; Alsatian language, Alsatian: or , ; ; meaning ''Mill (grinding), mill house'') is a city of the Haut-Rhin Departments of France, department, in the Grand Est Regions of France, region, eastern France, close to the France–Switzerl ...

. He joined

Créteil Créteil () is a commune in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, Île-de-France. It is located from the centre of Paris. Créteil is the ''préfecture'' (capital) of the Val-de-Marne department as well as the seat of the Arrondissement of Cré ...

in July 2018.

International career

Baal has played international football with

French Guiana French Guiana ( or ; french: link=no, Guyane ; gcr, label=French Guianese Creole, Lagwiyann ) is an overseas departments and regions of France, overseas department/region and single territorial collectivity of France on the northern Atlantic ...

, making his debut on 25 March 2015 in a 3–1 win over

Honduras Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. The republic of Honduras is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Oce ...

in the qualifying tournament for the 2015 Gold Cup.

Personal life

Baal is the younger brother of fellow professional footballer

Ludovic Baal Ludovic Baal (born 24 May 1986) is a French Guianan professional footballer who plays as a left-back for the French Guiana national team. Club career Baal moved from Le Mans to Lens on 10 June 2011. On 12 June 2015, he joined Rennes on a three ...

Career statistics

International goals

:''Scores and results list French Guiana's goal tally first.''

Honours

Le Puy *

Championnat National 2 The Championnat National 2, commonly known as National 2 and formerly known as Championnat de France Amateur (CFA), is a football league competition. The league serves as the fourth tier of the French football league system behind Ligue 1, Ligue ...

: 2021–22

References

External links

Loïc Baal
at foot-national.com * * * 1992 births Living people French Guianan men's footballers French Guiana men's international footballers French men's footballers French people of French Guianan descent Black French sportspeople Men's association football midfielders Le Mans FC players FC Mulhouse players ASM Belfort players US Créteil-Lusitanos players Le Puy Foot 43 Auvergne players Ligue 2 players Championnat National players Championnat National 2 players Championnat National 3 players 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup players {{FrenchGuiana-footy-bio-stub