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A monument of women's football is about to hang up the crampons. At 39, Gaëtane Thiney decided to end his career after the season. A career started a quarter of a century ago when she was only 14 years old. So in Saint-Memmie, the attacker played his first game in the elite in September 2000.
Twenty-five years later, the Captain of Paris FC, current third of Arkema First League, therefore decided to say stop.
“Since my first steps on a field in 1990, football has been my engine, my obsession, my daily challenge, my school of life, She wrote on social networks. Indescriptible joys, noted challenges, unforgettable encounters and memories engraved forever. All history has an end, and mine as a high -level player will end in 2025, before opening a new chapter in my life. »»
After six years in his training club, Gaëtane Thiney joined the US Compiègne and especially Juvisy, which then became Paris FC, accumulating more than 600 games in the elite, but not the slightest trophy. And her record also remained a virgin with the French team, of which she has become an emblematic figure with no less than 163 selections and 58 goals, making it the third best banner in history behind Marie-Laure Delie (65 goals) and Eugénie Le Sommer (94 goals).
More called in the France team since 2019
His latest selection nevertheless dates back to the fall of 2019 against Serbia (6-0), a few months after the quarter-final lost to the United States at the World Cup in France (2-1), neither Corinne Diacre, nor Hervé Renard afterwards in despite her great performances with Paris FC.
Gaëtane Thiney can dream of an end in apotheosis. Paris FC, the third of the D1 Arkena, can indeed dream of a feat in playoffs and will mainly compete in the final of the Coupe de France, on May 3, against PSG. “It is not yet the time of farewells, but rather that of savoring every moment, to continue to dream and to give everything to the last match with this passion that never left me”, She wrote in her message.
Failing to win a collective trophy, if not the euro with the U19, Gaëtane Thiney was twice the best player of the D1 (2012 and 2014).
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