Mathieu Christian Moreau (born 22 February 1983) is a French former

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who played as a

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Football career

Internazionale

Mathieu Moreau started his career in the famous youth academy at

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. In the summer of 2001, he joined

Internazionale Football Club Internazionale Milano, commonly referred to as Internazionale () or simply Inter, and colloquially known as Inter Milan in English-speaking countries, is an Italian professional football club based in Milan, Lombardy. Since 1 ...

. He won

Campionato Nazionale Primavera The Campionato Nazionale Primavera – Trofeo Giacinto Facchetti, was an Italian football youth competition. It is organised by the Lega Serie A and the participating teams that take part in Serie A and Serie B: the first edition was held in the 1 ...

in summer 2002 as

Alex Cordaz Alex Cordaz (born 1 January 1983) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Vigne. Career Inter Milan Cordaz started his career at Inter Milan. In the 2001–02 season, he was the regular selection ahead of Mathieu Mor ...

's backup. In summer 2003, he was farmed to

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(Serie C1), along with Mattia Altobelli. A year later, he was loaned to

Ternana Ternana Calcio, commonly referred to as Ternana, is an Italian football club based in Terni, Umbria and currently compete in the Serie C. The club was founded in 1925 and refounded in 1993. In its history, Ternana has twice played in Serie A ...

(Serie B), along with

Fabrizio Biava Fabrizio Biava (born 25 August 1983) is an Italian footballer who played as a midfielder. Football career Biava started his career at Internazionale. He won the Primavera Champions in 2001–02. In summer 2003, He was promoted to first team alon ...

Lucchese

In summer 2005, he was loaned again, this time to Lucchese (Serie C1), along with

. He was the second choice goalkeeper behind Alex Brunner. In summer 2006, Lucchese bought half of the player's registration rights, for a fee of €500, and a year later bought all the registration rights. But, along with

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, who was also owned by Inter, he failed to play regularly, being behind Brunner, and later Massimo Gazzoli, in the pecking order.

Varese

In summer 2008,

Varese Varese ( , ; or ; ; ; archaic ) is a city and ''comune'' in north-western Lombardy, northern Italy, north-west of Milan. The population of Varese in 2018 was 80,559. It is the capital of the Province of Varese. The hinterland or exurban part ...

signed him as a free agent, after Lucchese folded. He quickly became the first choice goalkeeper, and won 2009

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. In the next season,

finished in second place of the

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, as well as winning the promotion playoffs. However, he was the understudy of Massimo Zappino in

2010–11 Serie B The 2010–11 Serie B (known as the Serie bwin for sponsorship reasons) is the seventy-ninth season since its establishment in 1929, and the first one under the rule of the new Lega Serie B. A total of 22 teams contest the league, 15 of which retu ...

. The team finished fourth, but failed to win the promotion playoffs. After the departure of Zappino in late August 2011, Moreau became first choice again in the first four rounds - with zero wins, two draws and two losses. Since round five, Walter Bressan became the first choice. He retired in 2013, aged 30, to move to

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, the country his wife is originally from.

References

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