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Nicolas Ouédec
Retired French footballer
Nicolas Pierre Ouédec (born 28 October 1971) is a retired French professional footballer who played as a striker.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Nicolas Pierre Ouédec | ||
| Date of birth | (1971-10-28) 28 October 1971 (age 52) | ||
| Place of birth | Lorient, France | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1980–1986 | CS Queven | ||
| 1986–1990 | Nantes | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1989–1996 | Nantes | 150 | (63) |
| 1996–1998 | Espanyol | 59 | (17) |
| 1998 | Paris Saint-Germain | 12 | (0) |
| 1999–2001 | Montpellier | 44 | (7) |
| 2001–2002 | La Louvière | 11 | (3) |
| 2002 | Dalian Shide | 20 | (10) |
| 2003–2004 | Shandong Luneng | 36 | (9) |
| Total | 332 | (109) | |
| International career | |||
| 1992–1994 | France U21 | 18 | (11) |
| 1994–1997 | France | 7 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Born in Lorient, Morbihan, Ouédec was a product of FC Nantes's famous youth academy. He made his Division 1 debuts at the age of 17. He finished joint-top scorer in the 1993–94 season, netting 20 goals to help his team qualify for the UEFA Cup as fifth; he added a further 18 the following season, and the Canaries won the seventh national championship of their history.[1]
After two solid campaigns at Spain's RCD Espanyol,[2][3][4] Ouédec moved to Paris Saint-Germain, and from there his career never improved: two-and-a-half seasons at Montpellier HSC (where he reformed, with little impact, Nantes' attacking trio which also comprised Patrice Loko and Reynald Pedros) and one with Belgian club R.A.A. Louviéroise with only nine goals combined. He retired from football after representing two sides in China, aged 32.
A France international on seven occasions, Ouédec was, however, never selected for any major tournament's final stages. He earned his first cap on 29 May 1994, coming on as a 71st-minute substitute for Éric Di Meco in a 4–1 win against Japan for the Kirin Cup.
After retiring, Ouédec worked as a youth system coordinator at Nantes, also buying a hotel in the city. He later settled in the Philippines with his wife, where he was involved in the meat packing industry business.[5]
Nantes
Paris Saint-Germain
Dalian Shide
Shandong Luneng
- "Nantes, la danza amarilla" [Nantes, the yellow dance] (in Spanish). Ecos del Balón. 21 May 2013. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
- "¡Qué locura!" [Crazy as can be!]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 20 October 1997. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
- "Merci, Ouédec" [Thank you, Ouédec]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 5 January 1998. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
- "Tot Blanc i Blau" [All in Black and White]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 5 May 1998. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
- "Nicolas Ouédec, roi de la viande aux Philippines" [Nicolas Ouédec, meat king in the Philippines]. Le Parisien (in French). 3 April 2011. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
- "Ouédec, Nicolas". National-football-teams.com. 22 August 2019. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
- "Lens – PSG 0-1, 30/07/98, Trophée des Champions 98-99". archivesparisfootball.wordpress.com. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
- Nicolas Ouédec – French league stats at LFP – also available in French (archived)
- Nicolas Ouédec at the French Football Federation (in French)
- Nicolas Ouédec at the French Football Federation (archived) (in French)
- Nicolas Ouédec at BDFutbol
- Nicolas Ouédec at National-Football-Teams.com
- Official website (in French)