Marius Courcoul (born 1 January 2007) is a French professional

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who plays as a

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and

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for club

Angers Angers (, , ;) is a city in western France, about southwest of Paris. It is the Prefectures of France, prefecture of the Maine-et-Loire department and was the capital of the province of Duchy of Anjou, Anjou until the French Revolution. The i ...

Club career

Originally a youth player at his hometown club FC Château-Gontier, Courcoul joined the Laval academy in 2018. In 2020, he joined

, where he would eventually sign his first professional contract in June 2023, a three-year deal until June 2026. On 5 August 2023, Courcoul made his professional debut in a 1–0 defeat away to Laval at the age of 16 years and 216 days.

International career

Courcoul is a France youth international. At the

Montaigu Tournament The Montaigu Tournament () is an international association football competition that is contested by under-16 national teams and clubs. The tournament is also known as Mondial Minimes. The games are held in stadiums located in the Vendée depart ...

with the France under-16s in April 2023, he was his team's captain and was chosen as the tournament's best player.

Honours

Individual *

Best Player: 2023

References

External links

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Angers SCO Angers Sporting Club de l'Ouest, commonly referred to as Angers SCO (), is a French professional football club based in Angers in Pays de la Loire in western France. The club was founded in 1919 and plays in Ligue 1, the first division of Foot ...

* 2007 births Living people French men's footballers Men's association football central defenders Stade Lavallois players Angers SCO players Championnat National 2 players Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players France men's youth international footballers Footballers from Mayenne People from Château-Gontier Men's association football midfielders 21st-century French sportsmen {{France-footy-midfielder-2000s-stub