Loïc Goujon (born 9 January 1996) is a French professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

who plays for

US Orléans Union Sportive Orléans Loiret Football (; commonly referred to as US Orléans or simply Orléans) is a French association football club based in Orléans. The club was founded in 1976 and currently play in Championnat National after being relega ...

as a

midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

Career

As a child, Goujon played for his home city club, FC Sens. When he moved to college, he was spotted at a tournament by

AJ Auxerre Association de la Jeunesse Auxerroise (), commonly known as AJ Auxerre or simply Auxerre (), is a French football club based in the commune of Auxerre in Burgundy. The club was founded in 1905 and currently plays in Ligue 1, the first division ...

and joined their B team in 2014, aged 18. He made his

Ligue 2 Ligue 2 (, League 2), also known as Ligue 2 BKT due to sponsorship by Balkrishna Industries, is a French professional football league. The league serves as the second division of French football and is one of two divisions making up the Ligu ...

debut for the first team as a late substitute in a 0–0 draw at Red Star, the first game of the 2016–17, on 30 July 2016. He made his full debut on 12 August 2016 in a 4–2 win at

Bourg-en-Bresse Bourg-en-Bresse (; frp, Bôrg) is the prefecture of the Ain department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Eastern France. Located northeast of Lyon, it is the capital of the ancient province of Bresse ( frp, Brêsse, links=no). In 2018, th ...

. On 14 December 2016, after becoming a regular in the first team, he signed his first professional contract with the club. In October 2017, Goujon was loaned to

Boulogne Boulogne-sur-Mer (; pcd, Boulonne-su-Mér; nl, Bonen; la, Gesoriacum or ''Bononia''), often called just Boulogne (, ), is a coastal city in Northern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department of Pas-de-Calais. Boulogne lies on the C ...

in the

Championnat National The Championnat de France National ( en, French National Championship), commonly referred to as simply National or Division 3, serves as the third division of the French football league system behind Ligue 1 and Ligue 2. Contested by 18 clubs, ...

. He scored his first senior league goal whilst at the club, on 16 February 2018 in a 2–1 win over Chambly. After the loan he returned to Auxerre, where he was a part of the first team squad for the

2018–19 Ligue 2 The 2018–19 Ligue 2 (referred to as the Domino's Ligue 2 for sponsorship reasons) season was the 80th season since its establishment. Teams Team changes Promoted from 2017–18 Championnat National * Red Star *Béziers *Grenoble Relegate ...

season. At the end of the season, he was not successful in negotiating a contract extension, and left Auxerre. On 16 July 2019, Goujon signed for Red Star. He moved to

side

in June 2020.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Goujon, Loic 1996 births Living people Sportspeople from Sens Men's association football midfielders French men's footballers Ligue 2 players Championnat National players AJ Auxerre players US Boulogne players Red Star F.C. players US Orléans players Footballers from Bourgogne-Franche-Comté