Seven years of good and loyal service. This is how we can sum up the passage of Aurélien Gazeau to FC Chartres, which in 2018 became the CCF. The midfielder with the subtle left paw will therefore close, in June, the Chartres chapter (139 matches and 14 league goals), the longest of his rich career. That’s what the 35-year-old announced on social media.
“In spirit, I’ve always been a ‘clubista’. It is therefore not insignificant to have spent seven years in Chartres. My daughter learned to play soccer here. I met some great people there. Leaders, players, supporters”, observes the 30-year-old, who has become an essential part of the workforce of Jacky Lemée, Jean-Guy Wallemme then Jean-Pierre Papin.
Sports retirement?
Next September, “Gaz” will take up a new challenge, both personal and professional, at the same time as he is considering his retirement from sport: “Everything is not yet settled, but we plan to buy a tobacco-type business -press on the side of Mayenne, the region of origin of my wife”, explains, confident, the former Amiens, who will continue “to follow the results of” his “club”.
This club he chose to join in 2015, at the insistence of Jacky Lemée, impressed by his performance with the ASC reserve in 2015, while Chartres was still playing in CFA2. “I had a proposal from Dunkirk. But in National, it was a one-year contract. There, I had two + another option in case of a climb. I was 28 and wanted to settle down. And even two rungs below, the project seemed interesting to me. I have never regretted this choice”, continues Gazeau, firmly determined to evacuate any feeling of bitterness.
Gazeau: “A great state of mind”
Because the Chartrain episode does not end the way he had imagined. Relegated to the bench from December, the player, who knew the National with four different clubs (Laval, Le Poiré, Carquefou and Amiens), has since alternated between N3 team and short appearances in N2. “Clearly, I was no longer the coach’s first choice, but I accepted it. I have always respected his decisions and I have never complained about it, ”says Gazeau, exemplary in the state of mind as on the meadow.
Even if the weight of the years began to be felt: “In terms of recovery, it was no longer the same”, recognizes the person concerned, very close to his teammates Arnaud Archimbaud or Nicolas Palbrois: “The old grump, I begins to master it. We can take the lead on nothing at all, but very quickly, we laugh about it! “, Confesses this fan of FC Nantes, as much disappointed with the “regrets years” (“2019-2020: the failed National climbs with Jean-Guy Wallemme without us really understanding why”) as by the new disillusionment of the season in Classes.
Held in check by Poissy, there will be no climb for the CCF
To these questions, “Gaz” prefers a retro look, but to get the best out of it: “The rise to the CFA, at the MMArena in Le Mans, in 2016, was extraordinary. Like the Coupe de France matches against Orléans (3-1, author of the 3rd goal) then Tours (1-2), in 2017-2018 ”, notes the player, who passed through the Stade Lavallois training center, not very far accession to Ligue 2. All the harm he wishes for the club he is about to leave: “Compared to the means implemented, Chartres deserves to go up and I sincerely hope that the club will get there” , concludes the wise Gazeau. As for his own case, which he considers secondary, he has only one wish: “To continue to be happy. »
BIO
Born May 6, 1986 in Nantes (Loire-Atlantique).
1.76m, 78kg. Position: relay midfielder.
Club course: FC Nantes (1994-2000), Lavallois Stadium (2000-2008), Saint-Pryvé (2008-2009), Le Poiré-sur-Vie (2009-2013), Carquefou (2013-2014), Amiens SC (2014-2015 ), FC Chartres then C’Chartres (since 2015). Awards: 2 climbs in CFA (2010, 2016), 1 in National (2011).
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David Berthelem
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