Axel Maraval (born 20 October 1993) is a French professional
footballer who plays as a
goalkeeper
In many team sports which involve scoring goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or intercepting o ...
for club
Nîmes.
Club career
A youth product of
Monaco
Monaco (; ), officially the Principality of Monaco (french: Principauté de Monaco; Ligurian: ; oc, Principat de Mónegue), is a sovereign city-state and microstate on the French Riviera a few kilometres west of the Italian region of Lig ...
, Maraval left the club in July 2014 to gain more playing time, signing for
AC Arles-Avignon. He made his full professional debut a few months later, in a 1–0
Ligue 2 defeat against
Sochaux
Sochaux () is a commune in the Doubs department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France.
Geography
Sochaux lies east of Montbéliard, and southeast of Paris.
Population
Inhabitants are known as ''Sochaliens''.
Economy
S ...
.
On 1 February 2016, he signed for Slovenian club
NK Domžale.
He returned to France with
Sedan at the end of 2016, joining
USL Dunkerque
Union Sportive du Littoral de Dunkerque is a French football club based in the commune of Dunkirk. It will compete in the Championnat National in the 2022–23 season. Their kit colours are white and blue, and they play their home matches at th ...
at the end of the 2017–18 season.
In June 2022, Maraval signed a contract with
Nîmes until June 2025.
References
External links
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Axel Maraval foot-national.com profile*
1993 births
Living people
Men's association football goalkeepers
French footballers
Ligue 2 players
Championnat National players
AC Arlésien players
French expatriate footballers
French expatriate sportspeople in Slovenia
Expatriate footballers in Slovenia
Slovenian PrvaLiga players
NK Domžale players
CS Sedan Ardennes players
USL Dunkerque players
Nîmes Olympique players
Footballers from Marseille
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