Rémi Maréval (born 24 February 1983) is a Martiniquais[4] former professional footballer who played as a defender.

Rémi Maréval
Maréval in 2016
Personal information
Date of birth (1983-02-24) 24 February 1983 (age 41)
Place of birth Domont, France
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1997–2001 US Chantilly
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2003 AS Beauvais 38 (1)
2004 Oldham Athletic 0 (0)
2004–2005 Gazélec Ajaccio 37 (1)
2005–2007 Tours[2] 64 (2)
2007–2010 Nantes[3] 96 (2)
2010–2012 Zulte Waregem 40 (6)
2012–2014 Gent 32 (4)
2014 Maccabi Tel Aviv 8 (1)
2015 Videoton FC 5 (0)
Total 319 (17)
International career
2014 Martinique 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

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Born in Domont, Maréval began his career at the age of 14 in the US Chantilly's youth system and signed for Ligue 2 team AS Beauvais in the summer of 2001. After two and a half years with AS Beauvais, where he played 38 games and scored one goal, Maréval signed for Oldham Athletic in January 2004. In 2004, after half a year in England with Oldham Athletic, he returned to France and signed for Gazélec Ajaccio. After a successful season with 37 games and one goal for Gazélec Ajaccio, he joined Tours, but played only 33 matches in two seasons. In July 2007, Maréval again moved, this time to FC Nantes.[5]

On 2 February 2014, Israel Premier League club Maccabi Tel Aviv announced Maréval's arrival in a contract until the end of the 2013–14 season.

Trivia

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Maréval had one of his most memorable moments against Olympique de Marseille, scoring a goal from more than 30 metres.[6] He scored another memorable goal against Nîmes Olympique from 60 metres in September 2009.[7] Coming after just eight seconds, the goal was the fastest goal in the history of the French Ligue 2.[8]

References

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  1. ^ Rémi Maréval - Fussballdaten - Die Fußball-Datenbank
  2. ^ La fiche de Rémi Maréval. Football - L'Equipe.fr
  3. ^ Remi Mareval Profile - Soccernet.ESPN.go.com
  4. ^ "Martinique tops Antigua, stays in contention". www.concacaf.com. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014.
  5. ^ Rémi Maréval rejoint le FC Nantes
  6. ^ but mareval lors de Nantes-OM (1-0)
  7. ^ Das schnellste Tor: Remi Mareval trifft gegen Nimes nach 9 Sekunden (Nantes vs Nimes, 1 Torwartfehler-Video)
  8. ^ Remi Mareval: The Art of the Long Shot Archived 8 July 2012 at archive.today
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