Ronan Le Crom (born 13 July 1974) is a French former professional

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Career

Le Crom began his career at

AJ Auxerre Association de la Jeunesse Auxerroise (), commonly known as AJ Auxerre or simply Auxerre (), is a French football club based in the commune of Auxerre in Burgundy. The club was founded in 1905 and currently plays in Ligue 1, the first division o ...

, joining the senior squad in 1991. He played only three matches for the club, one in each of his final three seasons, before leaving in 2002. In his time at Auxerre, he had spent single-season loans at

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and

ASOA Valence Association Sportive d'Origine Arménienne de Valence was a French football team playing in the city of Valence, Drôme. History The team ended in 2005 due to financial problems. Its successor is AS Valence, which plays at an amateur level. Not ...

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 ...

. Since then, he spent his career in

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, beginning with

Guingamp Guingamp (; ) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department in Brittany in northwestern France. With a population of 6,895 as of 2017, Guingamp is one of the smallest towns in Europe to have a top-tier professional football team: En Avant Guinga ...

where he played two full seasons before their relegation. The third season of his Guingamp contract was spent on loan at

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, although he did not play a match. Still contracted to Guingamp, Le Crom moved to Troyes on a single-season loan in 2005–06. After playing 38 league matches in the season he signed permanently in the summer of 2006. In January 2012 Le Crom joined

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having been a free agent since leaving AS Nancy-Lorraine in July 2011. He made his debut as a substitute on 26 May 2013 in an away 3–1 win at Lorient, coming on to replace

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, who was also making his debut. Le Crom's debut lasted just 21 minutes as he was sent off for a foul on

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and he was seen crying on the touchline and needed to be consoled by team mates afterwards. Arnaud Le Lan converted the resulting penalty past makeshift goalkeeper

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. This would prove to be Le Crom's last game of professional football as he retired at the end of the season.

Honours

Paris Saint-Germain *

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Le Crom, Ronan 1974 births Living people Sportspeople from Morbihan French footballers Association football goalkeepers Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players AJ Auxerre players LB Châteauroux players ASOA Valence players En Avant Guingamp players AS Saint-Étienne players ES Troyes AC players RC Lens players Grenoble Foot 38 players AS Nancy Lorraine players Paris Saint-Germain F.C. players Footballers from Brittany