Matthieu Louis-Jean (born 22 February 1976 in
Mont-Saint-Aignan) is a French former
footballer, who is currently head scout for
Olympique de Marseille
Olympique de Marseille (, ; oc, Olimpic de Marselha, ), also known simply as Marseille or by the abbreviation OM (, ), is a French professional men's football club based in Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. Founded in 1899, the club p ...
. He finished his career at Norwich in June 2005 after several seasons at Nottingham Forest, who he joined from
Le Havre AC
Le Havre Athletic Club (; commonly referred to as Le Havre) is a French association football club based in Le Havre, Normandy. The club was founded as an athletics and rugby club in 1872, making Le Havre AC the oldest professional French fo ...
in 1999 following a loan spell. An experienced full-back, Louis-Jean made 198 league appearances for Forest. His transfer to Norwich was a player exchange deal that saw
Gary Holt move to the
City Ground
The City Ground is a football stadium in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire, England, on the banks of the River Trent. It has been home to Nottingham Forest Football Club since 1898 and has a capacity of 30,445.
The stadium was a venue when ...
.
Louis-Jean made just two appearances for Norwich at the start of his first season with the club (
2005–06) before injury problems ruled him out of action for the remainder of the campaign. The Frenchman was near a return to the first team, but an injury playing for the reserve team saw his recovery set back yet again.
Norwich manager
Peter Grant announced in February 2007 that Louis-Jean would be released at the end of the
2006–07 season.
Louis-Jean spent time as a scout for Nottingham Forest, before joining
Marseille
Marseille ( , , ; also spelled in English as Marseilles; oc, Marselha ) is the prefecture of the French department of Bouches-du-Rhône and capital of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Situated in the camargue region of southern Fran ...
as head scout in April 2021.
References
External links
Career information at ex-canaries.co.uk*
1976 births
Living people
French footballers
Le Havre AC players
Nottingham Forest F.C. players
Norwich City F.C. players
Association football fullbacks
Premier League players
Expatriate footballers in England
French expatriate footballers
People from Mont-Saint-Aignan
Sportspeople from Seine-Maritime
Footballers from Normandy
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