Quentin Merlin
Merlin in 2023
Personal information
Date of birth (2002-05-16) 16 May 2002
Place of birth Nantes, France
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Position(s) Left-back / left wing-back
Team information
Current team
 Nantes
Number 29
Youth career
2008–2012 FC Goélands Samaritains
2012–2013 Nantes
2013–2015 Pornic Foot
2015–2021 Nantes
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2021 Nantes II 10 (1)
2021– Nantes 53 (3)
International career‡
2017–2018 France U16 3 (0)
2018–2019 France U17 6 (1)
2019–2020 France U18 3 (0)
2021 France U20 3 (0)
2022– France U21 9 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 July 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 October 2023

Quentin Merlin (born 16 May 2002) is a French professional footballer who plays as a left-back or left wing-back for Ligue 1 club Nantes.[2]

Early life

Born in Nantes, Merlin grew up in Sainte-Marie-sur-Mer, in a family with Méricourtois origins. Football-wise, he was formed in Brittany, between the towns of Nantes and Pornic.[3][4][5]

Club career

In January 2021, Merlin was selected by Nantes manager Raymond Domenech several times in the professional squad.[3][6][7] He eventually made his professional debut for Nantes on 10 February 2021, coming on as a half-time substitute for Ludovic Blas in a 4–2 Coupe de France loss to Lens.[8]

The manager who selected Merlin for the game was not on the bench as the young player entered the field, Domenech having been tested positive for COVID-19, and eventually learning he had been fired right after the Lens game.[9] Antoine Kombouaré succeeded him in the manager position.[10]

On 19 March 2021, Merlin signed his first professional contract with Nantes.[11]

International career

Merlin is a youth international for France.[4][5]

Honours

Nantes

References

  1. ↑ "Quentin Merlin". FC Nantes. Archived from the original on 25 July 2022.
  2. ↑ Quentin Merlin at Soccerway
  3. 1 2 "FC Nantes - RC Lens. Quentin Merlin s'invite en Coupe de France". Ouest-France (in French). 10 February 2021. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
  4. 1 2 Brochet, Guillaume (24 September 2018). "Equipe de France U17 : avec Quentin Merlin ancien du Pôle Espoirs !". Ligue de Football des Pays de la Loire (in French). Retrieved 10 February 2021.
  5. 1 2 "Quentin Merlin". Fédération Française de Football (in French). Retrieved 10 February 2021.
  6. ↑ Aubert, Bastien (10 February 2021). "FC Nantes : qui est Quentin Merlin, la pépite sur qui craque Raymond Domenech ?". But! Football Club (in French). Retrieved 10 February 2021.
  7. ↑ "Nantes : premier groupe professionnel pour Quentin Merlin et Abdoulaye Sylla". Actufoot (in French). 10 February 2021. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
  8. ↑ Buet, Christopher (10 February 2021). "Résultat et résumé Nantes - Lens, Coupe de France, 32es de finale". L'Équipe (in French). Retrieved 10 February 2021.
  9. ↑ Léger-Moëc, Aurélien (10 February 2021). "Nantes : Raymond Domenech a appris son éviction à 17h15". Foot Mercato (in French). Retrieved 10 February 2021.
  10. ↑ "Kombouaré replaces Domenech at Nantes". Ligue1. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  11. ↑ "Premier contrat professionnel pour Quentin Merlin". FC Nantes. 19 March 2021. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  12. ↑ "COUPE DE FRANCE 2021 - 2022 - FINALE". fff.fr. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
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