Martin Albert Frédéric Terrier (born 4 March 1997) is a French professional

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who plays as winger or forward for Ligue 1 club Rennes. He has played over 170 games and scored over 50 goals in Ligue 1 for

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, Strasbourg,

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and Rennes. He joined the last two clubs for €11 million and €12 million, respectively.

Club career

Lille

Born in Armentières in 1997, Terrier started his football career with SC Bailleul youth team. He moved to

in 2004. In 2016, Terrier was called up for the Lille first team. On 22 October, he made his Ligue 1 debut against

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, replacing

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in the 84th minute. On 14 December, he played the full match in the round of 16 of the Coupe de la Ligue in a 3–1 away defeat against

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. On 7 January 2017, he scored his first professional goal in the 90th minute of a 4–1 home win in the round of 64 of

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, against

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. On 29 April, he scored his first goal in Ligue 1, as a substitute, in the 75th minute of a 3–0 away win over Montpellier. On 18 August 2017, Terrier was signed by fellow Ligue 1 side Strasbourg on a season-long loan deal. On 27 August, he made his debut in a 2–0 away defeat against

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, playing the full match. On 30 September, he scored his first goal as a substitute in the second minute of added time, in a 1–1 away draw against

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Lyon

On 26 January 2018, Terrier was sold by Lille to

for €11 million, with a potential €4 million addition, with Lille keeping 10% of a future fee. He signed until the summer of 2022. Lyon loaned him straight back to Strasbourg so that he would finish his deal there. He scored on his debut for Lyon, opening a 2–0 home win over Strasbourg on 24 August. He scored his first European goal on 2 October 2019 in a 2–0 win at

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in the

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group stage, starting ahead of Moussa Dembélé and

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Rennes

On 6 July 2020, Rennes announced that Terrier had signed a five-year contract with the club, for a reported €12 million plus bonus fees. He made his debut on 22 August, playing the full 90 minutes of the season opener away to his former club Lille; a week later he was sent off in a 2–1 home win over Montpellier. He opened his account on 16 October with the first goal of a 1–1 draw at Dijon, eventually finishing the season with nine goals, including two at home to the same opponents in a 5–1 win on 25 April 2021. In 2021–22, Terrier scored his first goal in the third match on 22 August, the only one of a ''

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'' win over Nantes at

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. On 5 December, he scored his first

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in a 5–0 win at Saint-Étienne. The season was the most prolific of his career with 21 goals, joint third in the league behind Kylian Mbappé and

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and equal to Moussa Dembélé. He was the

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for March and made the

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. Terrier scored his ninth goal of the

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season to open a 2–1 home win over

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on 2 January 2023, but suffered a right-knee anterior cruciate ligament injury through a collision with Jordan Lotomba, thereby being ruled out for the rest of the season. Previously, on 16 October, he scored two headers in a 3–2 home win over his former club Lyon, whom

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was managing for the first time. On 5 October 2023, Terrier returned in a 1–0 loss away to

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in the

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group stage. He came on with nine minutes remaining and missed a penalty in added time.

International career

Uncapped, Terrier was chosen by France under-20 for the 2017 FIFA World Cup in South Korea. On his debut on 22 May in the first group game, he came on as a 66th-minute substitute for

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, and 15 minutes later scored the final goal of a 3–0 win over Honduras. He played each other game of a run to the last 16, including the entirety of the final group game in which the French won 2–0 against

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. Terrier made his under-21 debut on 5 September 2017, in a 4–1 win over

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in Le Mans, in 2019 UEFA European Championship qualification. On in the 57th minute for Adama Diakhaby, he scored a hat-trick. In his next three games, he scored once against

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from the bench, twice as a starter against

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and again at home to

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, thereby scoring all seven of his under-21 goals in the first four of his 13 games.

Career statistics

Club

Honours

Lyon * Coupe de la Ligue runner-up: 2019–20 Individual * UNFP Ligue 1

: 2021–22 * UNFP Ligue 1 Player of the Month: March 2022, October 2022, January 2024

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Terrier, Martin Living people 1997 births People from Armentières Footballers from Nord (French department) Men's association football forwards French men's footballers Ligue 1 players Championnat National 3 players Lille OSC players Olympique Lyonnais players RC Strasbourg Alsace players Stade Rennais F.C. players France men's under-21 international footballers France men's youth international footballers