Amélie Coquet

Amélie Coquet (born 31 December 1984, in Hazebrouck) is a French football player who played for RC Lens Féminin. She spent the majority of her career at FCF Juvisy of the Division 1 Féminine. Coquet plays as a midfielder, and won the league with FCF Juvisy in 2005–06. She made seventeen appearances as a French international between 2003 and 2010.

Personal life Coquet was born on 31 December 1984 in the town of Hazebrouck (in Nord-Pas-de-Calais). In 2003, she was enrolled at the university of Liévin for studies in Sciences et techniques des activités physiques et sportives (STAP) .

She works as a firefighter in Essonne.

Club career Early career Coquet began playing for U.S. Coyecquoise at the age of 5 under the guidance of her father and uncle. She remained at the club until June 1998, when a month later she joined U.S. Therouannaise where she played until June 1999. Cercle Athlétique d'Eperlecques was her next destination from July 1999 until October 2001 when she caught local attention and was called up for the Nord-Pas-de-Calais regional team. At this early stages of her career she played as a forward.

After eleven seasons playing for Juvisy, including over 250 matches played in all competitions, Coquet and Nelly Guilbert retired from football at the end of the 2015–16 season.

FCF Arras In December 2016, Coquet came out of retirement to play for Division 2 Féminine side Arras FCF (now Racing Club de Lens Féminin).

International career Youth Early in her career while representing the Nord-Pas-de-Calais regional team, Coquet earned her first caps with the under-16 team. She also played for the under-21 team.

Senior She made her senior international debut on 8 September 2003 in a UEFA Women's Euro 2005 qualification match against Iceland and was named in the French squad for the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup, where she played 13 minutes against Brazil. She also played matches at 2004 Algarve Cup, 2006 Algarve Cup, 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification and friendly matches, earning a total of seventeen caps and scoring three goals from 2003 to 2010.

Career statistics

Club Statistics accurate as of 21 September 2016.

International

(Correct as of 1 September 2016)

International goals Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1 20 March 2004 Estádio de São Luís, Faro, Portugal 2–3 3–3 2004 Algarve Cup 2 9 March 2006 Estádio de São Luís, Faro, Portugal 0–1 2–2 2006 Algarve Cup 3 8 March 2008 Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca, Morocco 0–1 0–6 FriendlyCorrect as of 1 September 2016

Honours

Club Juvisy Division 1 Féminine (1): 2005–06

International France U-19 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship (1): 2003