Jean Louchet

Jean Louchet
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-12-03) 3 December 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Beauvais, France
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Valenciennes
Number 1
Youth career
2006–2011 Beauvais
2009–2011 Liévin
2011–2014 Amiens
2014–2015 Paris Saint-Germain
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2016 Paris Saint-Germain B 25 (0)
2016–2017 Reims B 9 (0)
2017–2021 Les Herbiers 42 (0)
2017–2018 Les Herbiers B 22 (0)
2021–2023 Niort 9 (0)
2021–2023 Niort B 16 (0)
2023– Valenciennes 37 (0)
2023 Valenciennes B 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 September 2024

Jean Louchet (born 3 December 1996) is a French professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Championnat National club Valenciennes.

Career

Louchet started playing football at the age of nine, joining the youth team of his hometown club AS Beauvais. Louchet then joined the Liévin youth team and then Amiens. In 2014, he joined the Paris Saint-Germain Academy. He made his senior debut with the team's reserve side in the 2015–16 Championnat de France Amateur.[1] After two years at Paris Saint-Germain, he moved to Reims' reserve team, where he spent one season.[2]

In 2017, he joined Les Herbiers. In the first season at the club, he only played with the reserves, and did not appear in the club's 2018 Coupe de France finalist campaign. After the club relegated to the Championnat National 2, he became a regular starter for the club during 3 seasons.[3] While the 2020–21 season was suspended due to Covid-19, he temporarily worked as a real estate agent.[2]

In July 2021, Louchet joined Niort and signed his first professional contract. At the club, he made his Ligue 2 debut.[4]

On 28 July 2023, Louchet signed for Ligue 2 fellow Valenciennes as a free agent. In his first season at the club, he played a crucial role in the team's Coupe de France semi-finals run, notably by his performance in the quarter-finals, where he stopped 2 shots in the penalty shootout against FC Rouen to qualify his team.[5][6]

Honours

Les Herbiers

References

  1. ^ "Jean Louchet : " A Paris, j'ai progressé à vitesse grand V ! "". Paris Saint-Germain. 22 February 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Jean Louchet : " J'ai mis un coup de poing à Thiago Silva "". So Foot. 28 March 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Les Herbiers : que sont devenus les finalistes de la Coupe de France 2018?". L'Équipe. 25 April 2020.
  4. ^ "Football – Ligue 2. Le Niortais Jean Louchet a trop vite sapé sa confiance contre Caen". Ouest-France. 22 April 2023.
  5. ^ "OL-Valenciennes : " C'était ma dernière chance ", confie Jean Louchet, gardien de VA après une période de chômage". 20 Minutes. 28 February 2024.
  6. ^ "VAFC : Jean Louchet, l'étoffe d'un patron". La Voix du Nord. 1 July 2024.