Pierre Morice
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Pierre Morice | ||
Date of birth | March 25, 1962 | ||
Place of birth | Saint-Brieuc, France | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1980–1987 | Nantes | 142 | (6) |
1987–1990 | Chamois Niortais | 87 | (19) |
1988–1989 | → Saint-Étienne (loan) | 21 | (2) |
1990–1991 | Nice | 9 | (0) |
1993 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 22 | (9) |
1994–1995 | Minnesota Thunder | 18 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 09:27, 13 July 2009 (UTC) |
Pierre Morice is a retired French professional footballer.[1]
Career[]
Pierre played seven seasons for FC Nantes in the 1980s, where he was part of the French Division 1 (Ligue 1) winning team. Pierre was also part of the FC Nantes squad that went on to the final rounds of the UEFA Cup (what is now the Champions League) where he scored the winning goal against Spartak Moscow in the round of 16.[2] He went onto play for Division 1 teams Chamois Niortais, AS Saint-Etienne, and OGC Nice before moving to the United States where he finished out his career in the USL with the Minnesota Thunder (now the Minnesota United FC).[3] His son, , played one season of college soccer at Yale, before signing a professional contract with French club Stade Rennais F.C. in August 2012.[4]
Honours[]
- Ligue 1:
- Coupe de France:
- Finalist: 1982-83
- UEFA Cup
- Round of 16
References[]
- ^ "Pierre Morice". footballdatabase.eu.
- ^ "(C3) UEFA Cup : Spartak Moscow vs. Nantes". footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 2018-01-13.
- ^ "Soccer is a Habit that Thunder's Morice Can't Kick." Minneapolis Star-Tribune, May 15, 1994.
- ^ "Morice Signs Professional Contract To Play In France". Yale Athletics. 21 August 2012. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
- 1962 births
- Living people
- American Professional Soccer League players
- French footballers
- FC Nantes players
- Chamois Niortais F.C. players
- AS Saint-Étienne players
- OGC Nice players
- Tampa Bay Rowdies (1975–1993) players
- Minnesota Thunder players
- Ligue 1 players
- Ligue 2 players
- USL First Division players
- French expatriate footballers
- Association football midfielders
- French football midfielder stubs