Thierry Audel

Thierry Audel
Thierry Audel playing for Welling United against St Albans City (2 March 2019)
Personal information
Full name Thierry Gerard Audel[1]
Date of birth (1987-01-15) 15 January 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth Nice, France
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[2]
Position(s) Centre back / Right back[3]
Team information
Current team
 Brackley Town
Youth career
1992–1997 Saint Laurent Du Var
1997–2001 Cavigal de Nice
2001–2003 OGC Nice
2003–2004 FC Istres
2004–2006 Auxerre
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2007 Auxerre 0 (0)
2007 Izola 0 (0)
2007–2010 Triestina 6 (1)
2008–2009 → San Marino (loan) 32 (1)
2010–2012 Pisa 29 (0)
2013 Macclesfield Town 19 (1)
2013–2015 Crewe Alexandra 4 (0)
2014 → Lincoln City (loan) 14 (3)
2014 → Lincoln City (loan) 3 (0)
2015 Macclesfield Town 12 (2)
2015–2017 Notts County 44 (3)
2017–2018 Barrow 7 (0)
2018–2019 Welling United 41 (8)
2019–2020 Brackley Town 28 (7)
2020–2022 Rapallo Ruentes
2022–2023 Sestrese
International career
France U19
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12:27, 3 March 2019 (UTC)

Thierry Gerard Audel (born 15 January 1987) is a former French footballer who played as a centre back. He is the cousin of former French footballer Johan Audel.

He has played in France, Italy and England (also spending a brief time on the books of Slovenian club Izola).[4] A reserve team player at AJ Auxerre, he spent three years at Italian side Triestina from 2007 to 2010, and also played on loan at San Marino, before moving on to Pisa. He moved to England in January 2013 to play for Macclesfield Town, before signing with Crewe Alexandra five months later. During his time at Crewe, Audel had two loan spells at Lincoln City. In February 2015, Audel re-signed for Macclesfield Town, before a summer move to newly relegated Notts County in League Two. In July 2017, Audel joined Barrow, moving to Welling United a year later.

Career

Audel played for the reserves of Auxerre before moving to the Italian Serie B club U.S. Triestina Calcio in 2007 via MNK Izola[5][6] (a pure transfer trick or allegedly false accounting).[nb 1] He played two Serie B games for Triestina in the 2007–08 season, and spent the 2008–09 season in the Lega Pro Seconda Divisione for San Marino, making 31 appearances.[citation needed]

Audel had an unsuccessful trial at Portsmouth in summer 2009.[9] He moved to A.C. Pisa 1909 of the Lega Pro Prima Divisione in mid-2010. He made eight appearances in the 2010–11 season and played 23 matches in the 2011–12 campaign.

He had a trial with Conference National club Luton Town in December 2012.[10] The following month he signed a deal with Macclesfield Town.[11] He played 20 games for the Silkmen in the latter half of the 2012–13 season, putting in a number of impressive displays.[12] He did, however, give away a penalty in a 1–0 defeat to Premier League side Wigan Athletic at Moss Rose on 26 January after mistiming a tackle on Callum McManaman.[13]

He signed a two-year contract with League One side Crewe Alexandra in June 2013 after manager Steve Davis paid Macclesfield an undisclosed fee.[14] However, he played just five games for the Railwaymen, being sent on two loan spells to Lincoln City, before returning to Macclesfield Town in February 2015. He then played for newly relegated Notts County in League Two for two seasons. In July 2017, Audel joined Barrow, moving to Welling United a year later.

On 27 June 2019, it was confirmed that Audel had joined Brackley Town.[15]

Style of play

Audel is a defender who can play at centre-back and at right-back. His agent described him as a "strong and powerful defender who's good on the ball".[3][12]

