Axel Paul Urie (born 14 April 1999) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger. Born in France, he plays for the Central African Republic national team.

Club career

Urie began his senior career with the reserves of

Nîmes Nîmes ( , ; ; Latin: ''Nemausus'') is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Gard Departments of France, department in the Occitania (administrative region), Occitanie Regions of France, region of Southern France. Located between the Med ...

and

Guingamp Guingamp (; ) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department in Brittany in northwestern France. With a population of 7,115 as of 2020, Guingamp is one of the smallest towns in Europe to have a top-tier professional football team: En Avant Guin ...

. He made his professional debut with

in a 3–0

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loss to

FC Lorient Football Club Lorient Bretagne Sud (;), commonly referred to as FC Lorient (), is a French professional association football club based in Lorient, Brittany. The club was founded in 1926 and currently competes in Ligue 2, having been relegated f ...

on 16 October 2019. On 19 July 2021, he transferred to Creteil in the

Championnat National The Championnat National (), commonly referred to as simply National or Division 3, is the third division of the French football league system behind Ligue 1 and Ligue 2. Contested by 18 clubs, the Championnat National operates on a system of ...

International career

Born in Nimes, in the south of

France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...

, Urie is Central African by descent. He made his debut with the Central African Republic national team in a 1–1

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tie with

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on 1 September 2021.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Urie, Axel 1999 births Living people Footballers from Nîmes Central African Republic men's footballers Central African Republic men's international footballers French men's footballers French sportspeople of Central African Republic descent Men's association football wingers US Créteil-Lusitanos players En Avant Guingamp players US Concarneau players Al Kharaitiyat SC players Championnat National players Championnat National 2 players Championnat National 3 players Qatari Second Division players Central African Republic expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Qatar Central African Republic expatriate sportspeople in Qatar 21st-century French sportsmen