Par Florian Puche
Published on 27 May 22 at 18:15
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Vincent Guilbaultfaithful and solid defender of theAS Vitre decided to leave the club. After eight years of good and loyal service, the man from 30 ans return to their region of origin.
Arrived at the age of 22 at the ASV
We remember some days more than others. In this early summer 2014most football fans remember the defeat of France against Germany in the quarter-finals of World Cupbut for Vincent Guilbaut, just 22 years old, it’s his signature at AS Vitré which will mark this summer of 2014.
Evolving for the first time in CFA, Vincent remembers a very good integration: “I have very good memories of my arrival, the coach immediately integrated me very well into the team. »
At the time, Michel Sorin, the coach, noticed the young player’s potential and immediately trusted him: “It was my first season at this level, I didn’t expect to do a full season, but it went very well. . »
Good memories…
If you ask him for his best memory, the first that comes to mind happened on 11 May 2019when Briac Menoret entered the 73e minutes the only goal of a match taking place at Furianithus allowing the Blood and Gold to clinch the hold with three points more than Corsican :
Obviously, these are memories engraved forever. To stay in this group with great teams, because there were clubs that now play National (Boulogne, Bastia-Borgo, Saint-Brieuc) and a lot of reserves (PSG, Nantes, Lorient, Le Havre).
Other memories come to mind, such as the journey in French Cup during this same 2018-2019 season, and that of 2021-2022.
–And some not so good
When you spend eight seasons at a club, there are bound to be some less good memories or some more negative notes. But the solid defender doesn’t really pay attention to it: “The most negative was the Covid period, where we feel like we’re wasting our time, especially at my age when I’m not very far now from hanging up my clothes. crampons. »
At 30, if he still has good years of football left, the future ex-Vitrean would have liked maintain ASV and N2 : “To finish this season on a relegation, it’s really a shame… We had a goal and we didn’t manage to obtain it. The group is really disappointed. »
Eight years of dating
Over these eight seasons with the ASV jersey, Vincent will have seen players arrive and leave, and will have created many affinities : “I’ve met a lot of top guys, whether Kev’ Aubeneau, Kev’ Amourette, Eliott Sorin, Hugo Demory, Robin Théault and so on. »
But maybe there is a player with whom it is more special?
Yes, there is a special relationship with Jordan Lebacle which happened at the same time as me. I know I will keep in touch with him, but otherwise I hope to be able to keep in touch with most guys.
–A new start
Vincent Guilbaut does not yet know in which club he will play next seasonbut what he is sure of is that he will return to his native region, near Niort, and that we will have to go back to certain basics: “The habits, the work, the different benchmarks necessarily after eight years in Vitré… I will miss my habits. We will have to find all that again even if I already know the region, we will have to relearn this environment, but a new project is always positive. »
After eight years of good and loyal service under the Blood and Gold colors of AS Vitré, Vincent Guilbault would like to send a message to a person who meant a lot to him, the former president, Guy Guyard.
I sincerely want to thank him. He brought me a lot and always trusted me. We have a special relationship and I have complete confidence in him, I know there is a lot of respect in both directions so I really want to thank him.
Vincent Guilbaut will have left his mark as a player, but also as a man in the spans of the municipal stadium of Vitre.
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