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Thierry Vatrican
Monegasque judoka and footballer (born 1975) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Thierry Vatrican (born 19 August 1975) is a Monegasque former judoka and former footballer who played as goalkeeper for Sun Casino. He competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics and the 2000 Summer Olympics and was the Monegasque flag bearer at both those games.[1][2]
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Career
Judo career
Olympic Games
Thierry Vatrican competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics and the 2000 Summer Olympics as a judoka. He finished seventeenth at both tournaments.
Games of the Small States
He represented Monaco at the 1999, 2003, 2005, 2007 and 2009 editions of the Games of the Small States of Europe where he won a total of two gold medals, two silver medals and one bronze medal across 20 years.
Football career
Apart from judo, Thierry Vatrican was also a footballer who played for Sun Casino and the Monaco national team.
He won the Challenge Prince Rainier III with Sun Casino.[3]
Vatrican was capped five times for Monaco between 2005 and 2006,[4] and he was the starting goalkeeper as Monaco came runners-up in the 2006 Viva World Cup after losing 20–1 against Sápmi;[5] he retired from international football after the tournament ended.
Later career
After retiring from judo and football, Vatrican found work as a sous-chef at Monte Carlo Casino. He also became the assistant treasurer for the Monegasque Association of Olympic Athletes.[6]
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Football career honours
Sun Casino
- Challenge Prince Rainier III
- Champions (6): 2005–06, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2012–13[3]
Monaco
References
External links
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