Gilbert Meriel (born 11 November 1986) is a soccer player from Tahiti currently playing for A.S. Vénus and for the Tahiti national football team. He was part of the Tahitian squad at the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup in Brazil.[2]
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| Full name | Gilbert Meriel[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 11 November 1986 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Tahiti | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | A.S. Vénus | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1995–2000 | A.S. Vénus | ||||||||||||||||
| 2000–2003 | Angers | ||||||||||||||||
| 2003–2006 | Carquefou | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2006–2008 | Carquefou | ||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2011 | A.S. Tefana | ||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2014 | AS Central Sport | ||||||||||||||||
| 2014– | A.S. Vénus | ||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2011– | Tahiti | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:16, 23 June 2013 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||
Meriel started playing soccer at the age of nine on Tahitian club A.S. Vénus. Five years later, he went to France to join the youth academy at Angers SCO, where he stayed for three years. While in France, Meriel also played for US Jeanne d'Arc Carquefou competing in the lower leagues, before returning home at 18. Upon his return home Meriel, like many of his national team colleagues, was forced to get another job and become a semi-professional athlete. Metiel earned a bachelor in economy and administration, becoming an auditor for consulting group KPMG.[3]
On the Confederations Cup, Meriel had his first cap as the starting goalkeeper for Tahiti's in the squad's final game against Uruguay in Recife. While Tahiti lost 8-0, Meriel was applauded once he saved a penalty kick from the eventually sent-off Andres Scotti.[4][5]
Honours
editTahiti
- Pacific Games: 3rd place 2011[6]
References
edit- ^ "Squad lists for the FIFA Confederations Cup Brazil 2013" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA). 7 June 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 June 2013. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
- ^ "Profile". Football Database. Retrieved 6 June 2013.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 18 June 2013. Retrieved 17 July 2013.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Confederations Cup: Tahitian delight at penalty save". BBC Sport. 23 June 2013. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
- ^ "FIFA Confederations Cup Brazil 2013: Uruguay 8:0 (4:0) Tahiti - Summary". Archived from the original on 4 August 2013. Retrieved 17 July 2013.
- ^ "Football at the 2011 Pacific Games-Tahiti Squad". Retrieved 31 October 2024.
External links
edit- Gilbert Meriel – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Gilbert Meriel at National-Football-Teams.com
- Gilbert Meriel at Soccerway
- Facebook Account Gilbert Meriel
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