| Intro | Footballer | ||||
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| From | France | ||||
| Type | Sports | ||||
| Gender | male | ||||
| Birth | 2 April 1984, Lorient, arrondissement of Lorient, Morbihan, Brittany | ||||
| Age: | 36 years | ||||
| Star sign | Aries | ||||
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Jérémy Morel (born 2 April 1984 in Lorient) is a French professional footballer who currently plays as a left back for Ligue 1 side Lyon.
Club career
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.
Lyon
On 1 June 2015, Morel Joined Olympique Lyonnais on a three-year contract.
On 13 Apr 2017, Morel pinched the ball from goalkeeper Fabricio Agosto Ramírez 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 J.K.; it was his first competitive goal for Lyon and the first goal of his career in UEFA club competitions, 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.
Honours
- Marseille
- Coupe de la Ligue: 2011–12
- Trophée des Champions: 2011
- Individual
- UEFA Europa League Squad of the Season: 2016–17