Mathieu Christian Moreau (born 22 February 1983) is a French former

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who played as a

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Football career

Internazionale

Mathieu Moreau started his career at French most famous youth academy at Nantes. In summer 2001 he joined

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. He won Campionato Nazionale Primavera in summer 2002 as

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's backup. In summer 2003, he was farmed to

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(Serie C1) along with Mattia Altobelli. A year later, he was loaned to

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(Serie B) along with Fabrizio Biava.

Lucchese

In summer 2005, he was loaned again, this time to Lucchese (Serie C1) along with Fabrizio Biava. He played as second choice behind

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. In summer 2006, Lucchese bought half of the player's registration rights, for a peppercorn fee of €500 and a year later bought all the registration rights. But along with

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, also was owned by Inter, failed to play regularly, work behind Brunner and later

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Varese

In summer 2008,

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signed him as a free agent, after Lucchese folded. He quickly became the first choice goalkeeper and won 2009 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione. In the next season,

gained another advancement: the team ended at second place of

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, as well as winning the promotion playoffs. However, he was the understudy of Massimo Zappino in 2010–11 Serie B. The team finished fourth but failed to win the promotion playoffs. After the departure of Zappino in late August 2011, Moreau became first choice again in the first 4 rounds, win zero wins, 2 draws and 2 losses. Since round 5

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became the first choice. He retired in 2013, aged 30, to move to

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, the country his wife is originary from.

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Moreau, Mathieu French footballers French expatriate footballers Inter Milan players Spezia Calcio players Ternana Calcio players Lucchese 1905 players Pro Sesto 1913 players S.S.D. Varese Calcio players Serie B players Serie C players Expatriate footballers in Italy French expatriate sportspeople in Italy France youth international footballers Association football goalkeepers Sportspeople from Quimper 1983 births Living people Footballers from Brittany