Rémi Maréval (born 24 February 1983) is a Martiniquais 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 defender.

Career

Born in

Domont Domont () is a Communes of France, commune in the Val-d'Oise Departments of France, department and Île-de-France Regions of France, region of France. It is twinned with the Leicestershire village of Shepshed. Domont station has rail connections ...

, Maréval began his career at the age of 14 in the US Chantilly's youth system and signed for

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 ...

team

AS Beauvais Association Sportive Beauvais Oise (; commonly referred to as AS Beauvais, ASBO, or simply Beauvais) is a French association football club based in Beauvais. The club was formed in 1945 as a result of a merger and currently play in the Championna ...

in the summer of 2001. After two and a half years with AS Beauvais, where he played 38 games and scored one goal, Maréval signed for

Oldham Athletic Oldham Athletic Association Football Club is a professional football club in Oldham, Greater Manchester, England, which competes in the National League, the fifth tier of the English football league system. The history of Oldham Athletic ...

in January 2004. In 2004, after half a year in England with Oldham Athletic, he returned to France and signed for

Gazélec Ajaccio Gazélec Football Club Ajaccio ( co, Gazélec Football Club Aiacciu), commonly referred to as GFC Ajaccio, GFCA, Gazélec Ajaccio or simply Gazélec (), is a French football club from Ajaccio, Corsica. Founded in 1960, Gazélec plays in the Champ ...

. After a successful season with 37 games and one goal for Gazélec Ajaccio, he joined

Tours Tours ( , ) is one of the largest cities in the region of Centre-Val de Loire, France. It is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Departments of France, department of Indre-et-Loire. The Communes of France, commune of Tours had 136,463 ...

, but played only 33 matches in two seasons. In July 2007, Maréval again moved, this time to

FC Nantes Football Club de Nantes (; Gallo: ''Naunnt''), commonly referred to as FC Nantes or simply Nantes (), is a French professional football club based in Nantes in Pays de la Loire. The club was founded on 21 April 1943, during World War II, a ...

. On 2 February 2014,

Israel Premier League The Israeli Premier League ( he, ליגת העל, ''Ligat Ha`Al'', ), is a professional association football league which operates as the highest division of the Israeli Football League – the state's league of Israel. The league is contested b ...

club

Maccabi Tel Aviv Maccabi Tel Aviv ( he, מכבי תל אביב) is one of the largest sports clubs in Israel, and a part of the Maccabi association. Many sports clubs and teams in Tel Aviv are in association with Maccabi and compete in a variety of sports, such ...

announced Maréval's arrival in a contract until the end of the 2013–14 season.

Trivia

Maréval had one of his most memorable moments against

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 ...

, scoring a goal from more than 30 metres. He scored another memorable goal against

Nîmes Olympique Nîmes Olympique (commonly referred to as simply Nîmes) is a French association football club based in Nîmes. The club was founded on 10 April 1937 and currently plays in Ligue 2, the second level of French football. Until November 2022, t ...

from 60 metres in September 2009. Coming after just eight seconds, the goal was the fastest goal in the history of the French

.Remi Mareval: The Art of the Long Shot

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