Clément_Couturier
Clément Couturier
Malagasy footballer
Clément Couturier (born 13 September 1993) is a footballer who plays for Luxembourgish club Swift Hesperange. Born in France, he plays for the Madagascar national team.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1993-09-13) 13 September 1993 (age 30) | ||
| Place of birth | Chaumont, Haute-Marne, France | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Left winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Swift Hesperange | ||
| Number | 6 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Auxerre | |||
| 2012–2014 | Dijon | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014–2015 | Montceau | 28 | (7) |
| 2015–2016 | Belfort | 31 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | Chambly | 21 | (1) |
| 2017–2018 | Les Herbiers | 20 | (4) |
| 2018–2019 | Dudelange | 17 | (6) |
| 2019–2020 | Virton | 25 | (6) |
| 2021 | Bastia-Borgo | 15 | (2) |
| 2021– | Swift Hesperange | 68 | (13) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2023– | Madagascar | 1 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 March 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:55, 20 November 2023 (UTC) | |||
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Couturier was a youth player at Auxerre before moving to Montceau and Belfort.[1] He also played for Dijon and Chambly.[2]
Belfort
On 29 May 2015, Belfort announced the signing of Couturier.[3]
Chambly
Les Herbiers
Couturier played for Les Herbiers as they reached the final of the 2018 Coupe de France,[5] facing his former teammates from Chambly in the semi-final.[6] On 8 May 2018 he played as PSG won 2-0 to clinch the 2017-18 Coupe de France with goals from Edinson Cavani and Giovani Lo Celso.[7]
Dudelange
Couturier joined Dudelange in the summer of 2018 signing a two year contract with the option of a third year.[8][9] He played in the 2018 UEFA Champions League qualifiers against MOL Vidi FC[10] scoring a goal[11] and he played in the Luxembourgers successful run to the UEFA Europa League group stages as they beat CFR Cluj[12][13] and Legia Warsaw.[14][15]
Argeș Pitești
On 2 December 2020, Romanian club Argeș Pitești announced that Couturier had signed for them for the rest of the season.[16] However, the announcement was made prematurely, before the signing of any contract. When he arrived at the club, the contract offer was not the same, so he did not sign and returned to France.[17]
Bastia-Borgo
On 21 January 2021, Couturier signed for Championnat National side FC Bastia-Borgo.[18]
Swift Hesperange
On 19 July 2021, he returned to Luxembourg and signed with Swift Hesperange.[19]
Born in France, Couturier is of Malagasy descent through a grandfather. He was called up to the Madagascar national team for a set of friendlies in October 2023.[20]
In 2018, his then girlfriend was a midwifery student in Nancy.[21] His now wife is of DR Congolese and Malagasy descent.[22]
- "Clément Couturier (F91): "S'inspirer des Herbiers"". 5 July 2018.
- Mihaitalazarica (29 May 2015). "Transfert: Couturier a signé! (Officiel)" (in French). Belfort. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
- Mihaitalazarica (16 June 2016). "Clement Couturier de Belfort a Chambly" (in French). Chambly. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
- "Le Rêve de Coupe par Clément Couturier (Les Herbiers) - Stadito". 3 February 2018.
- Begley, Emyln (3 May 2018). "French Cup final - PSG beat Les Herbiers". BBC Sport. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
- "Clément Couturier au F91 Dudelange ! - FrenchTouch". 5 June 2018.
- "Couturier : " Je n'aurais jamais imaginé jouer la Coupe d'Europe au Kosovo "". SOFOOT.com. 16 August 2018.
- "Vidi vs. F91 Dudelange - 17 July 2018 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com.
- "CFR Cluj vs. F91 Dudelange - 30 August 2018 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com.
- "F91 Dudelange vs. CFR Cluj - 23 August 2018 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com.
- "F91 Dudelange vs. Legia Warszawa - 16 August 2018 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com.
- "Legia Warszawa vs. F91 Dudelange - 9 August 2018 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com.
- Mihaitalazarica (4 December 2020). ""Bine ai venit, Clement Couturier!"" (in Romanian). Argeș Pitești. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
- "L'ex-Virtonais Clément Couturier n'est (déjà) plus en Roumanie" (in French). l'avenir.net. 15 December 2020.
- "National. Clément Couturier arrive au FC Bastia/Borgo" (in French). footamateur.fr. 21 January 2021.
- "Transfer: Clément Couturier" (in Luxembourgish). Swift Hesperange. 19 July 2021. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
- "Clément Couturier : "Je n'aurais jamais imaginé jouer la Coupe d'Europe au Kosovo" - Boursorama". www.boursorama.com. Archived from the original on 9 September 2018.
- Mollereau, Julien. "[BGL Ligue] Couturier va devenir international à Madagascar".