Pierre Morice

Pierre Morice
Personal information
Full name Pierre Morice
Date of birth (1962-03-25) March 25, 1962
Place of birth Saint-Brieuc, France
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1980–1987 Nantes 142 (6)
1987–1990 Chamois Niortais 87 (19)
1988–1989 → Saint-Étienne (loan) 21 (2)
1990–1991 Nice 9 (0)
1993 Tampa Bay Rowdies 22 (9)
1994–1995 Minnesota Thunder 18 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 09:27, 13 July 2009 (UTC)

Pierre Morice is a retired French professional footballer. Pierre played seven seasons for FC Nantes in the 1980s, where he was part of the French Division 1 (Ligue 1) winning team. Pierre was also part of the FC Nantes squad that went onto the final rounds of the UEFA Cup (what is now the Champions League) where he scored the winning goal against Spartak Moscow in the round of 16.[1] He went onto play for Division 1 teams Chamois Niortais, AS Saint-Etienne, and OGC Nice before moving to the United States where he finished out his career in the USL with the Minnesota Thunder (now the Minnesota United FC).[2] His son, Max Morice, played one season of college soccer at Yale, before signing a professional contract with French club Stade Rennais F.C. in August 2012.[3]

Honours

References

  1. ↑ "(C3) UEFA Cup : Spartak Moscow vs. Nantes". footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 2018-01-13.
  2. ↑ "Soccer is a Habit that Thunder's Morice Can't Kick." Minneapolis Star-Tribune, May 15, 1994.
  3. ↑ "Morice Signs Professional Contract To Play In France". Yale Athletics. 21 August 2012. Retrieved 26 July 2013.


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