Sandrine Brétigny (born 2 July 1984) is a French

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who currently plays for the French club

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. She plays as a striker and is known for her goalscoring output.

Career

Brétigny began her career with

FC Lyon Football Club de Lyon is a French sports club. It was established on 17 November 1893, and is notable for its rugby and football sections. Honours Rugby * French championship: ** Champions: 1909–10 Football * Coupe de France The Coupe ...

and remained with the club during it transformation to

Olympique Lyonnais Olympique Lyonnais (), commonly referred to as simply Lyon () or OL, is a men and women's French professional football club based in Lyon in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. The men play in France's highest football division, Ligue 1. Founded in 1950, th ...

. Despite having solid seasons with Lyon previously, including leading the league in goals scored in 2003, it wasn't until the 2006–07 season where she gained recognition for being a feared striker when she scored 48 goals in 25 matches helping the club win their first title under the Olympique Lyonnais emblem. The following season, she would again impress scoring five goals in one match against

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(the final result was 10–0). She would proceed to accomplish this feat again on 9 November 2008 in a match against

FCF Hénin-Beaumont Football Club Féminin Hénin-Beaumont is a French women's association football, football club based in Hénin-Beaumont. The club was founded on 12 May 1972 and currently play in the Division 1 Féminine having finished 7th in the 2009–10 Divis ...

, though the final result was lowered to an 8–0 victory. In July 2012, after over a decade with Lyon, Brétigny joined German club

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. She was the only player to remain from the squad of FC Lyon when, in 2003, the club was transformed to Olympique Lyonnais. In 2013, she returned to the

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by joining

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. In 2015, she joined

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 ...

in the

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International career

Despite having some individual success earlier in her career, Brétigny made her international debut for '' the Bleues'' on 22 November 2006 in a match against

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. She currently has nine goals from 22 caps.

Career statistics

Club

International

International goals

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Honours

Club

Lyon *

(6): 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10,

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, 2011–12 *

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(4): 2002–03, 2003–04, 2007–08, 2011–12 *

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(2):

, 2011–12

References

External links

Club profile

Player stats
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