Clément Couturier (born 13 September 1993) is a French footballer who plays for
Luxembourg
Luxembourg ( ; lb, Lëtzebuerg ; french: link=no, Luxembourg; german: link=no, Luxemburg), officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, ; french: link=no, Grand-Duché de Luxembourg ; german: link=no, Großherzogtum Luxemburg is a small land ...
ish club
Swift Hesperange
Football Club Swift Hesperange ( lb, Football Club Swift Hesper, german: Football Club Swift Hesperingen) is a football club, based in Hesperange, in southern Luxembourg.
History
*1916: Club founded as ''FC Swift Hesperange''
*1940: Club ren ...
.
Club career
Couturier was a youth player at
Auxerre
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before moving to
Montceau and
Belfort
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. He also played for
Dijon
Dijon (, , ) (dated)
* it, Digione
* la, Diviō or
* lmo, Digion is the prefecture of the Côte-d'Or department and of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in northeastern France. the commune had a population of 156,920.
The earl ...
and
Chambly.
Belfort
On 29 May 2015,
Belfort
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announced the signing of Couturier.
Chambly
On 16 June 2016, Couturier joined French club
Chambly.
Les Herbiers
Couturier played for
Les Herbiers as they reached the final of the 2018
Coupe de France
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, facing his former teammates from Chambly in the semi-final. On May 8, 2018, he played as
PSG won 2-0 to clinch the 2017-18 Coupe de France with goals from
Edinson Cavani
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and
Giovani Lo Celso
Giovani Lo Celso (born 9 April 1996) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for La Liga club Villarreal, on loan from Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur, and the Argentina national team.
Club career Rosario ...
.
Dudelange
Couturier joined
Dudelange
Dudelange (; lb, Diddeleng , german: Düdelingen) is a commune with town status in southern Luxembourg. It is the fourth-most populous commune, with 19,734 inhabitants. Dudelange is situated close to the border with France.
, the town of Dudela ...
in the summer of 2018 signing a two year contract with the option of a third year. He played in the 2018
UEFA Champions League
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qualifiers against
MOL Vidi FC scoring a goal and he played in the Luxembourgers successful run to the
UEFA Europa League
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group stages as they beat
CFR Cluj
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and
Legia Warsaw
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.
Argeș Pitești
On 2 December 2020, Romanian club
Argeș Pitești announced that Couturier had signed for them for the rest of the
season
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. However, the announcement was made prematurely, before the signing of any contract. When he arrived at the club, the contract offer was not the same, so he did not sign and returned to France.
Bastia-Borgo
On 21 January 2021, Couturier signed for
Championnat National
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side
FC Bastia-Borgo.
Swift Hesperange
On 19 July 2021, he returned to Luxembourg and signed with
Swift Hesperange
Football Club Swift Hesperange ( lb, Football Club Swift Hesper, german: Football Club Swift Hesperingen) is a football club, based in Hesperange, in southern Luxembourg.
History
*1916: Club founded as ''FC Swift Hesperange''
*1940: Club ren ...
.
Personal life
His girlfriend is a midwifery student in
Nancy.
References
1993 births
Living people
French men's footballers
Men's association football midfielders
Championnat National 2 players
Championnat National players
Luxembourg National Division players
Challenger Pro League players
Liga I players
Dijon FCO players
FC Montceau Bourgogne players
ASM Belfort players
FC Chambly Oise players
Les Herbiers VF players
F91 Dudelange players
R.E. Virton players
FC Borgo players
FC Swift Hesperange players
French expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Luxembourg
French expatriate sportspeople in Luxembourg
Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium
French expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
People from Chaumont, Haute-Marne
Sportspeople from Haute-Marne
Footballers from Grand Est
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