Teddy Alain Vivian Richert (born 21 September 1974) is a French former

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who played

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. He is a goalkeeper coach for

Montpellier Montpellier (; ) is a city in southern France near the Mediterranean Sea. One of the largest urban centres in the region of Occitania (administrative region), Occitania, Montpellier is the prefecture of the Departments of France, department of ...

Career

Richert spent the most of his career at Sochaux-Montbéliard and was considered to be one of the most consistent goalkeepers in

Ligue 1 Ligue 1 (; ), officially known as Ligue 1 McDonald's France, McDonald's for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in France and the highest level of the French football league system. Administered by the Ligue de ...

, and has performed well over the past decade. Opportunities for international football for Richert were few and far between, due to Domenech's preference of

Grégory Coupet Grégory Coupet (born 31 December 1972) is a French former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Coupet is most well known for his lengthy career at Lyon where he won seven Ligue 1 titles. He also played for Saint-Étienne, Atlét ...

and, in the latter part of the decade,

Fabien Barthez Fabien Alain Barthez (born 28 June 1971) is a French racing driver and former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. At club level, he played football in both France and England with Toulouse, Marseille, Monaco, Manchester United and ...

. While at Sochaux he helped them win the

2004 Coupe de la Ligue Final The 2004 Coupe de la Ligue final was a Association football, football match held at Stade de France, Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis, Saint-Denis on April 17, 2004, that saw FC Sochaux-Montbéliard, Sochaux defeat FC Nantes, Nantes in a Penalty sho ...

and the 2007 Coupe de France Final. Both matches went to a penalty shootout and Richert saved decisive penalties on each occasion; first from Nantes' Pascal Delhommeau in 2004 and then from Marseille's Ronald Zubar in 2007.

Honours

Sochaux *

Coupe de la Ligue The Coupe de la Ligue (), known outside France as the French League Cup, was a knockout cup competition in French football organized by the Ligue de Football Professionnel. The tournament was established in 1993 and, unlike the Coupe de France ...

: 2003–04 *

Coupe de France The Coupe de France (), also known in English language, English as the French Cup or less commonly as the France Cup, is the premier Single-elimination tournament, knockout cup competition in French football organised by the French Football Fed ...

: 2006–07 Individual *Ligue 1 Goalkeeper of the Year: 2006–07

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* 1974 births Living people Footballers from Avignon French men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Toulouse FC players FC Girondins de Bordeaux players Lille OSC players FC Sochaux-Montbéliard players Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players {{France-footy-goalkeeper-stub