Pierre Patron (born 20 August 1997) is a French professional

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who plays as a

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for club Quevilly-Rouen.

Life and career

Patron was born in

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in 1997, and raised in

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. His father was a driving instructor and his mother a childminder. He played football for his hometown club,

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from age 10 to 15, before spending the next four years with Brest. During that time, he passed his ''

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'' and began a college course in sports studies. As a 17-year-old, he played in the senior squad that won the 2015 Coupe de Bretagne Senior, and the following season, he made one appearance in the fifth-tier

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(CFA2) and was part of the under-19 squad that reached the semi-final of that season's

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, in which they lost to a

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under-19 side featuring the already first-team regular

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. He was however second-choice goalkeeper behind Gautier Larsonneur at under-19 level, and was released in 2016. After trials with

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and Clermont, Patron signed for the latter as fourth-choice goalkeeper, with the prospect of moving up the pecking order if he had a good season with the B-team in the CFA2. He played 19 matches, and in his second season trained regularly with the professional group while playing 20 matches in the

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(successor to the CFA2). In August 2019, he was one of several younger players selected to start the Coupe de la Ligue first round match against third-tier Laval, which Clermont won 3–0. He was named as substitute goalkeeper for the

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team on 12 occasions that season, but never took the field. He signed for

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, newly promoted to Ligue 2, in June 2019. Initially third choice goalkeeper, a dislocated finger for Yoann Thuram gave Patron a seat on the bench, and when Jérémy Aymes was injured while making a clearance 11 minutes into the Coupe de la Ligue round of 32 match against

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side 3–2 to go through to the next round. Three days later, Patron made his first appearance in Ligue 2, away to Clermont where he had spent the previous three years; he kept a clean sheet as Le Mans won 1–0. On 4 July 2022, Patron signed a contract with

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in Belgium for the term of 2 years, with an option for 2 more. On 19 June 2024, Patron agreed to move to Quevilly-Rouen for two seasons.

References

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