Some energetic overflows on the left side. With his power and ball speed, the right-hander Loïc Gagnon has already caught the eye of Chartres supporters for his first on the banks of the Eure, Saturday July 30, against Créteil (3-0). It is a habit taken very young. Arrived from Granville, the new eccentric striker of the CCF, 1.73 m, was quickly noticed on the ground. Problem, outside the play areas too…
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“I did stupid things”, admits the Togolese of origin, born in Bondy and trained in Torcy, in the Paris region. After passing through Troyes, it cost him his place at the Monaco training center. After only a short season. “I got fired for behavioral reasons. “It may even have deprived him of the great career that seemed promised to him when he had bounced back to Nice, where he knew Loïc Rémy, Cyril Rool, and Cyril Jeunechamp, for four seasons. The last in the pro group under the orders of Frédéric Antonetti.
The agents were calling, the recruiters too… Unconsciously, I took the big head…
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“I was a party animal, continues Loïc Gagnon. When I was young, I was quickly put on a pedestal. The agents were calling, the recruiters too. And my parents, who came from a modest background in Africa, didn’t have the hindsight to tell me to stay lucid. Unconsciously, I took the big head… ”
Without safeguards, the U17 international, a few selections alongside Alexandre Lacazette, Clément Grenier or Gaël Kakuta, was fooled. While he had received an offer from the OGCN, he was dangled with a juicier contract in Lille that he was never able to initial.
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As a result, he became the father of a little boy named Jayden at the age of 20, “an upheaval”, he found himself with nothing. He then traveled a lot. In France, near Ivry (N2), Cagnes-sur-Mer (DH) and Villemomble (N2). But also abroad. In Slovakia, he played in D2 in Bardejov and in D1 in Trnava, a club which played in the preliminary rounds of the Europa League. He also did Romania, in Snagov (D2), and even Brazil, in Belo Horizonte, but without being able to play for administrative reasons. “These experiences brought me a lot, made me grow. »
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Returning to France in 2018, Loïc Gagnon, now the father of a second child, a little seven-month-old Aelya, is today a peaceful man. At 31, he has no regrets about his somewhat bumpy career. ” That’s life. We cannot redo what has passed and we must keep the best. And looks to the future. A future that will be written this year under the colors of Chartres, after having worn the jersey of Saint-Nazaire (N3), Poiré-sur-Vie (N3) but also Vitré (N2) and Granville (N2), the past season. “I will give my best on the pitch. Outside, he will often be content with small family outings. The age of maturity…
THE GAME
After two successes against two other N2 formations (3-1 against Beauvais and 3-0 against Créteil), C’Chartres Football is up against a more unusual opponent for its third preparation match, this Tuesday August 2 (5 p.m. ), to Jean-Gallet: the PetrusFlo selection. Created by footballer Florian Petrus, it is made up of players looking for a project. Tonight, it should be National level elements at N3. Faced with this surely heterogeneous set, beaten 7-1 by Jura Sud (N2) on July 23, Jean-Pierre Papin, the CCF coach, planned to give playing time to his entire workforce again.
Chartres (Jean-Gallet stadium), this Tuesday August 2 at 5 p.m.
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Franck Thébault
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