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Jérémy Morel (born 2 April 1984) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for the Madagascar national team. Born in France, he opted to represent Madagascar internationally.

Jérémy Morel

Morel with Marseille in May 2013
Personal information
Date of birth	(1984-04-02) 2 April 1984 (age 38)
Place of birth	Lorient, France
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back
Youth career
1994–2002	Lorient
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2002–2011	Lorient	214	(12)
2011–2015	Marseille	120	(2)
2015–2019	Lyon	105	(0)
2019–2020	Rennes	21	(1)
2020–2022	Lorient	37	(0)
National team‡
2018–	Madagascar	11	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 May 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 November 2021

Club career

Lorient

Born in Lorient, Morel made his senior debut for FC Lorient at the age of 19, coming on as a substitute for Pape Malick Diop in Lorient's Ligue 2 1–0 defeat at home to FC Gueugnon on 19 April 2003. He played only one other match (a Ligue 2 match) in the 2002–03 season. In the next three seasons, he progressively played more matches for Lorient. Morel played 28 matches in Lorient's 2005–06 Ligue 2 season in which Lorient finished in third position; they were thus promoted to Ligue 1 for the 2006–07 season.

Marseille

On 19 June 2011, Morel ended his nine-year senior spell with Lorient to join Ligue 1 club Olympique de Marseille, signing a contract that would last until 30 June 2015.[1]

Lyon

On 1 June 2015, Morel Joined Olympique Lyonnais on a three-year contract.[2]

On 13 April 2017, Morel pinched the ball from goalkeeper Fabri in the penalty area and tapped it into an empty net in the 84th minute for the final goal of Lyon's 2–1 home 2016–17 UEFA Europa League quarterfinal first-leg win against Beşiktaş; it was his first career competitive goal for Lyon and the first UEFA club competition goal of his club career, coming in his 33rd UEFA club competition match, having played 23 matches in the UEFA Champions League and 10 matches in the UEFA Europa League for both Marseille and Lyon.[3]

Rennes

On 16 July 2019, Morel left Lyon upon the ending of his contract and joined Rennes on a one-year deal.[4]

Lorient

In summer 2020, Morel rejoined his boyhood club FC Lorient on a free transfer, signing a one-year deal with an option for another year. Lorient are newly promoted to Ligue 1 after finishing top at the end of the 2019–20 Ligue 2 season.[5] He left Lorient on 26 August 2022, one of four players to do so that day, alongside Houboulang Mendes, Fabien Lemoine and Jérôme Hergault.[6]

International career

On 28 October 2018, Morel announced that he will represent Madagascar, the birth country of his father.[7][8] He made his debut for Madagascar on 18 November 2018 in an Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Sudan.[9] He played at 2019 Africa Cup of Nations when Madagascar made a sensational advance to the quarterfinals.[10]

Career statistics

International

As of match played on 14 November 2021[11]

Madagascar
Year	Apps	Goals
2018	1	0
2019	5	1
2020	3	0
2021	2	0
Total	11	1

International goals

Scores and results Madagascar's goal tally first.[11]

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	19 November 2019	Stade Général Seyni Kountché, Niamey, Niger	Niger	6–1	6–2	2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

Honours

Marseille

• Trophée des Champions: 2011[12]
• Coupe de la Ligue: 2011–12[13]

References

External links

• Career stats at lfp.fr
• Jérémy Morel at National-Football-Teams.com
• Jérémy Morel at Soccerway

На других языках

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[de] Jérémy Morel

Jérémy Morel (* 2. April 1984 in Lorient) ist ein französisch-madagassischer Fußballspieler. Der Abwehrspieler steht beim Erstligisten FC Lorient unter Vertrag. Da sein Vater aus Madagaskar stammt, hat er auch das Recht, für die madagassische Fußballnationalmannschaft zu spielen. Am 28. Oktober 2018 gab Morel seinen Verbandswechsel bekannt und debütierte am 18. November 2018 in der Nationalelf.

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- [en] Jérémy Morel

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[es] Jérémy Morel

Jérémy Morel (Lorient, Francia, 2 de abril de 1984) es un futbolista francés nacionalizado malgache que juega como defensa en el F. C. Lorient.[2] Es internacional absoluto con Madagascar.

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[fr] Jérémy Morel

Jérémy Morel, né le 2 avril 1984 à Quimperlé, est un footballeur international malgache jouant au poste de défenseur au FC Lorient.

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[it] Jérémy Morel

Jérémy Morel (Lorient, 2 aprile 1984) è un calciatore francese naturalizzato malgascio, difensore del Lorient e della nazionale malgascia.

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[ru] Морель, Жереми

Жереми́ Море́ль (фр. Jérémy Morel; 2 апреля 1984, Лорьян, Франция) — мадагаскарский и французский футболист, защитник сборной Мадагаскара.

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