William Gros

William Gros (born 31 March 1992) is a professional footballer who plays for AS Vitré and the Madagascar national football team as a striker.

This article is about the French footballer. For other uses, see William Gross.

William Gros
Personal information
Date of birth (1992-03-31) 31 March 1992
Place of birth St. Pierre, Réunion
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Striker
Club information
Current team
 AS Vitré
Youth career
Le Havre
JS Saint-Pierroise
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2014 Kilmarnock 50 (2)
2014 Oldham Athletic 1 (0)
2014–2015 Toulouse Rodéo 11 (2)
2016– AS Vitré 57 (14)
National team‡
2018– Madagascar[1] 4 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:56, 30 June 2019 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 09:55, 2 February 2020 (UTC)

Career

Gros played in France for Le Havre and in his native Réunion for JS Saint-Pierroise before signing for Scottish club Kilmarnock in September 2010.[2] After making a substitute appearance, he scored on his first start for the club in March 2011 against St Mirren.[2] Gros signed a new three-year contract with the club in August 2013.[3] In March 2014, following a lack of games, Gros announced he was considering his future at the club.[4]

In June 2014 Gros went on trial with English club Oldham Athletic.[5] On 21 July 2014, Gros signed a one-month contract with the club.[6][7] Oldham manager Lee Johnson told Gros to prove his fitness in order to earn a longer contract with the club.[8] Gros was released by the club on 21 August 2014.[9]

He then returned to France, playing with Toulouse Rodéo and AS Vitré.[10]

International career

Gros has a distant Malagasy ancestry, a great-great-grandmother,[11] a generation that exceeds those allowed by the FIFA eligibility rules (parents and grandparents). However, he was called up to the Madagascar national football team on 11 August 2018.[12] He made his professional debut for Madagascar in a 1–0 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification win over Equatorial Guinea on 16 October 2018.[13]

Personal life

Gros was born to a Martiniquais father and a Réunionnais mother.[14]

Career statistics
As of 30 June 2019
Club Season League Cup League Cup Other Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Kilmarnock 2010–11[15] 111000000111
2011–12[16] 8010000090
2012–13[17] 171201000201
2013–14[18] 140101000160
Total 502402000562
Oldham Athletic 2014–15[19] 1000100020
Toulouse Rodéo 2014–15[10] 112000000112
AS Vitré 2016–17[10] 8300000083
2017–18[10] 243100000253
2018–19[10] 2585200003010
Total 57146200006316
Career total 11918102300013220

References
  1. "William Gros". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  2. Alan Marshall (1 March 2011). "Kilmarnock chief Mixu Paatelainen: Starlet William Gros can be hit in SPL.. but fans must be patient". Daily Record. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
  3. "Kris Boyd and William Gros sign new Kilmarnock contracts". BBC Sport. 1 August 2013. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
  4. "Kilmarnock striker William Gros considering future". The Scotsman. 21 March 2014. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
  5. Sheldan Keay (26 June 2014). "Oldham boss targeting Sidibe, Featherstone and Gros". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
  6. "SIGNING: William Gros". Oldham Athletic A.F.C. 21 July 2014. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
  7. "Oldham Athletic: Amari Morgan-Smith & Willie Gros join". BBC Sport. 21 July 2014. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
  8. Matthew Chambers (17 July 2014). "Johnson seeks Gros profit". Oldham Evening Chronicle. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
  9. "William Gros Released". Oldham Athletic A.F.C. 21 August 2014. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
  10. William Gros at Soccerway. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
  11. "Football (N2) : William Gros, de l'AS Vitré, a la CAN en ligne de mire" [Football (N2): William Gros, from AS Vitre, has the AFCON in sight]. Actu. 20 September 2018. Retrieved 21 June 2019. It is from my great-great-grandmother that I hold my Malagasy origins.
  12. "William Gros et Romain Métanire arrivent chez les Barea de Madagascar" (in French). Orange.mg. 12 August 2018. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
  13. https://actu.fr/bretagne/vitre_35360/football-william-gros-las-vitre-jouera-coupe-dafrique-nations_19118530.html
  14. Sureau, Julien (11 March 2017). "Football. William Gros, attaquant de l'AS Vitré, globe-trotter du ballon rond" [Football. William Gros, AS Vitré striker, globe-trotter of the round ball] (in French). Actu. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  15. "Games played by William Gros in 2010/2011". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
  16. "Games played by William Gros in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
  17. "Games played by William Gros in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
  18. "Games played by William Gros in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
  19. "Games played by William Gros in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 October 2016.


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