Loïc Damour

Loïc Damour (born 8 January 1991) is a French professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Scottish Championship club Heart of Midlothian.

Loïc Damour

Damour with Bourg-Péronnas in 2015
Personal information
Full name	Loïc Damour[1]
Date of birth	8 January 1991[2]
Place of birth	Chantilly, France
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[2]
Position(s)	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Heart of Midlothian
Number	22
Youth career
1998	AS Breuil-le-Vert
1998–2000	RC Clermont
2000–2004	US Chantilly
2004–2007	INF Clairefontaine
2007–2008	Strasbourg
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2008–2011	Strasbourg	44	(1)
2011–2013	Boulogne	18	(0)
2013	Brussels	6	(0)
2013–2014	White Star Bruxelles	9	(0)
2014–2015	Fréjus Saint-Raphaël	31	(3)
2015–2017	Bourg-Péronnas	69	(4)
2017–2019	Cardiff City	29	(0)
2019–	Heart of Midlothian	18	(0)
National team
2006–2007	France U16	13	(2)
2007–2008	France U17	12	(1)
2008–2009	France U18	5	(0)
2009–2010	France U19	4	(1)
2011	France U20	5	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 June 2020 (UTC)

Club career

Loïc began his career with his local club US Chantilly before moving to the famous Clairefontaine academy in 2004. While training at Clairefontaine, he also attended the prestigious sports club Athletic Club de Boulogne Billencourt, which also trained current French stars Hatem Ben Arfa and Issiar Dia. After leaving Clairefontaine, he joined RC Strasbourg.

In April 2008, Loïc signed his first professional contract agreeing to a three-year deal keeping him with Strasbourg until 2011.[3] After spending one year in the reserves, he was promoted to the senior squad and was assigned the 26 shirt. He made his professional football debut for Strasbourg on 4 August 2008 in a Ligue 2 match against Montpellier coming on as a substitute.[4]

On 26 October 2009, Damour signed a contract extension with Strasbourg until the year 2013.[5]

On 6 July 2017, following the expiry of his contract with Bourge-Péronnas, Loïc Damour signed for EFL Championship side Cardiff City on a free transfer.[6] He made his debut for the club on the opening day of the 2017–18 season during a 1–0 victory over Burton Albion, as a substitute in place of Lee Tomlin.[7]

Damour left Cardiff in August 2019 and signed a four-year contract with Scottish Premiership club Hearts.[8]

International career

Damour is a France youth international having played for the U-16s, U-17s, and the under-18 team. He also played with the France U-19 squad, till 2011. He was captain of the U-16 squad and was a part of the U-17 squad that finished runners-up at the 2008 UEFA European Under-17 Championship.

Career statistics

As of match played 29 July 2020

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
RC Strasbourg	2008–09[9]	Ligue 2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
	2009–10[9]		5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	0
	2010–11[9]	National	34	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	37	1
	Strasbourg total		43	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	47	1
Boulogne	2011–12[9]	Ligue 2	17	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	19	0
	2012–13[9]	National	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	Boulogne total		18	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	20	0
RWDM Brussels	2012–13[9]	Belgian Second Division	6	0	0	0	—		0	0	6	0
White Star Bruxelles	2013–14[9]	Belgian Second Division	9	0	2	0	—		0	0	11	0
Fréjus Saint-Raphaël	2014–15[9]	National	31	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	32	3
Bourg-en-Bresse Péronnas	2015–16[9]	Ligue 2	33	2	4	0	4	0	0	0	41	2
	2016–17[9]		36	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	37	2
	Bourg-en-Bresse total		69	4	4	0	5	0	0	0	78	4
Cardiff City	2017–18[10]	Championship	27	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	32	0
	2018–19[11]	Premier League	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	4	0
	2019–20	Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
	Cardiff City total		29	0	4	0	3	0	0	0	36	0
Heart of Midlothian	2019–20	Scottish Premiership	18	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	21	0
	Heart of Midlothian total		18	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	21	0
Career total			223	8	16	0	12	0	0	0	251	8

Honours

Cardiff City

• EFL Championship runner-up: 2017–18[12]

References

1. "Club list of registered players: As at 19th May 2018: Cardiff City" (PDF). English Football League. p. 12. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
2. "Loïc Damour: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
3. Deux nouveaux jeunes passeront pros Archived 2008-06-21 at the Wayback Machine
4. Archived 2008-09-07 at the Wayback Machine
5. Damour jusqu'en 2013
6. Ian Mitchelmore (6 July 2017). "Cardiff City sign French midfielder Loïc Damour on a free transfer". WalesOnline. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
7. "Burton Albion 0–1 Cardiff City". BBC Sport. 5 August 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
8. "Hearts: Loic Damour signs after leaving Cardiff". BBC Sport. 9 August 2019. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
9. Loïc Damour at Soccerway. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
10. "Games played by Loïc Damour in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
11. "Games played by Loïc Damour in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
12. Anderson, John, ed. (2018). Football Yearbook 2018–2019. London: Headline Publishing Group. pp. 106–107. ISBN 978-1-4722-6106-9.

External links

• Loïc Damour at the French Football Federation (in French). Archived at webarchive.org.
• Profile on RC Strasbourg Website
• LFP Profile