William Rémy (born 4 April 1991) is a French professional

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who plays as a

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. He is a former French youth international, having starred for the under-17, under-18, and under-19 teams.

Club career

Born in

Courbevoie Courbevoie () is a Communes of France, commune located in the Hauts-de-Seine department of the Île-de-France region of France. It is a suburb of Paris, from the Kilometre zero, center of Paris. The centre of Courbevoie is situated from the ci ...

, Rémy joined

Pas-de-Calais The Pas-de-Calais (, ' strait of Calais'; ; ) is a department in northern France named after the French designation of the Strait of Dover, which it borders. It has the most communes of all the departments of France, with 890, and is the ...

-based club

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in 2004. He made his professional football debut on 13 October 2008 in a

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 ...

match against

Guingamp Guingamp (; ) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department in Brittany in northwestern France. With a population of 7,115 as of 2020, Guingamp is one of the smallest towns in Europe to have a top-tier professional football team: En Avant Guin ...

coming on as a substitute playing 8 minutes. Rémy also appeared in his club's upset loss to

Championnat de France amateur 2 The Championnat National 3, commonly referred to as simply National 3 and formerly known as Championnat de France Amateur 2, is a football league competition. The league serves as the fifth division of the French football league system behind ...

side and lesser rivals Arras Football in the

Coupe de France The Coupe de France (), also known in English language, English as the French Cup or less commonly as the France Cup, is the premier Single-elimination tournament, knockout cup competition in French football organised by the French Football Fed ...

coming on as a substitute in the 81st minute and playing the entire

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session before watching his club bow out 4–2 on penalties. In August 2011 Rémy had a trial at

Newcastle United Newcastle United Football Club is a professional association football club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England. The club competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football league system, English football. Since th ...

along with Darnel Situ. Both Remy and Situ scored in their debut for the reserves in a 5–0 victory over Gateshead. After four years with Lens, Rémy moved to the Ligue 2 side

Dijon FCO Dijon Football Côte d'Or (; ), commonly referred to as Dijon FCO or simply as Dijon, is a French Football in France, football club based in Dijon. The club was founded in 1998 as a result of a merger between two local clubs in the city, and co ...

on a three-year contract. In January 2018, he joined Polish club

Legia Warsaw Legia Warszawa (), commonly referred to as Legia Warsaw or simply Legia, is a professional football club based in Warsaw, Poland. Legia is the most successful Polish football club in history, winning a record 15 champions titles, a record 2 ...

from

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 ...

on a -year deal. On 18 December 2020, his contract with Legia was terminated. On 25 December 2021, Rémy agreed to join

Virton Virton (; Gaumais: ''Viertån''; ) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Luxembourg, Belgium. It is also the administrative centre of the district (''arrondissement'') of the same name, as well as the principal town ...

in Belgium. On 7 February 2024, he returned to Poland to sign with

I liga I liga (, ), currently named Betclic I liga due to its sponsorship by Betclic, is the men's second professional association football division of the Polish football league system, below the Ekstraklasa and above the II liga via promotion/rel ...

side

Zagłębie Sosnowiec Zagłębie Sosnowiec () is a Polish professional association football, football club based in Sosnowiec. They compete in II liga in the 2025–26 II liga, 2025–26 season, following relegation from the 2023–24 I liga. The club was establishe ...

until the end of the season, with an option for another year. After Zagłębie's last-place finish and relegation, Rémy left the club at the end of June 2024.

International career

Rémy was a France youth international. He was a part of the France U-17 squad that finished runners-up at the

2008 UEFA European Under-17 Championship The final tournament of the 2008 UEFA European Under-17 Championship was the 26th UEFA European Under-17 Championship, UEFA's premier football tournament for players under the age of 17. The tournament was held in Turkey from 4 to 16 May 2008. Pla ...

. In a group stage match against

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, he scored on a volley off a corner kick.but de william remy contre l'espagne
/ref> The goal gave France a 3–2 lead, though Spain would later score and the match would end in a draw.

Honours

Legia Warsaw *

Ekstraklasa (; meaning "Extra Class" in Polish), officially known as PKO Bank Polski Ekstraklasa due to its Sponsor (commercial), sponsorship by PKO Bank Polski, is a professional association football league in Poland and the highest level of the Polish foo ...

: 2017–18, 2019–20, 2020–21 *

Polish Cup The Polish Cup in Association football, football ( ) is an annual Single-elimination tournament, knockout football competition for Polish football club (association football), football clubs, held continuously since 1950, and is the second most i ...

: 2017–18

References

External links

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LFP Profile

{{DEFAULTSORT:Remy, William Living people 1991 births Sportspeople from Courbevoie Footballers from Hauts-de-Seine Men's association football central defenders French men's footballers France men's youth international footballers ESA Linas-Montlhéry players RC Lens players US Créteil-Lusitanos players Dijon FCO players Montpellier HSC players Legia Warsaw players Legia Warsaw II players R.E. Virton players Zagłębie Sosnowiec players Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players Championnat National players Ekstraklasa players I liga players III liga players Challenger Pro League players French expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Poland French expatriate sportspeople in Poland Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium French expatriate sportspeople in Belgium 21st-century French sportsmen