Gaëtane Thiney
Introduction '''Gaëtane Iza Laure Thiney''' (born 28 October 1985) is a French professional footballer who plays for Division 1 Féminine club Paris FC. Primarily a midfielder, she can also play as a striker.Thiney is also a member of the France national team, making her first major tournament appearance with her nation at UEFA Women's Euro 2009.She is a two-time winner of the Division 1 Féminine player of the year award.
Early career Thiney began her career playing for ASS Brienne-le-Château in the commune of Brienne-le-Château, which is 26 miles northeast of her hometown Troyes. After a stint in the youth system, she moved a few miles north to Olympique Saint-Memmie, who were playing in the first division of French women's football. She made her league debut with Saint-Memmie during the 2000–01 season. Thiney spent six seasons at the club and, following the 2005–06 season, secured a moved to US Compiègne Oise in Compiègne. In her first season with the club, she appeared in 21 matches and scored five goals. Unfortunately, Compiègne suffered relegation to the second division. Thiney spent her final season with the club in D2 Féminine and was easily the best player in the team appearing in 18 matches and scoring a team-leading 20 goals.
Juvisy Thiney's successful play earned her a call up to the national team and also a move to top-tier club FCF Juvisy. In Thiney's first season with Juvisy, she appeared in 21 matches and scored seven goals helping Juvisy finish in 3rd position, one point shy of qualifying for the newly created UEFA Women's Champions League. In the 2009–10 season, Thiney remained potent on the field scoring nine goals helping Juvisy finish runner-up to Lyon in the league, which inserted the club into the 2010–11 edition of the UEFA Women's Champions League. In the competition, she scored a goal in the first qualifying round against Estonian club Levadia Tallinn in a 12–0 win. After contributing to Juvisy reaching the knockout stage, Thiney increased her contribution by scoring a goal in each leg of the team's 9–0 aggregate victory over Icelandic club Breiðablik in the Round of 32.Juvisy ultimately suffered elimination in the competition at the hands of the defending champions Turbine Potsdam. In league play, Thiney converted 11 goals, second-best on the team behind lead striker Laëtitia Tonazzi. Juvisy, however, finished the season in a disappointing 4th place.
International career Gaëtane Thiney, in blue, and Bianca Schmidt in the France-Germany match at the 2011 FIFA Women's World CupThiney made her international debut on 28 February 2007 in a 2–0 victory over China. During qualification for the UEFA Women's Euro 2009, she scored two goals against Slovenia and Serbia. In the tournament, she scored her only goal in France's 1–5 group stage defeat to the eventual champions Germany. France reached as far as the quarterfinals losing to the Netherlands 4–5 on penalties. On 28 October 2009, Thiney scored her first career hat trick in a 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification match against Estonia in a 12–0 victory. Thiney finished the qualification campaign with a team-high 12 goals, including a goal in the team's 3–2 second leg World Cup playoff victory over Italy, which allowed France qualification to the competition.At the World Cup, Thiney was the decisive player in the team's second group stage match against Canada scoring a double in a 4–0 win. The victory allowed France progression to the knockout stage portion of the competition.
Career statistics ===Club===''Statistics accurate as of 26 July 2022.ClubSeasonLeagueCupContinentalTotalAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsSaint-Memmie2001–0218200001822002–0320300002032003–0422100002212004–0520600002062005–062270000227Total10219000010219Compiègne2006–0721500002152007–08182045002225Total392545004330Paris FC2008–092110300024102009–10229410026102010–112111439434182011–122214320025162012–131713258227202013–142225200024252014–152214440026182015–162111330024142016–1721843002582017–182211210024122018–19228420026102019–2014200001422020-212231000233Total2691393624176322166Career total4101834024176467215===International===: National teamSeasonAppsGoals'''France'''2006–07822007–08832008–09702009–101382010–111482011–121892012–131952013–1422152014–151852015–16002016–171402017–18522018–191512019–2020Total16358====International goals==== #  Date  Venue  Opponent  Score  Result  Competition 1  28 February 2007  Stade Robert Brettes, Mérignac, France    '''1'''–0  2–0  Friendly 2  30 May 2007  Stade Lebon, Angoulême, France    '''6'''–0  6–0  UEFA Women's Euro 2009 qualifying 3  1 October 2007  Mitsubishi Forklift