Selected by Didier Deschamps, Dayot Upamecano is one of the pillars of the French defense for the 2022 World Cup. Between the ages of 6 and 10, he made his first dribbles at Vaillante d’Angers, where young footballers are attentive to his career in Qatar .
On the meadows of the Monplaisir district, north of Angers, the path of the Azzurri to the World Cup is on everyone’s mind. At Vaillante Angers football, we obviously praise Mbappé or Giroud, but another player attracts the favor of younger players: Dayot Upamecano.
“I like him, and then he played here between U6 and U13,” says 8-year-old Constant, who was not yet on the pitch at the time. “He’s strong, he’s playing well, he’s passing well, he’s doing a lot of things that are very, very good.” analyzes Ishak, also 8 years old.
It is in fact under the colors of Vaillante, from 6 to 10 years old, that Dayot Upamecano started playing. This is the first club where the Évreux (Eure) native, who also has Bissaoguinean nationality through his family, has been sacked.
This green shirt from Vaillante, Dayot Upamecano received it in Qatar like all the other Blues, for a souvenir photo of the FFF as a tribute to their first club. The leaders of the Montplaisir club, especially their cousin Claude Gomis, sporting director, appreciate this emphasis.
He was discreet by nature when he arrived. But once he put on the green suit of the Valiant, he gave the full potential of him. We know the physical monster he’s become, but he was already a head ahead of everyone else at the time.
Claudius Gomiscousin of Dayot Upamecano and sporting director of Vaillante d’Angers
For Vaillante president Julien Planchard, the current international defender has not forgotten his time at the club. “That we find in Qatar a child who has been with us is necessarily a source of pride, slips. And I think he has some recognition too, he talks about it often”
Vaillante now hopes to receive a Dayot shirt with the Blues, just to continue raising the voice of amateur football.
