Sébastien Amoros (born 2 July 1995) is a French former professional

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who played as a

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. He joined

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in July 2016, following five seasons as a

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player at

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. He left Port Vale the following year and returned to France to play for

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. He joined his hometown club

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in June 2020.

Career

Monaco II

Born in

, Amoros began his career in the

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. He made his debut for the

in the

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at the age of 16, coming on as a 66th-minute substitute for Blanstel Koussalouka in a 4–1 win over league champions Uzès Pont du Gard on 2 June 2012. He then featured four times in

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as Monaco II finished 12th, five times in the 2013–14 season as they finished in eighth place, and did not feature in the 2014–15 campaign, but did though make 24 appearances in the 2015–16 season as Monaco II finished in third place.

Port Vale

He signed a one-year

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with

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side

in July 2016.

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said that he was a "quality player", but needed time to adjust to League One. He made his debut in professional football on 27 August, coming on as a 16th-minute substitute for Paulo Tavares in a 3–1 win over

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. By mid-December he had started three consecutive games as a holding midfielder, helping the team to go almost four hours without conceding a goal. However, he did not feature under

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Michael Brown in 2017. He was released at the end of the 2016–17 season. Brown said that "when he could sit in front of the back four and play short passes, that suited him. Once we tried to make it more dynamic and change the style and structure, he didn't really fit into that".

Grasse

On 9 July 2018, Amoros signed for French

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. He featured in 23 of the club's 28 league games during the 2018–19 season, helping Grasse to a ninth-place finish. He made 12 appearances during the 2019–20 season, which was curtailed early due to the

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with Grasse in second place.

Cannes

In June 2020, Amoros joined

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side

after

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Jean-Noël Cabezas aimed to build a team of local players. He made four appearances in the

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season, which was declared void by the

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on 23 April due to the ongoing

. He was not named in the squad for the 2021–22 season.

Personal life

In 2015, Amoros was dating French

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personality Martika Caringella.

Career statistics

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Amoros, Sebastien 1995 births Living people Footballers from Cannes French men's footballers Men's association football midfielders AS Monaco FC players Port Vale F.C. players RC Grasse players AS Cannes players Championnat National 2 players English Football League players French expatriate men's footballers French expatriate sportspeople in England Expatriate men's footballers in England 21st-century French sportsmen