Thibault Moulin (born 13 January 1990) is a French professional

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who plays as a

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for Football Club Flérien.

Career

Born in Flers, he primarily plays as an

attacking midfielder In the sport of association football, a midfielder takes an outfield position primarily in the middle of the pitch. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. ...

and was promoted to the senior team of

Caen Caen (; ; ) is a Communes of France, commune inland from the northwestern coast of France. It is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Departments of France, department of Calvados (department), Calvados. The city proper has 105,512 inha ...

for the 2010–11 season. Moulin made his professional debut on 11 September 2010 in a league match against

Auxerre Auxerre ( , , Burgundian language (Oïl), Burgundian: ''Auchoirre'') is the capital (Prefectures in France, prefecture) of the Yonne Departments of France, department and the fourth-largest city in the Burgundy historical region southeast of Par ...

. On 1 February 2011, he signed his first professional contract after agreeing to a three-year deal with Caen. On 28 June 2013, Moulin moved to the

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side

Clermont Foot Clermont Foot 63 (Occitan: ''Clarmont d'Auvèrnhe''; commonly referred to as Clermont Foot) is a French professional football club based in Clermont-Ferrand, France. It competes in Ligue 2. The first incarnation of the club was formed in 1911 and ...

on a two-year deal. Following the expiration of his contract with

, Moulin joined Belgian club

Waasland-Beveren Sportkring Beveren (SK Beveren) is a Belgian professional association football club based in Beveren, East Flanders. The club is affiliated with the founded number 4068 and has yellow and blue as its colours. The team was founded in 1936 in H ...

in the summer transfer market of 2015. In Belgium in his first season played 33 games(4 goals and 10 assists). His superb appearances brought the interest of Polish club

Legia Warsaw Legia Warszawa (), commonly referred to as Legia Warsaw or simply Legia, is a professional football club based in Warsaw, Poland. Legia is the most successful Polish football club in history, winning a record 15 champions titles, a record 2 ...

. In Poland, Moulin in his first season had 45 appearances (3 goals and 7 assists) having as a teammate

PAOK PAOK (, Πανθεσσαλονίκειος Αθλητικός Όμιλος Κωνσταντινοπολιτών, ''Panthessalonikeios Athlitikós Ómilos Constantinopoliton'', ''Pan-Thessalonian Athletic Club of Constantinopolitans''), commonly ...

winger Aleksandar Prijovic. His highlight with

was a remarkable goal against giants

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, after Prijovic's assist in an

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. At the end of the season he won the Polish championship, being even decisive on the road to the title. In the first half of the 2017–18 season, he played in 26 games (3 goals, 1 assist).

PAOK

On 31 January 2018, just before the end of the transfer window,

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reached an agreement with

for the transfer of Moulin. PAOK paid a transfer fee fee €1.3 million Moulin signing a three-year contract worth €600,000 per year. On 17 August 2018, after making just official appearances in the domestic competitions during the second half of the 2017–18 season, Moulin joined

MKE Ankaragücü MKE Ankaragücü or fully Makina ve Kimya Endüstrisi Ankaragücü (), is a Turkish professional sports club located in the city of Ankara. The football team wears a yellow and navy kit and plays its home matches at Eryaman Stadium following the ...

on a season-long loan. On 30 August 2019, Moulin joined

Xanthi Xanthi is a city in the region of Western Thrace, northeastern Greece. It is the capital of the Xanthi regional unit of the region of East Macedonia and Thrace. Amphitheatrically built on the foot of Rhodope mountain chain, the city is divided ...

on a season-long loan.

Career statistics

Club

Honours

Legia Warsaw *

Ekstraklasa (; meaning "Extra Class" in Polish), officially known as PKO Bank Polski Ekstraklasa due to its Sponsor (commercial), sponsorship by PKO Bank Polski, is a professional association football league in Poland and the highest level of the Polish foo ...

: 2016–17, 2017–18 *

Polish Cup The Polish Cup in Association football, football ( ) is an annual Single-elimination tournament, knockout football competition for Polish football club (association football), football clubs, held continuously since 1950, and is the second most i ...

: 2017–18 PAOK *

Greek Cup The Greek Football Cup (), commonly known as the Greek Cup or Betsson Greek Cup for sponsorship reasons is a Greek football competition, run by the Hellenic Football Federation. The Greek Cup is the second-most important domestic men's footba ...

: 2017–18 Wieczysta Kraków *

III liga, group IV III liga, group IV is one of the four groups of III liga, which are competitions of the fourth tier of the Polish football league system. This group was established in 2016, when, after the 2015–16 season, as a result of the reorganization of th ...

: 2023–24 * IV liga Lesser Poland West: 2021–22 * Polish Cup (Lesser Poland regionals): 2021–22

References

Francuski mózg mistrzów Polski. Kreatywny – jak chciał trener
przegladsportowy.pl, 24 June 2016

External links

* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Moulin, Thibault 1990 births Living people People from Flers, Orne Footballers from Orne French men's footballers Men's association football midfielders France men's under-21 international footballers Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players Belgian Pro League players Ekstraklasa players IV liga players III liga players Super League Greece players Süper Lig players Liga I players Stade Malherbe Caen players LB Châteauroux players Clermont Foot players Legia Warsaw players Legia Warsaw II players PAOK FC players MKE Ankaragücü footballers Xanthi F.C. players LPS HD Clinceni players Wieczysta Kraków players French expatriate sportspeople in Belgium French expatriate sportspeople in Poland French expatriate sportspeople in Turkey French expatriate sportspeople in Romania Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Expatriate men's footballers in Poland Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Expatriate men's footballers in Romania 21st-century French sportsmen Football Club Flérien players