Pierre Patron

Pierre Patron (born 20 August 1997) is a French professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Ligue 2 club Le Mans.

Pierre Patron
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-08-20) 20 August 1997[1]
Place of birth Vannes, France
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Le Mans
Number 1
Youth career
200?–2013 Vannes
2013–2016 Brest
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2016 Brest B 1 (0)
2016–2019 Clermont 0 (0)
2016–2019 Clermont B 41 (0)
2019– Le Mans 31 (0)
2019– Le Mans B 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:31, 24 December 2020 (UTC)

Life and career

Patron was born in Vannes in 1997,[2] and raised in Saint-Avé. His father was a driving instructor and his mother a childminder.[3] He played football for his hometown club, Vannes OC from age 10 to 15, before spending the next four years with Brest.[4] During that time, he passed his baccalauréat and began a college course in sports studies.[3] As a 17-year-old, he played in the senior squad that won the 2015 Coupe de Bretagne Senior, and the following season, he made one appearance in the fifth-tier Championnat de France Amateur 2 (CFA2)[5] and was part of the under-19 squad that reached the semi-final of that season's Coupe Gambardella, in which they lost to a Monaco under-19 side featuring the already first-team regular Kylian Mbappé. He was however second-choice goalkeeper behind Gautier Larsonneur at under-19 level, and was released in 2016.[3][4]

After trials with Lorient, Angers and Clermont, Patron signed for the latter as fourth-choice goalkeeper, with the prospect of moving up the pecking order if he had a good season with the B-team in the CFA2.[4] He played 19 matches, and in his second season trained regularly with the professional group while playing 20 matches in the 2017–18 Championnat National 3 (successor to the CFA2).[4][2] In August 2019, he was one of several younger players selected to start the Coupe de la Ligue first round match against third-tier Laval,[6] which Clermont won 3–0. He was named as substitute goalkeeper for the Ligue 2 team on 12 occasions that season, but never took the field.[2]

He signed for Le Mans, newly promoted to Ligue 2, in June 2019.[7] Initially third choice goalkeeper, a dislocated finger for Yoann Thuram gave Patron a seat on the bench, and when Jérémy Aymes was injured while making a clearance 11 minutes into the Coupe de la Ligue round of 32 match against Nice on 30 October, Patron made an unexpected first-team debut. He conceded twice in his first few minutes on the field, but kept a clean sheet thereafter as Le Mans beat the Ligue 1 side 3–2 to go through to the next round.[8] Three days later, Patron made his first appearance in Ligue 2, away to Clermont where he had spent the previous three years; he kept a clean sheet as Le Mans won 1–0.[2]

References
  1. "Pierre Patron". Ligue de Football Professionnel. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  2. "P. Patron". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  3. "Coupe Gambardella – 1/8es de finale. Stade Brestois–Lille OSC Larsonneur–Patron: à toi, à moi..." [Coupe Gambardella – last 16. Stade Brestois–Lille OSC Larsonneur–Patron: to you, to me...]. Le Télégramme (in French). 12 March 2016. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  4. "L'Interview: Pierre Patron (Clermont Foot): «Cette année sera très importante pour moi»" [The Interview: Pierre Patron (Clermont Foot): 'This year will be very important for me']. Stade Vannetais (in French). 6 July 2017. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  5. "Pierre Patron". Foot National. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  6. Robelin, Lucas (14 August 2018). "Coupe de la Ligue: 4 raisons de suivre Laval–Clermont" [Coupe de la Ligue: 4 reasons to follow Laval–Clermont]. La Montagne (in French). Clermont-Ferrand. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  7. "5 nouveaux joueurs au Mans FC!" [5 new players for Le Mans FC] (in French). Le Mans FC. 20 June 2019. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  8. "Coupe de la Ligue. Le Mans réalise l'exploit face à Nice au MMArena et file en 8e" [Coupe de la Ligue. Le Mans do the job against Nice at the MMArena and are in the last 16]. Ouest-France (in French). 30 October 2019. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
    "Le Mans FC. Aymes sorti sur blessure, vers une pénurie de gardien au Mans?" [Le Mans FC. Aymes goes off injured, goalkeeping crisis ahead at Le Mans?]. Ouest-France (in French). 30 October 2019. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
    Bois, Stéphane (31 October 2019). "Ligue 2. Le Mans FC: la tuile Aymes" [Ligue 2. Le Mans FC: bad luck for Aymes]. Ouest-France (in French). Retrieved 3 November 2019.
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