Maxime Belouet (born 11 August 1986) is a French

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Style of play

Maxime is an attacking midfielder cum play-maker with good vision and great passing skills. He is a natural left footer specializing in free-kicks and set pieces.

Personal life

Maxime is a supporter of

Olympique de Marseille Olympique de Marseille (, ; oc, Olimpic de Marselha, ), also known simply as Marseille or by the abbreviation OM (, ), is a French professional men's football club based in Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. Founded in 1899, the club pl ...

. He listens to rap music and loves to have Pasta.

Club career

France

Maxime started playing for the youth team of current Championnat National team

Amiens SC Amiens Sporting Club (; commonly referred to as Amiens SC or simply Amiens) is a French association football club based in the northern city of Amiens in the Hauts-de-France region. The club was formed in 1901 and play in Ligue 2, the second d ...

in 2002. He then played in top level of

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youth football representing different clubs like Angers SCO(currently plays 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 ...

), AS Beauvais Oise. In 2006, he began his professional career after signing with Championnat National side Vannes OC. He then moved to

US Roye-Noyon Union Sportive Roye-Noyon Cœur de Picardie is a French association football club founded in 2010 as a result of a merger between Union Sportive Royenne (founded in 1928) and Sporting Club Noyon (founded in 1927). It is based in Roye, Somme, F ...

in the 2007–2008 season where he had a good stint after scoring 15 goals in 30 appearances. In the next season he signed for US Orléans (currently plays in Championnat National), his hometown club and he played there for the next three seasons.

Singapore

Maxime first moved out of France in 2011 to Singapore to play for the S.League club Étoile FC. He made his debut in the opening round match of the

2011 S.League The 2011 S.League was the 16th season of the S.League, the top professional football league in Singapore. Tampines Rovers FC won their third title. As in the previous season the S.League was not allowed to send a team to the AFC Champions League ...

season in which they won 2–0 over

Geylang United Geylang International Football Club is a professional football club based in Bedok, Singapore, which plays in the Singapore Premier League, the top division of football in Singapore. The club was founded in 1973 with the purpose of building a s ...

, with Maxime opening the scoring in the 39th minute. He was part of the team which secured fifth place for Étoile FC in the 2011 S.League. At the end of 2011 S.League, Étoile FC pulled out from the S.League, making him a free player. He was also selected in the S.League All Stars team for a charity match to support earthquake victims of

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India

On 14 February 2012,

Salgaocar SC Salgaocar Football Club is an Indian professional football club based in Vasco, Goa, that competes in the Goa Professional League. They have also played in the I-League, then top flight of Indian football league system. Founded in 1956, the cl ...

, the I-League club, announced the signing of Maxime Belouet as their fourth Foreign Visa player and registered him for the

2012 AFC Cup The 2012 AFC Cup was the ninth edition of the AFC Cup, a football competition organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for clubs from "developing countries" in Asia. Al-Kuwait from Kuwait won their second AFC Cup title in four year ...

and I-League. He was the first French footballer to ply his trade in India. He played both in the

2012–13 I-League The 2012–13 I-League was the sixth season of the I-League, the Indian professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 2007. The season began on 6 October 2012 and finished on 12 May 2013 with Churchill Brothers ...

and 2012 AFC Cup matches for the club where his performance was highly praised by football fans and critics and he was compared to be equally good to the famous

Mohun Bagan A.C. Mohun Bagan Athletic Club is an Indian professional sports club based in Kolkata, West Bengal. Founded in 1889, its football section is one of the oldest in India and Asia. The club is most notable for its victory over East Yorkshire Regiment ...

player

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. He then got injured while playing against Al-Oruba SC of Oman in the 2012 AFC Cup. As a result, he had to go back to France to get the top treatment. He later recovered from the injury totally and became fit to play in the

2013–14 I-League The 2013–14 I-League (known as the ''Airtel I-League'' for sponsorship reasons) was the seventh season of the I-League, the top-tier Indian professional league for football clubs, since its establishment in 2007. The season began on 21 Septemb ...

season.

Switzerland

In August 2013, though he was under a contract with Salgaocar SC he moved to

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

to train with

FC Montreux-Sports FC Montreux-Sports is a professional football club based in Montreux Montreux (, , ; frp, Montrolx) is a Swiss municipality and town on the shoreline of Lake Geneva at the foot of the Alps. It belongs to the district of Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut ...

and also in order to find a new professional club. He played a few friendly matches for the Montreux-based club then playing in the

2. Liga Interregional 2. Liga Interregional (2nd League Interregional in english) is the fifth tier of the Swiss football league system The Swiss football league system, is a series of interconnected leagues for association football clubs in Switzerland, with seven t ...

, fourth division of the Swiss football league system.

Bangladesh

In September 2013, he moved to Bangladesh and signed a contract with Dhaka-based club Sheikh Russel KC. He played 3 matches in the

2013–14 Bangladesh Football Premier League The 2013–14 Bangladesh Premier League is also known as Nitol-Tata Bangladesh Premier League due to the sponsorship from Nitol-Tata. It was the 7th edition of the Bangladesh Premier League since its establishment in 2007. A total of 10 football c ...

and 2 in the

2013 Bangladesh Federation Cup The 2013 Bangladesh Federation Cup was the 26th edition to be played and was known as the Walton Federation Cup due to sponsorship reasons. The competition started on 21 November and finished with the final at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on 9 ...

. But later in the same season due to some disputes with the club management and some financial delays he decided to terminate his contract with the club.

References

External links

Maxime Belouet
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