Thierry Morin (born 12 December 1957) is a French former professional

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who played as a defender. As of June 2025, he works as the general secretary of the Association Paris Saint-Germain.

Playing career

Morin's first youth club was

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, his hometown club at which he stayed from 1966 until the merger with

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to form

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in 1970. He would join the

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that year. His first team debut came on 21 December 1975 in a 3–2 loss to

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. Morin was one of the four PSG academy graduates called the "four musketeers", along with

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, and

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. During his 11 years as a pro player at PSG, Morin won one Division 1 and two

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titles. His only goal came in a 1–1 draw against

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on 17 August 1982. He left for

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in 1986 after having made 174 appearances for the Parisians in all competitions. From 1986 to 1989, while playing for Red Star, Morin was simultaneously head of the club's youth academy. However, he retired in 1989, and left the youth academy role as well.

Post-playing career

In 1989, after retiring from playing football, Morin returned to Paris Saint-Germain as an employee. He became science professor at the

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and director of the multi-sport Centre de Formation d’Apprentis (CFA) project initiated by the club. In 1994, he experienced PSG's second league title, but this time as an employee. By the 2020s decade, Morin was still working in the youth academy of PSG. In an interview in 2017, he humorously described himself as the "dinosaur" of PSG. Morin has served as the

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of the Association Paris Saint-Germain. In the 2000s, Morin was vice president of the association of former PSG players.

Personal life

Born in

Saint-Germain-en-Laye Saint-Germain-en-Laye () is a Communes of France, commune in the Yvelines Departments of France, department in the Île-de-France in north-central France. It is located in the western suburbs of Paris, from the Kilometre Zero, centre of Paris. ...

, Morin hails from a sports-practicing family. His parents were

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players in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, and his brothers played football as well.

Honours

Paris Saint-Germain * Division 1: 1985–86 *

: 1981–82, 1982–83; runner-up : 1984–85

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Morin, Thierry Living people 1957 births French men's footballers Men's association football defenders Sportspeople from Saint-Germain-en-Laye Stade Saint-Germain players Paris Saint-Germain FC players Red Star FC players French Division 3 (1971–1993) players Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players Paris Saint-Germain FC non-playing staff Footballers from Yvelines 20th-century French sportsmen