The TFC receives Niort this Monday at the Stadium at the end of the 35th day of Ligue 2. A match which can officially or unofficially send the Violets to Ligue 1 depending on the results of the pursuers this weekend. We end our series of players who have made the climb with a 20-year-old defender, who has become the boss of the Toulouse rearguard: Anthony Rouault.
The almost unbeatable TFC when playing
The native of Villeneuve-sur-Lot, who arrived very young at the TFC training center, played 25 games this season (including 24 in Ligue 2), and only lost once. It was against Caen. Injured for part of the season, he came back very strong to establish himself as one of the leaders of this team. Anthony Rouault is even the only Ligue 2 player to appear in the CIES ranking which lists the 100 most promising players under 21 in 32 European championships.
Montanier: “Pay tribute to the educators of the TFC”
Philippe Montanier told our microphone a few weeks ago about the defender: “Anthony Rouault asserted himself. It’s a real source of pride, these are players who arrived at the age of 7 at the club. It’s very rare to see a player who went to school among the pros. football in the club. _Toulouse has that strength there. We must pay tribute to the educators of the TFC because we have a lot of players from the football school. I’ve never seen this in my career_e, except perhaps a little at Real Sociedad because it’s very Basque and they don’t want to leave the region. But in professional clubs in France it is very rare.”