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Loïc Loval

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Loïc Loval
Personal information
Full name Loïc Loval Landré
Date of birth (1981-09-28) 28 September 1981 (age 43)
Place of birth Longjumeau, France
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
Sochaux
Valenciennes
Besançon
2000–2001 Sochaux
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2003 Besançon 12 (0)
2003–2005 De Graafschap 44 (8)
2005–2007 Go Ahead Eagles 51 (15)
2007–2010 Utrecht 82 (9)
2010–2012 Vannes 42 (13)
2012–2013 Mulhouse 17 (2)
2013–2015 Orléans 35 (8)
2015–2016 FC Fleury 91 12 (0)
Total 295 (55)
International career
2007–2014 Guadeloupe 22 (5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Loïc Loval Landré (born 28 September 1981) is a former professional footballer who played as a striker. He spent most of his career in the Netherlands for De Graafschap, Go Ahead Eagles and FC Utrecht. Born in mainland France, he was an international for the Guadeloupean national team.

Early life

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Loval was born in Longjumeau, a commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, France. He grew up in neighbouring town Évry. When he was eleven, he moved with his mother and stepfather to Guadeloupe, where his parents hailed from.

Club career

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Early career

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Loval started at a youth player for a squad on Guadeloupe, and after a tournament in France with his team, several big French club showed their interest. He decided to play for a sport academy in Paris, and was contacted by Sochaux who signed him to their youth team. At Sochaux he, among others, was in a team with El Hadji Diouf, but after some years he left Sochaux. After some years playing for Valenciennes and Besançon, he was scouted by Cercle Brugge. He could sign a contract, but was persuaded by John van den Brom, scout for Dutch team, De Graafschap, to sign for them.

Netherlands

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Loval arrived in Doetinchem in 2003. His first season with De Graafschap was successful; he scored 3 goals in 25 matches, and clinched promotion with his team through the play-offs for promotion and relegation. After 19 matches and 5 goals in the Eredivisie, Loval signed with Go Ahead Eagles in 2005, a club playing in the second-tier Eerste Divisie.

In his first season for the club from Deventer, Loval immediately became club-topscorer with 11 goals in 30 games. He was now chased by several clubs in the highest Dutch league, but finally, on 27 January 2007 he signed a contract with FC Utrecht.[1]

He was originally signed as a midfielder, but got a place as a forward because of the lack of strikers. Loval had a contract that runs until 2011 with Utrecht, and stated that he would not play for any other Dutch club than FC Utrecht.

Return to France

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In August 2010 he returned to France and signed with Vannes OC on a free transfer. It was announced that Loval left FC Utrecht for personal reasons.[2][3]

In June 2015, Loval moved to Orléans where he made 35 appearances in which he scored 8 goals in two years, and subsequently signed for FC Fleury 91, where he played in Championnat de France Amateur for the 2015–16 season; his final season playing football.[4]

International career

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Guadeloupe

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Loval made his debut for Guadeloupe at the CONCACAF Gold Cup Finals in June 2007 against Haiti together with former FC Utrecht-teammate, Franck Grandel. He also played at the 2008 Caribbean Cup.

Career statistics

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Scores and results list Guadeloupe's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Loval goal.
List of international goals scored by Loïc Loval
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 5 July 2009 Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum, Oakland, Guadeloupe  Panama 1–0 1–2 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup
2 27 November 2010 Stade En Camée, Riviére-Pilote, Guadeloupe  Guyana 1–0 1–1 2010 Caribbean Championship

References

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  1. ^ "Loval verkast naar FC Utrecht". Voetbalzone (in Dutch). 27 January 2007. Retrieved 8 August 2010.
  2. ^ "Lodeweges: "Ajax een heet middagje bezorgen"".
  3. ^ "Loïc Loval, l'arme fatale du Vannes OC". Ouest France (in French). 22 September 2011.
  4. ^ "Il a surmonté bien des épreuves". Le Parisien (in French). 15 July 2015.
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