Cédric Fauré (born 14 February 1979) is a French former professional

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who played as a striker. He is manager of Belgian club Union Namur.

Playing career

Born in

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and raised in the

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village Miremont, Fauré played amateur football and worked for a consumer electronics company before making his professional debut with

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in 2002. In his first season, he scored 20 goals which made him

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top scorer, helping his club win the league and achieve promotion to

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. The next season, despite not playing very often, he still managed to score 10 goals. He then transferred to

En Avant de Guingamp En Avant Guingamp (, ), commonly referred to as EA Guingamp, EAG, or simply Guingamp (), is a French professional football club based in the commune of Guingamp, in France's Brittany region. The club was founded in 1912 and play in Ligue 2, ...

, hoping to get more playing time. At Guingamp, he scored 13 goals in 32 league games in his only season there. He moved to

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and, six months later, was loaned to

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where he remained Brazilian striker

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's substitute. in the summer 2006, he signed with

Stade de Reims Stade de Reims () is a French professional football club based in Reims. The club was formed in 1931 and plays in Ligue 2, the second tier of football in France. Reims plays home matches at the Stade Auguste Delaune. Reims is one of the mo ...

. He settled quickly and his numerous goals made him a fans' favourite. After the club's failure to achieve promotion to Ligue 1, he announces he his departure for

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, recently promoted to Ligue 1, in April 2008. On 19 December 2008, Fauré returned to Reims. The club was relegated to third-tier

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in May 2009. In his second stint at Reims, he achieved two promotions in three years. During the season 2009–10, he finished top scorer of National. Two years later, he became Ligue 2 top scorer for the second time, scoring 15 goals and helping the club from

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achieve promotion to Ligue 1, for the first time since 1979. Over the summer 2012, his contract expired and no agreement was found with the management of Reims. Fauré returned to Guingamp, still in Ligue 2 at that time, for a second spell. The following season, he contributed 4 goals in 29 games to the promotion of the Breton club to the Ligue 1, which had been absent from the division since 2004. However, in the top-flight, he was excluded from a regular first-team place and on 31 January 2014, moved to Belgian side

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on a six-month loan deal. In summer 2015, Fauré joined another Belgian side,

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. He retired in the summer 2017.

Managerial career

In 2020, Cédric Fauré starts is career as a trainer in

in AS Tournefeuille. In 2022, after a short period coaching

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, He comes back in Belgium as head coach of Union Namur in Second Amateur Division (fourth-tier of Belgian football). On 14 May 2023, Fauré brought his club promotion to Belgian National Division 1 after finishing runner-up, due to Warnant winning the title but fail obtain a licence.

Honours

Player

Toulouse *

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Manager

Union Namur *

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(Runner-up and promotion) Individual *

top scorer:

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top scorer:

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References

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