Thierry Cygan (born 4 April 1975) 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 as a defender for

SO Cholet Stade Olympique Choletais is a French association football team founded in 1913. The club is based in Cholet, Pays de la Loire and play at Omnisports Stadium, which has a capacity of 9,000 spectators. They currently play in the Régional 3, ...

Career

In the 1996-1997 season, he played 24 matches and won the

Championnat National The Championnat National (), commonly referred to as simply National or Division 3, is the third division of the French football league system behind Ligue 1 and Ligue 2. Contested by 18 clubs, the Championnat National operates on a system of ...

with

ES Wasquehal Wasquehal Football is a French football club based in the town of Wasquehal, Hauts-de-France. The club was founded in 1924 and plays in the National 2, the fourth tier of the French football league system. History and mergers The club was foun ...

. He then played five seasons in the

Ligue 2 Ligue 2 (, League 2), also known as Ligue 2 BKT due to sponsorship reasons, 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 Ligue de Football Prof ...

for Wasquehal. In 2002, he was signed up by

Angers Angers (, , ;) is a city in western France, about southwest of Paris. It is the Prefectures of France, prefecture of the Maine-et-Loire department and was the capital of the province of Duchy of Anjou, Anjou until the French Revolution. The i ...

. While playing for Angers in the 2002–03 season, he finishes as the runner-up in the National. As a result, Angers was promoted to the Ligue 2 under the leadership of

Éric Guérit Éric Guérit (born 21 July 1964) is a French former professional football player and manager. A defensive midfielder by trade, he made more than 300 senior appearances for seven different clubs during a 14-year playing career spent mostly in the ...

. After two seasons in the Ligue 2, the club was relegated once again. In 2008, after Angers finished the season on the 10th spot, the club fires him after six seasons spent in the

Maine-et-Loire Maine-et-Loire () is a department in the Loire Valley in the Pays de la Loire region in Western France. It is named after the two rivers, Maine and the Loire. It borders Mayenne and Sarthe to the north, Loire-Atlantique to the west, Indr ...

. In November 2008, Cygan signed a one-year-and-a-half deal with

AS Cherbourg AS Cherbourg or the Association Sportive de Cherbourg Football is a French football team currently playing in Régional 3, the eighth tier of French football, after suffering expulsion from the national leagues in 2023. They are based in the city ...

. He played his first game in the

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 ...

against

Vannes OC Vannes Olympique Club (; commonly referred to as simply Vannes) is a professional French football club based in Vannes. The club was formed in 1998 as a result of the merger of ''Véloce vannetais'' founded in 1911 and ''FC Vannes'' known before ...

on 22 November 2008 (final score: 3–1 to Vannes, after extra time). After the club was relegated to the CFA, Cygan joined

in the

CFA2 The Championnat National 3, commonly referred to as simply National 3 and formerly known as Championnat de France Amateur 2, is a football league competition. The league serves as the fifth division of the French football league system behind ...

. He retired in 2011 and in 2012 he was appointed the coach of USSCA Champtocé in the French Regional Football League (DRH).

Personal life

Thierry is the younger brother of

Pascal Cygan Pascal Édouard Cygan (born 29 April 1974) is a French former footballer who played as a defender. His favoured position was central defender, but he could also play as a left back. After starting out at Lille in his country, Cygan would play ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cygan, Thierry 1975 births Living people Sportspeople from Lens, Pas-de-Calais French men's footballers Footballers from Pas-de-Calais Men's association football defenders Angers SCO players Wasquehal Football players AS Cherbourg Football players SO Cholet players Ligue 2 players Championnat National players