Loïc Damour

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Loïc Damour
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Damour with Bourg-Péronnas in 2015
Personal information
Full name Loïc Damour[1]
Date of birth (1991-01-08) 8 January 1991 (age 30)[2]
Place of birth Chantilly, France
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Le Mans (On loan from) Heart of Midlothian
Youth career
1998 AS Breuil-le-Vert
1998–2000 RC Clermont
2000–2004 US Chantilly
2004–2007 INF Clairefontaine
2007–2008 Strasbourg
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2011 Strasbourg 44 (1)
2011–2013 Boulogne 18 (0)
2013 Brussels 6 (0)
2013–2014 White Star Bruxelles 9 (0)
2014–2015 Fréjus Saint-Raphaël 31 (3)
2015–2017 Bourg-Péronnas 69 (4)
2017–2019 Cardiff City 29 (0)
2019– Heart of Midlothian 18 (0)
2021– Le Mans (Loan) 0 (0)
National team
2006–2007 France U16 13 (2)
2007–2008 France U17 12 (1)
2008–2009 France U18 5 (0)
2009–2010 France U19 4 (1)
2011 France U20 5 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 June 2020 (UTC)

Loïc Damour (born 8 January 1991) is a French professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Le Mans on loan from Scottish Premiership club Heart of Midlothian.

Club career[]

Loïc began his career with his local club US Chantilly before moving to the famous Clairefontaine academy in 2004. While training at Clairefontaine, he also attended the prestigious sports club Athletic Club de Boulogne Billencourt, which also trained current French stars Hatem Ben Arfa and Issiar Dia. After leaving Clairefontaine, he joined RC Strasbourg.

In April 2008, Loïc signed his first professional contract agreeing to a three-year deal keeping him with Strasbourg until 2011.[3] After spending one year in the reserves, he was promoted to the senior squad and was assigned the 26 shirt. He made his professional football debut for Strasbourg on 4 August 2008 in a Ligue 2 match against Montpellier coming on as a substitute.[4]

On 26 October 2009, Damour signed a contract extension with Strasbourg until the year 2013.[5]

On 6 July 2017, following the expiry of his contract with Bourge-Péronnas, Loïc Damour signed for EFL Championship side Cardiff City on a free transfer.[6] He made his debut for the club on the opening day of the 2017–18 season during a 1–0 victory over Burton Albion, as a substitute in place of Lee Tomlin.[7]

Damour left Cardiff in August 2019 and signed a four-year contract with Scottish Premiership club Hearts.[8]

International career[]

Damour is a France youth international having played for the U-16s, U-17s, and the under-18 team. He also played with the France U-19 and France U-20 squads, until 2011. He was captain of the U-16 squad and was a part of the U-17 squad that finished runners-up at the 2008 UEFA European Under-17 Championship.

Career statistics[]

As of match played 29 July 2020
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
RC Strasbourg 2008–09[9] Ligue 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
2009–10[9] 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 0
2010–11[9] National 34 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 37 1
Strasbourg total 43 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 47 1
Boulogne 2011–12[9] Ligue 2 17 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 19 0
2012–13[9] National 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Boulogne total 18 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 20 0
RWDM Brussels 2012–13[9] Belgian Second Division 6 0 0 0 — 0 0 6 0
White Star Bruxelles 2013–14[9] Belgian Second Division 9 0 2 0 — 0 0 11 0
Fréjus Saint-Raphaël 2014–15[9] National 31 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 32 3
Bourg-en-Bresse Péronnas 2015–16[9] Ligue 2 33 2 4 0 4 0 0 0 41 2
2016–17[9] 36 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 37 2
Bourg-en-Bresse total 69 4 4 0 5 0 0 0 78 4
Cardiff City 2017–18[10] Championship 27 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 32 0
2018–19[11] Premier League 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 0
2019–20 Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
Cardiff City total 29 0 4 0 3 0 0 0 36 0
Heart of Midlothian 2019–20 Scottish Premiership 18 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 21 0
2020–21 Scottish Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Heart of Midlothian total 18 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 21 0
Career total 223 8 16 0 12 0 0 0 251 8

Honours[]

Cardiff City

References[]

  1. ^ "Club list of registered players: As at 19th May 2018: Cardiff City" (PDF). English Football League. p. 12. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "Loïc Damour: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  3. ^ Deux nouveaux jeunes passeront pros Archived 2008-06-21 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ [1] Archived 2008-09-07 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ Damour jusqu'en 2013
  6. ^ Ian Mitchelmore (6 July 2017). "Cardiff City sign French midfielder Loïc Damour on a free transfer". WalesOnline. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
  7. ^ "Burton Albion 0–1 Cardiff City". BBC Sport. 5 August 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
  8. ^ "Hearts: Loic Damour signs after leaving Cardiff". BBC Sport. 9 August 2019. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  9. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j Loïc Damour at Soccerway. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
  10. ^ "Games played by Loïc Damour in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
  11. ^ "Games played by Loïc Damour in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  12. ^ Anderson, John, ed. (2018). Football Yearbook 2018–2019. London: Headline Publishing Group. pp. 106–107. ISBN 978-1-4722-6106-9.

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