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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 2 August 1989 | ||
| Place of birth | Coutances, France | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| ES Coutances | |||
| US Avranches | |||
| –2008 | Caen | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007–2008 | Caen B | ||
| 2008–2009 | US Avranches | ||
| 2009 | AS Trouville-Deauville | ||
| 2009–2013 | AS Cherbourg | 88+ | (0) |
| 2013–2015 | US Avranches | 40 | (0) |
| 2015–2019 | Saint-Malo | 96 | (0) |
| 2019–2021 | Boulogne | 40 | (0) |
| 2021–2023 | Saint-Malo | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2017–2021 | French Guiana | 6 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2015–???? | Saint-Malo (women) (goalkeeper coach) | ||
| 2022– | Saint-Malo (goalkeeper coach) | ||
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 04:03, 9 September 2026 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 04:03, 9 September 2026 (UTC) | |||
Simon Lugier (born 2 August 1989) is a football coach and former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He is currently a goalkeeper coach for Championnat National 1 side US Saint-Malo. Born in France, he represented the French Guiana national team.
Club career
[edit]Lugier began his youth career with ES Coutances, before later joining US Avranches and Stade Malherbe Caen.[1] In 2008, at the age of 19, he returned to Avranches for a season. Despite interest from LB Châteauroux at the end of the 2008–2009 season, he joined Division d'Honneur side AS Trouville-Deauville for two months, before becoming AS Cherbourg, becoming the club's third-choice goalkeeper. He spent four years at the club, before returning to Avranches for two season,[2] and then signing for US Saint-Malo in June 2015.[3]
In 2019, he signed for Boulogne, initially as a backup to Riffi Mandanda, before becoming first-choice after Mandanda's departure in 2020.[2]
International career
[edit]Lugier was first called up to the French Guiana national team in November 2014,[4] as part of the country's 2014 Caribbean Cup squad.[5][6] In the summer of 2017, he was included in French Guiana's squads for both the 2017 Caribbean Cup and 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup.[7]
He made his debut for French Guiana on 17 June 2017, in a 3–0 friendly win against Barbados. He later made four appearances in the 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League B in 2019, as well as one appearance in a penalty shoot-out defeat to Trinidad and Tobago during 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification.[8]
Coaching career
[edit]After joining US Saint-Malo in 2015, he worked as both a goalkeeper coach for the club's women's team,[3] and the head coach of the club's under-13s team.[1] In July 2022, he was appointed as the goalkeeper coach for Saint-Malo's men's team.[9]
Personal life
[edit]Lugier's father was born in Cayenne, French Guiana, allowing him to represent the country's national team.[4]
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Le numéro 1, c'est Lugier !" [Number 1 is Lugier!]. Ouest-France (in French). 5 August 2015. Retrieved 9 September 2026.
- 1 2 Liron, Sylvain (27 August 2020). "Football (National) : venu à Boulogne presque résigné, Simon Lugier ne s'arrête plus de kiffer" [Football (National): Simon Lugier arrived in Boulogne almost resigned, but he can't stop enjoying himself.]. La Voix du Nord (in French). Retrieved 9 September 2026.
- 1 2 Bouchacourt, Jérôme (3 June 2015). "Simon Lugier (Avranches) arrive à l'US Saint-Malo" [Simon Lugier (Avranches) arrives at US Saint-Malo]. Foot Amateur (in French). Ouest-France. Retrieved 9 September 2026.
- 1 2 "Simon Lugier sous le maillot guyanais" [Simon Lugier in the Guyanese jersey]. Le Télégramme (in French). 4 October 2016. Retrieved 9 September 2026.
- ↑ "Caribbean Cup Group A Preview | Caribbean Cup". Caribbean Football Union. Archived from the original on 11 November 2014. Retrieved 9 September 2026.
- ↑ Maréchal, Ange (21 November 2014). "Simon Lugier, le Guyanais d'Avranches" [Simon Lugier, the Guyanese man from Avranches]. France-Guyane (in French). Retrieved 9 September 2026.
- ↑ "French Guiana team". goldcup.org. CONCACAF. Archived from the original on 30 July 2017. Retrieved 9 September 2026.
- ↑ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Simon Lugier (Player)". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 9 September 2026.
- ↑ "Simon Lugier: Career, Stats & Clubs". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 9 September 2026.
External links
[edit]- Simon Lugier at National-Football-Teams.com
- Simon Lugier at WorldFootball.net
- Simon Lugier at L'Équipe Football (in French)
- 1989 births
- Living people
- People from Coutances
- Footballers from Manche
- French men's footballers
- French Guianan men's footballers
- US Avranches players
- AS Cherbourg Football players
- US Boulogne players
- US Saint-Malo players
- Ligue 3 players
- Championnat National 1 players
- French Guiana men's international footballers
- 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
- 21st-century French sportsmen