Thierry Moreau (born 17 January 1967) is a former
French professional footballer who played as a
midfielder
A midfielder is an outfield position in association football.
Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
between 1985 and 2003.
Born in
Lisieux
Lisieux () is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. It is the capital of the Pays d'Auge area, which is characterised by valleys and hedged farmland.
Name
The name of the town derives from the l ...
, he played his entire career in France, for four clubs:
Le Havre AC
Le Havre Athletic Club (; commonly referred to as Le Havre) is a French association football club based in Le Havre, Normandy. The club was founded as an athletics and rugby club in 1872, making Le Havre AC the oldest professional French foo ...
,
Stade Malherbe Caen
Stade Malherbe Caen (; commonly known as SM Caen, SMC, or simply Caen) is a French professional football team, based in the city of Caen in Normandy, that competes in the Ligue 2. The club was founded on 17 November 1913 by the merger of ''C ...
,
Toulouse FC
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and
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 ...
. Following his retirement from football, he became a manager for lower league football clubs like
Avenir Fonsorbais and
Caen Maladrerie OS. He is currently the manager of
FC Flérien.
For his performances in the
1996–97 French Division 2 season, he was named
Ligue 2 Player of the Year.
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People from Lisieux
Men's association football midfielders
Le Havre AC players
Stade Malherbe Caen players
Toulouse FC players
Amiens SC players
Ligue 1 players
Ligue 2 players
French men's footballers
French expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in France
1967 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Calvados (department)
Footballers from Normandy
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