Statistics

Season Club Division League FA Cup League Cup Other[16] Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
2007–08[17] Triestina Serie B 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2008–09[17] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008–09[17] San Marino (loan) Lega Pro Seconda Divisione 31 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 1
2009–10[17] Triestina Serie B 6 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 1
Triestina total 8 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 1
2010–11[17] Pisa Lega Pro Prima Divisione 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
2011–12[17] 21 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 23 0
Pisa total 29 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 31 0
2012–13[18] Macclesfield Town National League 19 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 20 1
Macclesfield total 19 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 20 1
2013–14[19] Crewe Alexandra League One 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2013–14[19] Lincoln City (loan) National League 14 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 3
2014–15[20] Crewe Alexandra League One 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
2014–15[20] Lincoln City (loan) National League 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Crewe total 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
2014–15[20] Macclesfield Town National League 12 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 2
Macclesfield total 12 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 12 2
2015–16[21] Notts County League Two 28 2 1 0 2 0 2 0 33 2
2016–17[22] 16 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 20 1
Notts County total 44 3 2 0 3 0 4 0 53 3
2017–18[23] Barrow National League 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
Barrow total 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
2018–19[24] Welling United National League South 33 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 36 5
Welling United total 33 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 36 5
Career total 204 15 7 1 3 0 8 0 220 16

Notes

  1. ^ Triestina also signed Nicolas Desenclos, Michel Orneck along with Audel (for €200,000) from Izola for a total of €900,000 in 3-year contract.[7][8] Izola signed Desenclos, Orneck and Audel from Montpellier, Monaco and Auxerre respectively and responsible to pay training compensation instead of Triestina (and may in difference amount, i.e. saved cost), despite FIFA DRC later ruled that the true club they joined should pay the training compensation in Attila Filkor's case. The liquidator of Triestina, accused the €900,000 to Izola was instead false accounting.[8]

Honours

Welling United

References

  1. ^ "Retained List 2015-16" (PDF). English Football League. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 December 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
  2. ^ "Profile at Skynetblogs". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 18 September 2008.
  3. ^ a b Jowett, Andy (7 January 2013). "Macclesfield Town swoop for French defender Thierry Audel". Cheshire Today. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
  4. ^ «JE SUIS PARTI SEUL À LONDRES, SANS AGENT» sofoot.com
  5. ^ "ZAPISNIK 10/2007 seje Registracijske komisije Nogometne zveze Slovenije z dne" (PDF). nzs.si (in Slovenian). Retrieved 16 June 2013.
  6. ^ "PREGLED POGODB MED IGRALCI IN KLUBI NA DAN 01.10.20 07, KI SO DEPONIRANE NA NZS" (PDF). nzs.si (in Slovenian). Retrieved 16 June 2013.
  7. ^ US Triestina Calcio SpA Report and Accounts on 30 June 2008 (in Italian)
  8. ^ a b "Triestina, soldi dirottati all'estero Indagato il manager De Giorgis". il Piccolo (in Italian). 27 December 2012. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
  9. ^ "Pompey news round up". portsmouth.vitalfootball.co.uk. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
  10. ^ "Town to make decision on French trialist Audel". Luton Today. 20 December 2012. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
  11. ^ "FA Cup Heroes Sign French Defender". nonleague.pitchero.com. 7 January 2013. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
  12. ^ a b "Port Vale tracking Macclesfield Town lad Thierry Audel". The Sentinel. 14 June 2013. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
  13. ^ Bevan, Chris (26 January 2013). "Macclesfield 0 – 1 Wigan". BBC Sport. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
  14. ^ "Thierry Audel: Crewe Alexandra sign Macclesfield defender". BBC Sport. 24 June 2013. Retrieved 24 June 2013.
  15. ^ Wilkin snaps up French defender Audel to bolster Saints, banburyguardian.co.uk, 27 June 2019
  16. ^ Includes other competitive competitions, including the Football League Trophy.
  17. ^ a b c d e f "Stats". Soccerway. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
  18. ^ "Games played by Thierry Audel in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 September 2011.
  19. ^ a b "Games played by Thierry Audel in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  20. ^ a b c "Games played by Thierry Audel in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  21. ^ "Games played by Thierry Audel in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 September 2011.
  22. ^ "Games played by Thierry Audel in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 September 2011.
  23. ^ "Games played by Thierry Audel in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  24. ^ Welling United matchday programme, 2 March 2019 (vs St Albans City).
  25. ^ "Welling are buzzing as they see off Brentford". 10 April 2019.