If the current goalkeeper of FC Nantes, Alban Lafont, was not retained by Didier Deschamps for the World Cup in Qatar, the name of Jordan Veretout appears on the other hand in the list of 25 Blues unveiled this Wednesday evening
. Back to the midfield route originally from Loire-Atlantique and trained at FC Nantes.
The first dribbles at Belligné
Jordan Veretout is 29 years old. IHe was born in Ancenis on March 1, 1993. He started playing football at the Belligné club, a small town of 1,800 inhabitants, on the border of Maine-et-Loire where his father was a leader. He was quickly spotted by FC Nantes. He joined the training center of la Jonelière at only 10 years old.
First match in Ligue 2 at 18
He very quickly made appearances in the pro group, at the age of 16, before entering the field for the first time in May 2011 against Sedan in Ligue 2. A few months later, and at only 18, he became the he was one of the strong men of the Canaries, still in Ligue 2. During the 2012-2013 season, coach Michel Der Zakarian gave him the keys to the Nantes game. He contributes greatly to the rise of the club in Ligue 1.
England then Italy
He played there for two more seasons before going abroad. Recruited by the English of Aston Villa in the summer of 2015, he was loaned to Saint-Étienne a year later.
Then, in 2017, began his long Italian adventure. First to Fiorentina then to AS Roma with whom he won the Europa League Conference last spring before returning to France and signing for at least three seasons at OM.
Already winner of the League of Nations with the Blues
He is selected for the first time with the Blues at the end of the summer of 2021 and played his first match a few days later, on September 1. He started against Bosnia and Herzegovina in the qualifying rounds for the World Cup in Qatar. That same year, he won the League of Nations with the French team.