Jérémy Morel
 Morel with Marseille in 2013 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 2 April 1984 | ||
| Place of birth | Lorient, France | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1994–2002 | Lorient | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2002–2011 | Lorient | 214 | (12) |
| 2011–2015 | Marseille | 120 | (2) |
| 2015–2019 | Lyon | 105 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | Rennes | 21 | (1) |
| 2020–2022 | Lorient | 37 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | Montagnarde | 18 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2018–2023 | Madagascar | 15 | (1) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 October 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 28 October 2023 | |||
Jérémy Morel (born 2 April 1984) is a former professional footballer who plays as a centre-back. Born in France, he played for the Madagascar national team.
Club career
[edit]Lorient
[edit]Born in Lorient to a Malagasy father and a French mother, Morel made his senior debut for FC Lorient at the age of 19, coming on as a substitute for Pape Malick Diop in Lorient's Ligue 2 1–0 defeat at home to FC Gueugnon on 19 April 2003. He played only one other match (a Ligue 2 match) in the 2002–03 season. In the next three seasons, he progressively played more matches for Lorient. Morel played 28 matches in Lorient's 2005–06 Ligue 2 season in which Lorient finished in third position; they were thus promoted to Ligue 1 for the 2006–07 season.
Marseille
[edit]On 19 June 2011, Morel ended his nine-year senior spell with Lorient to join Ligue 1 club Olympique de Marseille, signing a contract that would last until 30 June 2015.[1]
Lyon
[edit]On 1 June 2015, Morel Joined Olympique Lyonnais on a three-year contract.[2]
On 13 April 2017, Morel pinched the ball from goalkeeper Fabri in the penalty area and tapped it into an empty net in the 84th minute for the final goal of Lyon's 2–1 home 2016–17 UEFA Europa League quarterfinal first-leg win against Beşiktaş; it was his first career competitive goal for Lyon and the first UEFA club competition goal of his club career, coming in his 33rd UEFA club competition match, having played 23 matches in the UEFA Champions League and 10 matches in the UEFA Europa League for both Marseille and Lyon.[3]
Rennes
[edit]On 16 July 2019, Morel left Lyon upon the ending of his contract and joined Rennes on a one-year deal.[4]
Lorient
[edit]In summer 2020, Morel rejoined his boyhood club FC Lorient on a free transfer, signing a one-year deal with an option for another year. Lorient was newly promoted to Ligue 1 after finishing at the top at the end of the 2019–20 Ligue 2 season.[5] He left Lorient on 26 August 2022, one of four players to do so that day, alongside Houboulang Mendes, Fabien Lemoine and Jérôme Hergault.[6]
International career
[edit]On 28 October 2018, Morel announced that he would represent the Madagascar national team, the birth country of his father.[7][8] He made his debut for Madagascar on 18 November 2018 in an Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Sudan.[9]
He played at 2019 Africa Cup of Nations when Madagascar made a sensational advance to the quarterfinals.[10]
Career statistics
[edit]- As of match played on 14 November 2021[11]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Madagascar | 2018 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | 5 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 11 | 1 | |
- Scores and results list Madagascar's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Morel goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 19 November 2019 | Stade Général Seyni Kountché, Niamey, Niger |  Niger |
6–1 | 6–2 | 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
Honours
[edit]Marseille
References
[edit]- ^ "Accord de principe pour Jérémy Morel !" (in French). Olympique de Marseille's official website. 19 June 2011. Archived from the original on 22 March 2012. Retrieved 20 June 2011.
- ^ "Jérémy Morel a fait le tour à l'Olympique de Marseille, il file à l'Olympique Lyonnais". Eurosport. 1 June 2015.
- ^ "Lyon turn it around!". www.ligue1.com. 14 April 2017.
- ^ Taiwo, Taiye (17 July 2019). "Madagascar defender Jeremy Morel leaves Lyon for Ligue 1 rivals Rennes". Goal.com. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
- ^ "Football: Jérémy Morel retrouve son port d'attache". Réunion la 1ère (in French). francetvinfo.fr. 9 June 2020. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
- ^ ""Merci Messieurs !" : quels footballeurs quittent le FC Lorient (Ligue 1) ?". actu.fr.
- ^ Rédaction. "Jérémy Morel (Lyon) va jouer la Coupe d'Afrique des nations pour Madagascar".
- ^ Barrie, Mohamed Fajah (27 October 2018). "Jérémy Morel: France-born defender commits to Madagascar". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
- ^ "Madagascar v Sudan game report". CAF. 18 November 2018.
- ^ "CAFOnline.com".
- ^ a b Jérémy Morel at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ "Résultat et résumé Lille - Marseille, Trophée des Champions, Trophée des Champions, Mercredi 27 Juillet 2011". lequipe.fr. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
- ^ "CdL - Lyon - Marseille, les clés du match". goal.com. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
External links
[edit]- Career stats at lfp.fr
- Jérémy Morel at National-Football-Teams.com
- Jérémy Morel at Soccerway
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- 1984 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Lorient
- Footballers from Morbihan
- French men's footballers
- Malagasy men's footballers
- French sportspeople of Malagasy descent
- Malagasy people of French descent
- Madagascar men's international footballers
- Men's association football fullbacks
- FC Lorient players
- Olympique de Marseille players
- Olympique Lyonnais players
- Stade Rennais FC players
- Ligue 1 players
- Ligue 2 players
- 2019 Africa Cup of Nations players
- 21st-century French sportsmen