Grégory Lacombe (born 11 January 1982) is a French former professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who played as a midfielder for clubs in

Ligue 1 Ligue 1 (; ), officially known as Ligue 1 McDonald's France, McDonald's for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in France and the highest level of the French football league system. Administered by the Ligue de ...

and

Ligue 2 Ligue 2 (, League 2), also known as Ligue 2 BKT due to sponsorship reasons, is a French professional football league. The league serves as the second division of French football and is one of two divisions making up the Ligue de Football Prof ...

Career

A native of

Albi Albi (; ) is a commune in France, commune in southern France. It is the prefecture of the Tarn (department), Tarn Departments of France, department, on the river Tarn (river), Tarn, 85 km northeast of Toulouse. Its inhabitants are called ...

, Lacombe signed his first professional football contract with

AS Monaco Association Sportive de Monaco Football Club, commonly referred to as AS Monaco (), is a professional football club based in Fontvieille, Monaco. Although not in France, they are a member of the French Football Federation (FFF) and currently ...

at age 17. He was part of the Monaco side that won the

1999–2000 French Division 1 The 1999–2000 Ligue 1 season (then called Division 1) was the 62nd since its establishment. AS Monaco won the French Association Football League with 65 points. Participating teams * Auxerre * Bastia * Bordeaux * Le Havre * RC Lens * Olympiq ...

title. Lacombe had two brief spells with

AC Ajaccio Athletic Club Ajaccien (), commonly referred to as AC Ajaccio, ACA or simply Ajaccio, is a French professional football club based in the city of Ajaccio on the island of Corsica. The club was founded in 1910 and plays in the Ligue 2, the sec ...

and one with Portuguese side

Vitória F.C. Vitória Futebol Clube (), popularly known as Vitória de Setúbal, is a Portuguese professional Association football, football club based in Setúbal that used to compete in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portuguese football league system ...

before a six-year association with

Montpellier HSC Montpellier Hérault Sport Club (; ), commonly referred to as Montpellier HSC, is a French professional association football, football club based in the city of Montpellier in Occitania (administrative region), Occitanie. The original club was ...

. Lacombe also won the

2011–12 Ligue 1 The 2011–12 Ligue 1 season was the 74th since its establishment. Lille were the defending champions. The league schedule was announced on 31 March 2011 and the fixtures were determined on 10 June. The season began on 6 August 2011 and ended on ...

title while playing for Montpellier.

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* French men's footballers French expatriate men's footballers AS Monaco FC players AC Ajaccio players Montpellier HSC players Vitória F.C. players Clermont Foot players ES Uzès Pont du Gard players Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players Primeira Liga players Championnat National players Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Sportspeople from Albi 1982 births Living people Men's association football midfielders Footballers from Tarn (department) French expatriate sportspeople in Portugal 21st-century French sportsmen {{france-footy-midfielder-1980s-stub