Reynald Lemaître (born 28 June 1983) is a French former professional

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who played as a

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Career

Lemaître was born in Chambray-lès-Tours, and spent most of his playing career with

Stade Malherbe Caen Stade Malherbe Caen (; commonly known as SM Caen, SMC, or simply Caen) is a French professional football team, based in the city of Caen in Normandy, that competes in the Ligue 2. The club was founded on 17 November 1913 by the merger of ''Clu ...

. He scored 18 goals in 188 league matches for the club. He left Caen to join

AS Nancy Association Sportive Nancy Lorraine (), commonly known as AS Nancy Lorraine, or simply Nancy, is a French association football club founded in 1967 in Nancy, Grand Est and located in Tomblaine, in the inner suburbs of Nancy. The club currently ...

, signing a three-year contract in 2009. Having been released by Nancy in summer 2012, Lemaître trialled at

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 ...

side

Guingamp Guingamp (; ) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department in Brittany in northwestern France. With a population of 6,895 as of 2017, Guingamp is one of the smallest towns in Europe to have a top-tier professional football team: En Avant Guin ...

before signing a six-month contract with the club. In January 2018, he joined Tahitian club A.S. Dragon.

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* * * Living people 1983 births People from Chambray-lès-Tours Sportspeople from Indre-et-Loire Association football defenders French footballers Stade Malherbe Caen players AS Nancy Lorraine players En Avant Guingamp players Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players Championnat National 3 players Footballers from Centre-Val de Loire {{france-footy-midfielder-1980s-stub