Théo Chendri (born 27 May 1997) is a French
footballer
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who currently plays as a
midfielder
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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 ...
for
Zamora.
Club career
Born in
Toulouse
Toulouse ( , ; oc, Tolosa ) is the prefecture of the French department of Haute-Garonne and of the larger region of Occitania. The city is on the banks of the River Garonne, from the Mediterranean Sea, from the Atlantic Ocean and from Par ...
, Chendri started his career with Etoile Aussonnaise and
US Colomiers
Union sportive Colomiers Rugby or US Colomiers is a French rugby union club currently competing in Pro D2, the second level of the French rugby pyramid. They had been relegated from Pro D2 after finishing last in the 2006-07 season, but earned p ...
, before trialling with Spanish side
Barcelona
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in 2011.
[ A year later, he made the move to ''La Masia'', becoming the first Frenchman to join the prestigious academy.]FIFA
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, who handed Barcelona a transfer ban, and banned Chendri from playing until he was sixteen - a decision Barcelona unsuccessfully appealed against. Following this verdict, Chendri's mother gave an interview with Spanish newspaper La Vanguardia
' (; , Spanish for "The Vanguard") is a Spanish daily newspaper, founded in 1881. It is printed in Spanish and, since 3 May 2011, also in Catalan (Spanish copy is automatically translated into Catalan). It has its headquarters in Barcelona and i ...
, stating that FIFA's decision was doing more harm to the young footballers concerned than the clubs who had breached the rules.
At the age of eighteen, he was promoted to the Barcelona B
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team, and made one appearance in the 2015–16 Segunda División B
The 2015–16 Segunda División B season was the 39th since its establishment. The first matches of the season were to be played in August 2015, and the season ended in June 2016 with the promotion play-off finals.
Overview before the season
80 te ...
.Ousmane Dembélé
Masour Ousmane Dembélé (born 15 May 1997) is a French professional footballer who plays as a winger for La Liga club Barcelona and the France national team.
Dembélé began his career at Rennes before joining Borussia Dortmund in 2016. He ...
to sign for ''La Blaugrana'', but this plan failed as Dembélé joined German side Borussia Dortmund
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.
Chendri left Barcelona in 2016, after four years with the club. In July of the same year, he returned to France and signed a three-year deal with Nantes
Nantes (, , ; Gallo: or ; ) is a city in Loire-Atlantique on the Loire, from the Atlantic coast. The city is the sixth largest in France, with a population of 314,138 in Nantes proper and a metropolitan area of nearly 1 million inhabita ...
, being assigned to the reserve team in the Championnat de France Amateur
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. A year after joining Nantes, he stated his frustration in an interview with Au Premier Poteau, stating that Nantes had "sold him a bit of a dream" in terms of his progression with the club, as he had been assigned to the reserve side again.
In early 2019, he moved to Denmark to sign with second tier side Fremad Amager
Boldklubben Fremad Amager (meaning in English: The Ball Club Forward Amager ; abbreviated Fremad A) is a Danish professional football club based in the district of Amager Vest, Copenhagen. As of the 2020–21 season, the club's senior men's team ...
. Having initially settled well, his contract was terminated by mutual consent after a year and a half with the club.
Following his departure from Fremad Amager, he returned to Spain, joining Tercera División
Tercera División ( en, Third Division) was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segunda División'', and the semi-professional ''Segunda Di ...
side Formentera
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in January 2021. He signed a one-year contract extension in July of the same year. A year later, he signed with Badajoz
Badajoz (; formerly written ''Badajos'' in English) is the capital of the Province of Badajoz in the autonomous community of Extremadura, Spain. It is situated close to the Portuguese border, on the left bank of the river Guadiana. The population ...
in the Primera Federación
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, alongside fellow former Barcelona B player Jesús Alfaro
Jesús Alfaro Ligero (born 24 June 1991) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Wisła Kraków as a winger.
Club career
Born in La Palma del Condado, Huelva, Andalusia, Alfaro was a Sevilla FC youth graduate. He made his senior debu ...
. However, after only half a year with Badajoz, he was released in December 2022.
Following his release from Badajoz, he joined Segunda Federación
Segunda Federación, previously called Segunda División RFEF, also officially known as Segunda B-Segunda Federación, is the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system containing 90 teams divided into five groups. It is administered by t ...
side Zamora on 26 January 2023.
International career
Chendri is eligible to represent both France and Algeria at international level.[
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Career statistics
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References
External links
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1997 births
Living people
Footballers from Toulouse
French men's footballers
France men's youth international footballers
Men's association football midfielders
Segunda División B players
Championnat National 2 players
Championnat National 3 players
Danish 1st Division players
Tercera División players
Segunda Federación players
Primera Federación players
US Colomiers Football players
FC Barcelona players
FC Barcelona Atlètic players
FC Nantes players
Fremad Amager players
SD Formentera players
CD Badajoz players
French expatriate men's footballers
French expatriate sportspeople in Spain
Expatriate men's footballers in Spain
French expatriate sportspeople in Denmark
Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark