Jérôme Lafourcade

Jérôme Lafourcade (born 15 January 1983) is a French football striker who currently plays for Mont-de-Marsan. He began his professional career with Montpellier and has also had spells with Troyes, Châteauroux and Chamois Niortais.

Jérôme Lafourcade
Personal information
Full name Jérôme Lafourcade
Date of birth (1983-01-15) 15 January 1983
Place of birth Dax, France
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Striker
Club information
Current team
 Mont-de-Marsan
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2007 Montpellier 96 (23)
2007–2010 Troyes 64 (21)
2010–2012 Châteauroux 47 (8)
2012–2014 Chamois Niortais 45 (10)
2014 Luzenac 0 (0)
2014– Mont-de-Marsan 51 (13)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13:25, 2 May 2018 (UTC)

Career

As a youth, Lafourcade played for JA Dax and Mont-de-Marsan before joining Ligue 1 side Montpellier in 2002 after a successful trial. In the 2002–03 season, he played 15 matches for the reserve team in the CFA, scoring twice.[1] Lafourcade made his senior debut for Montpellier in the 1–0 away win against Bordeaux on 9 August 2003, coming on as a second-half substitute for Jean-Matthieu Descamps. He made his first professional start away at Strasbourg on 20 December 2003 and scored his first goal for Montpellier in the same match. He played a total of 21 matches in the 2003–04 campaign, scoring three times.[2] Montpellier were relegated to Ligue 2 at the end of the season, and Lafourcade went on to make a further 74 league games for the club over the following three seasons. On 5 May 2006 in the 1–1 draw with Bastia he was shown the first red card of his career having received two bookings, after scoring the equalising goal for Montpellier earlier in the match.

Lafourcade signed for then Ligue 2 side Troyes in the summer of 2007 on a three-year contract. He made 13 appearances in the first three months of the season, including a 3–1 away win over Châteauroux in which he scored twice. In November 2007, Lafourcade broke the fifth metatarsal bone in his foot, ruling him out for three months.[3] In fact, he did not play again in the 2007–08 season but went on to play 18 matches the following season as Troyes were relegated to the Championnat National. He made 31 starts in the 2009–10 season and scored 17 goals to help Troyes achieve a third-place finish in the National and subsequent promotion back to Ligue 2 at the first attempt. Lafourcade was offered a new contract by the club at the end of the campaign and was also linked with a move to Strasbourg,[4][5] but he signed for Châteauroux on 2 August 2010.[6]

Lafourcade spent two seasons with Châteauroux, during which time he made 47 league appearances, 18 of them as a substitute, and scored 8 goals. On 20 June 2012 he joined newly promoted Ligue 2 side Chamois Niortais on a free transfer, signing a one-year deal with an optional extra year at the end of the contract.[7] He went on to play 45 league matches for Niort, scoring 10 goals.

Following the end of his contract with Niort, Lafourcade joined Luzenac in June 2014.[8] However, following the refusal of the club's promotion to Ligue 2 for the 2014–15 season, he left the club in September of the same year. He subsequently returned to his boyhood club Mont-de-Marsan, in the Championnat de France amateur, the following month.[9]

Career statistics
As of 2 May 2018.
Club Division Season League Coupe de France Coupe de la Ligue Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Montpellier Ligue 1 2003–04 2132000233
Ligue 2 2004–05 23711422810
2005–06 28744213412
2006–07 24653113010
Troyes Ligue 2 2007–08 1320020152
2008–09 1822100203
National 2009–10 331732233822
Châteauroux Ligue 2 2010–11 2761000286
2011–12 2023000232
Chamois Niortais Ligue 2 2012–13 2681000278
2013–14 1922200214
Mont-de-Marsan CFA 2014–15 1610000161
2015–16 22832002510
2016–17 1340000134
National 2 2017–18 00000000
Total30375271511734197

References
  1. "Montpellier Reserve Pro 2002/2003". Stat2Foot. Retrieved 21 June 2012.
  2. "Jérôme Lafourcade season 2003/2004". LFP. Retrieved 21 June 2012.
  3. Erwann Penland (6 November 2007). "Troyes: Lafourcade absent trois mois". Foot National. Retrieved 21 June 2012.
  4. Farid Ahnache (19 May 2010). "Troyes: Prolongation pour Lafourcade?". Foot National. Retrieved 21 June 2012.
  5. "M'Bongo a signé". L'Alsace. 24 June 2010. Retrieved 21 June 2012.
  6. Farid Ahnache (2 August 2010). "Châteauroux: Arrivée de Lafourcade (Troyes)". Foot National. Retrieved 21 June 2012.
  7. Erwann Penland (20 June 2012). "Niort: Un buteur de Ligue 2 a signé". Foot National. Retrieved 21 June 2012.
  8. "Recrutement d'un attaquant" (in French). luzenac-ap.fr. 6 June 2014. Retrieved 14 June 2014.
  9. Erwann Penland (8 October 2014). "Mont de Marsan : Un ancien de L2 et de Luzenac a dit oui". foot-national.com. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
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