Andy Pelmard

Andy Joseph Pelmard (born 12 March 2000) is a French professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Ligue 1 club Clermont Foot.[3]

Andy Pelmard
Pelmard with Nice in 2021
Personal information
Full name Andy Joseph Pelmard[1]
Date of birth (2000-03-12) 12 March 2000
Place of birth Nice, France
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[2]
Position(s) Left-back
Team information
Current team
 Clermont Foot
Number 17
Youth career
2007–2011 ASBTP
2011–2013 ESS Nice
2013–2019 Nice
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2020 Nice II 37 (0)
2019–2022 Nice 33 (0)
2021–2022 → Basel (loan) 33 (0)
2022–2023 Basel 34 (0)
2023– Clermont Foot 1 (0)
International career‡
2017 France U17 6 (0)
2017–2018 France U18 8 (0)
2019 France U20 1 (0)
2019 France U21 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 June 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5 June 2023

Club career

Nice

Pelmard made his professional debut with Nice in a 1–0 Ligue 1 loss to Amiens SC on 23 February 2019.[4]

Basel

On 1 July 2021, Pelmard joined Basel's first team for their 2021–22 season under head coach Patrick Rahmen on a one-year loan. Pelmard played his debut for his new club in the second qualifying round of the 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League, a home game in the St. Jakob-Park on 22 July 2021 as Basel won 3–0 against Partizani Tirana.[5] Three days later, on 25 July, he played his domestic league debut for the club in the away game in the Letzigrund, Zürich, as Basel won 2–0 against Grasshopper Club.[6] In that season Pelmard played 33 of the teams 36 league matches, missing two due to injury and one due to a suspension. On 4 February 2022, Basel exercised the purchase option in their loan contract and signed Pelmard on a definite basis with a three and a half year contract until the summer of 2025.[7]

In Basel's 2022–23 season, under new head coach Alexander Frei and later Heiko Vogel, Pelmard was again a regular in the starting eleven, playing 34 of the 36 league games. In the 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League Basel advanced as far as the semi-finals, but here they were defeated by Fiorentina. Nevertheless, the player decided to move on.[8] During his time with the club, Pelmard played a total of 116 games for Basel without scoring a goal. 67 of these games were in the Swiss Super League, six in the Swiss Cup, 32 in the UEFA Conference League and 11 were friendly games.[9]

Clermont Foot

On 12 July 2023, Pelmard returned to France to sign for Ligue 1 club Clermont Foot on a four-year deal.[10]

International career

Pelmard is a youth international for France, having represented the France U17s at the 2017 U17 Euros and the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup.[11][12]

Personal life

Pelmard is of Guadeloupean descent[13] and Malagasy descent through his mother.[14]

References
  1. "FIFA U-17 World Cup India 2017: List of Players: France" (PDF). FIFA. 28 October 2017. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 July 2018.
  2. "Andy Pelmard". FC Basel. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
  3. Andy Pelmard at Soccerway
  4. "Amiens SC vs. Nice - 23 February 2019 - Soccerway". www.soccerway.com.
  5. FC Basel 1893 (22 July 2021). "3:0 gegen Partizani – klarer Sieg zum Saisonauftakt". 3:0 against Partizani – clear victory to start the season (in German). FC Basel 1893 AG. Retrieved 2021-07-22.
  6. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” (25 July 2021). "Grasshopper Club - FC Basel 0:2 (0:0)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2021-07-25.
  7. FC Basel 1893 (4 February 2022). "Der FCB Verpflichtet Andy Pelmard und Dan Ndoye Definitiv". FCB signs Andy Pelmard and Dan Ndoye on a definite basis (in German). FC Basel 1893 AG. Retrieved 2022-02-04.
  8. FC Basel 1893 (12 July 2023). "Andy Pelmard wechselt zu Clermont Foot" [Andy Pelmard joins Clermont Foot] (in German). FC Basel 1893 AG. Retrieved 2023-07-12.
  9. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” (2023). "Andy Pelmard - FCB statistics". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2023-07-12.
  10. "ANDY PELMARD, NOUVEAU RENFORT DÉFENSIF" [ANDY PELMARD, NEW DEFENSIVE REINFORCEMENT]. www.clermontfoot.com (in French). 12 July 2023. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
  11. "La France au Mondial U17 avec Geubbels et Isidor". L'ÉQUIPE.
  12. "Les dix-huit joueurs pour l'Euro 2017". Fédération Française de Football (in French).
  13. "[CARTE] Les joueurs ultramarins de Ligue 1 pour la saison 2019-2020". Outre-mer la 1ère.
  14. "Quel avenir en défense pour les barea ? :: Madagascar foot actu". madagascar-foot-actu.webnode.fr.


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