Julie Thibaud

Julie Thibaud

Thibaud in 2018
Personal information
Full name	Julie Martine Thibaud[1]
Date of birth	(1998-04-20) 20 April 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth	Niort, France
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Leicester City
Number	17
Youth career
2005–2013	AS Échiré Saint-Gelais
2013–2016	Soyaux
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2014–2017	Soyaux	38	(1)
2017–2023	Bordeaux	88	(2)
2023–	Leicester City	18	(0)
International career^‡
2016–2018	France U19	15	(3)
2017–2018	France U20	15	(0)
2019–2022	France U23	6	(1)
2023–	France	3	(0)
Medal record Representing  France Women's football UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship Winner 2016 Slovakia
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 April 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21 February 2023

Julie Martine Thibaud (born 20 April 1998) is a French professional footballer who plays as a defender for Women's Super League club Leicester City and the France national team.

Career

Thibaud started playing football at a tiny club called AS Échiré Saint-Gelais in Saint-Gelais, but she had to move aged 15, as her club did not have any women's team and she had been playing with the boys until then.^[2] She then joined ASJ Soyaux, before going to the FC Girondins de Bordeaux in 2017.^[3]

Thibaud was called up to the France national team for the first time by Corinne Diacre on 10 September 2020.^[4]

On 31 August 2023, Thibaud signed for Women's Super League side Leicester City on a two-year deal.^[5]

Honours

France U19

• UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship: 2016

References

1. "Official List of Players U20WWC" (PDF). FIFA.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 July 2018. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
2. Esther (11 August 2016). "Julie, championne d'Europe de Foot U19, nous parle de son parcours". madmoiZelle.com (in French). Retrieved 12 September 2020.
3. Carré, Arnaud (30 August 2017). "Foot - D1 féminine : l'internationale Julie Thibaud pose ses crampons chez les Girondins de Bordeaux". France Bleu (in French). Retrieved 12 September 2020.
4. "Équipe de France féminine. Des nouvelles têtes convoquées, Bouhaddi absente de la liste de Diacre". Ouest-France (in French). 10 September 2020.
5. "Julie Thibaud signs for LCFC Women". Leicester City FC. 31 August 2023.

External links

• Julie Thibaud – UEFA competition record (archive)
• Julie Thibaud at the French Football Federation (in French)
• Julie Thibaud at the French Football Federation (archived 2017-02-06) (in French)