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Romain Métanire (born 28 March 1990) is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for Major League Soccer club Minnesota United. He has previously played in France for FC Metz and Stade de Reims, with whom he won Ligue 2 in 2017–18, as well as in Belgium with KV Kortrijk. Born in France, he represents the Madagascar national team.

Romain Métanire

Métanire with Minnesota United in 2019
Personal information
Date of birth	(1990-03-28) 28 March 1990 (age 32)
Place of birth	Metz, France
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s)	Defender
Club information
Current team	Minnesota United
Number	19
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2010–2016	Metz II	32	(2)
2010–2016	Metz	161	(2)
2016–2017	KV Kortrijk	18	(0)
2017–2019	Reims	59	(0)
2017–2019	Reims II	2	(0)
2019–	Minnesota United	77	(1)
National team‡
2018–	Madagascar	15	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 October 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 November 2020

Club career

Metz

Métanire was born in Metz, but has origins in Réunion. Having joined FC Metz at the age of six,[2] he started his career in the club's reserve team and made his debut in the Championnat de France amateur (CFA) on 11 October 2008, coming on as a substitute in a 1–1 draw away at Colmar. He made three further substitute appearances in the 2008–09 season as the reserve side was relegated to the CFA 2. He made his first start for Metz B in the 5–2 home win over Pontarlier on 15 August 2009. He went on to play 19 matches during the campaign, becoming a regular fixture in the team that gained promotion back to the CFA as winners of their group. He also scored the first goal of his career in the 2–1 victory away at Troyes B on 21 March 2010.

As a result of his performances in the reserve team, Métanire was selected on the substitutes' bench for the match away at Clermont Foot on 29 October 2010. He entered play in the 89th minute, replacing Belgian midfielder Gaëtan Englebert. He again appeared as a late substitute the following week in the home defeat to Le Mans, before returning to the B team. He played 29 CFA matches for the reserves during the 2010–11 season. Métanire was handed his first senior start in the final Ligue 2 match of the campaign, as Metz were beaten 4–3 away to Evian TG.

In the 2011–12 season, Métanire established himself as Metz' first-choice right-back, starting in all of the side's first 21 matches of the campaign.

On 5 February 2016, he scored a goal against AS Nancy in injury time. In reference to the occasion, t-shirts were sold with the message "Je t’aime comme un but de Métanire à la 91e".[2] In his time at Metz, he made 180 league appearances scoring two goals.[2]

Kortrijk

On 15 July 2016, Métanire left Metz for Belgian club KV Kortrijk.[2]

Reims

On 18 January 2017, after just six months with Kortrijk, Métanire returned to his native France joining Stade Reims on a 1.5-year contract.[3]

Métanire helped Stade de Reims win the 2017–18 Ligue 2 and promote to the Ligue 1 for the 2018–19 season.[4]

Minnesota United

On 25 January 2019, Métanire signed with MLS club Minnesota United.[5]

International career

Métanire was born in France, and is of Malagasy descent. He was called up to the Madagascar national team on 11 August 2018.[6] He made his debut for Madagascar in a 2–2 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification tie with Senegal on 9 September 2018.[7]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 8 December 2020[8]

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
Metz	2010–11	Ligue 2	3	0	0	0	0	0	—		3	0
	2011–12	Ligue 2	32	0	2	0	1	0	—		35	0
	2012–13	Championnat National	36	0	2	0	3	0	—		41	0
	2013–14	Ligue 2	33	0	0	0	1	0	—		34	0
	2014–15	Ligue 1	34	0	1	0	1	0	—		36	0
	2015–16	Ligue 2	23	2	1	0	1	0	—		25	2
	Total		161	2	6	0	7	0	0	0	174	2
KV Kortrijk	2016–17	Belgian First Division A	18	0	3	0	—		—		21	0
Reims	2016–17	Ligue 2	17	0	2	0	1	0	—		20	0
	2017–18	Ligue 2	37	0	0	0	1	0	—		38	0
	2018–19	Ligue 1	5	0	—		—		—		5	0
	Total		59	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	63	0
Minnesota United	2019	MLS	27	1	2	0	—		1[lower-alpha 1]	0	30	1
	2020	MLS	20	0	—		—		2[lower-alpha 1]	0	22	0
	Total		47	1	2	0	0	0	3	0	52	1
Career total			285	3	13	0	9	0	3	0	310	3

International

As of matches played on 17 November 2020[9]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Madagascar	2018	3	0
	2019	9	0
	2020	2	0
Total		14	0

Honours

Metz

• Ligue 2: 2013–14, 2017–18

Minnesota United

• U.S. Open Cup runner-up: 2019

Individual

• UNFP Ligue 2 Team of the Year: 2013–14[10]
• MLS All-Star: 2019[11]
• Knight Order of Madagascar: 2019[12]

References

External links

• Romain Métanire – French league stats at LFP – also available in French
• Romain Métanire at L'Équipe Football (in French)
• Romain Métanire at FootballDatabase.eu
• Romain Métanire career statistics at FootNational
• Romain Métanire at Soccerway

На других языках

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[de] Romain Métanire

Romain Métanire (* 28. März 1990 in Metz) ist ein französisch-madagassischer Fußballspieler. Er steht bei Minnesota United unter Vertrag und spielt für die Madagassische Nationalmannschaft.

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- [en] Romain Métanire

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[es] Romain Métanire

Romain Métanire (Metz, Francia, 28 de marzo de 1990) es un futbolista franco-malgache que juega de defensa en el Minnesota United F. C. de la Major League Soccer. Es internacional con la selección de fútbol de Madagascar.

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[fr] Romain Métanire

Romain Métanire est un footballeur international malgache, né le 28 mars 1990 à Metz. Il évolue actuellement au poste de défenseur au Minnesota United.

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[it] Romain Métanire

Romain Métanire (Metz, 28 marzo 1990) è un calciatore francese naturalizzato malgascio, difensore del Minnesota United e della nazionale malgascia.

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[ru] Метанир, Ромен

Ромен Метанир (фр. Romain Métanire; 28 марта 1990, Мец, Франция) — французский и мадагаскарский футболист, правый защитник клуба «Миннесота Юнайтед» и сборной Мадагаскара.

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