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Maxime Bourgeois

Maxime Bourgeois

French footballer

Maxime Bourgeois (born 3 February 1991) is a French professional footballer who plays as a winger for Championnat National 2 club Thonon Evian.[1] He is a former France youth international.

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Club career

Early career

Bourgeois began his career, at age 5, playing for his hometown club FC Brunoy. After spending a year at the club, he moved to nearby commune Villecresnes joining ASPTT Villecresnes. Bourgeois performed well at the club and, as a result, drew interest from professional club US Créteil-Lusitanos, who offered the player a spot in their youth academy. After discussing the move, Bourgeois's parents denied the move with efforts to keep the young player close to home. After two more years at Villecresnes, he was allowed move to Créteil. Despite enduring struggles early on at Créteil, Bourgeois became one of the club's most sought after prospects. After two years at the club, he had generated interest from Ligue 1 clubs Paris Saint-Germain, Lille, Strasbourg, and Monaco. He was later spotted by another Ligue 1 club, Auxerre, following a youth tournament. With Auxerre being close to his hometown Brunoy and the club's youth system being nationally recognized, Bourgeois agreed to the move signing a four-year aspirant (youth) contract until the age of 18.

Auxerre

Bourgeois initially started with the club's under-16 team. His consistent play saw him promoted to the under-18 team for the 2008–09 season. Following the season, he was promoted to the club's CFA team and made his debut on 8 August 2009 playing 59 minutes in a 1–1 draw with Mantes. He scored his first CFA goal on 30 August against La Vitréenne scoring the equalising goal in the 69th minute. The following week, he scored again, this time against Quimper Cornouaille. Auxerre won the match 2–1. Because of his successful play in the reserves, on 16 October, Auxerre manager Jean Fernandez called the player up for their league match against Bordeaux.[2] He didn't feature in the match, but later made the bench against Paris Saint-Germain in November. Bourgeois did make his professional debut in that match appearing as a substitute in the 87th minute for Aurélien Capoue. Auxerre lost the match 1–0.[3]

Later career

Left free by Sedan, Bourgeois moved to Fleury in January 2019.[4]

In the summer 2019, Bourgeois joined Thonon Evian.[5]

Honours

Thonon Evian

Notes

  1. Statistics are missing for the 2019–20 season.

References

  1. [1]
    Alexandre Chochois (23 June 2017). "Andrézieux: Un attaquant aux 110 matches de L2 a dit oui". foot-national.com. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  2. [2]
    "Avec Berthod et le jeune Bourgeois". L'Equipe. 16 October 2009. Archived from the original on 19 October 2009. Retrieved 28 November 2009.
  3. [3]
    "PSG v. Auxerre Match Report". LFP. 28 November 2009. Archived from the original on 1 December 2009. Retrieved 28 November 2009.
  4. [4]
    "Maxime Bourgeois s'est engagé en faveur du FC Fleury 91 a annoncé le journal Le Parisien". actufoot.com. 16 January 2019. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  5. [5]
    Régional 1 : Thonon Evian recrute un ex-international jeunes, ledauphine.com, 21 August 2019
  6. [6]
    Ghalaza-Boudra, Youcef (21 May 2022). "Thonon Evian file en National 2 ! (Off)" [Thonon Evian is heading to the National 2! (Off)]. Foot National (in French). Retrieved 8 June 2022.
  7. [7]
    "Évian Thonon Grand Genève FC". Stat Football Club France (in French). Retrieved 8 June 2022.
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