Stadion, Almere, Netherlands    0–'''4'''  1–4  Friendly 4  27 October 2007  Stadion Kralj Petar I, Belgrade, Serbia    0–'''7'''  0–8  UEFA Women's Euro 2009 qualifying 5  8 March 2008  Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca, Morocco    0–'''4'''  0–6  Friendly 6  27 August 2009  Ratina Stadion, Tampere, Finland    4–'''1'''  5–1  UEFA Women's Euro 2009 7  24 October 2009  Stade de Gerland, Lyon, France    '''1'''–0  2–0  2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification 8  28 October 2009  Stade Jules Deschaseaux, Le Havre, France    '''4'''–0  12–0  2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification 9  '''6'''–0 10  '''7'''–0 11  21 November 2009  Gradski Stadion, Inđija, Serbia    0–'''1'''  0–2  2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification 12  20 June 2010  Stade Léo Lagrange, Besançon, France    '''1'''–0  3–0  2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification 13  23 June 2010  Kadrioru Stadium, Tallinn, Estonia    0–'''1'''  0–6  2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification 14  21 August 2010  Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland    0–'''1'''  0–1  2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification 15  25 August 2010  Stade de l'Aube, Troyes, France    '''2'''–0  7–0  2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification 16  '''5'''–0 17  '''7'''–0 18  15 September 2010  Stadio Pietro Barbetti, Gubbio, Italy    1–'''2'''  2–3  2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification 19  2 March 2011  GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus    0–'''1'''  0–2  2011 Cyprus Cup 20  30 June 2011  Ruhrstadion, Bochum, Germany    0–'''1'''  0–4  2011 FIFA Women's World Cup 21  0–'''2''' 22  22 October 2011  Parc y Scarlets, Llanelli, Wales    1–'''1'''  1–4  UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying 23  1–'''3''' 24  26 October 2011  Stade de l'Aube, Troyes, France    '''1'''–0  5–0  UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying 25  '''3'''–0 26  '''4'''–0 27  16 November 2011  Stade René Serge Nabajoth, Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe    '''1'''–0  8–0  Friendly 28  '''4'''–0 29  28 February 2012  GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus    '''2'''–0  3–0  2012 Cyprus Cup 30  4 March 2012  Paralimni Stadium, Paralimni, Cyprus    0–'''3'''  0–3  2012 Cyprus Cup 31  11 July 2012  Stade Pierre Brisson, Beauvais, France    '''1'''–0  3–0  Friendly 32  25 July 2012  Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland        2012 Summer Olympics 33  6 March 2013  Stade Marcel Picot, Tomblaine, France    '''2'''–2  2–2  Friendly 34  1 June 2013  Stade du Hainaut, Valenciennes, France    '''2'''–0  3–0  Friendly 35  29 June 2013  Stade Auguste Delaune, Reims, France    '''1'''–0  1–0  Friendly 36  25 September 2013  Kazhimukan Munaitpasov Stadium, Astana, Kazakhstan    0–'''2'''  0–4  2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification 37  0–'''4''' 38  25 October 2013  Stade Pierre Brisson, Beauvais, France    '''5'''–0  6–0  Friendly 39  23 November 2013  Lovech Stadium, Lovech, Bulgaria    0–'''3'''  0–10  2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification 40  0–'''8''' 41  0–'''9''' 42  28 November 2013  MMArena, Le Mans, France    '''3'''–0  14–0  2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification 43  '''5'''–0 44  '''9'''–0 45  '''13'''–0 46  8 February 2014  Stade de la Licorne, Amiens, France    '''1'''–0  3–0  Friendly 47  12 March 2014  GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus    0–'''1'''  0–2  2014 Cyprus Cup 48  5 April 2014  Jean-Bouin Stadium, Angers, France    '''6'''–0  7–0  2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification 49  '''7'''–0 50  7 May 2014  Stade Léo Lagrange, Besançon, France    '''3'''–0  4–0  2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification 51  13 September 2014  ISS Stadion, Vantaa, Finland    0–'''2'''  0–2  2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification 52  9 March 2015  Stadium Bela Vista, Parchal, Portugal    1–'''1'''  1–3  2015 Algarve Cup 53  1–'''3''' 54  22 May 2015  Stade Gaston Petit, Châteauroux, France    '''1'''–0  2–1  Friendly 55  '''2'''–1 56  1 March 2018  MAPFRE Stadium, Columbus, Ohio, United States    4–'''1'''  4–1  2018 SheBelieves Cup 57  6 April 2018  MMArena, Le Mans, France    '''3'''–0  8–0  Friendly 58  1 September 2018  Stade de la Licorne, Amiens, France    '''2'''–0  4–0''Correct as of 31 August 2019''
Honours ;France*UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship: 2003*Cyprus Cup: 2012, 2014*SheBelieves Cup: 2017'''Individual'''* UEFA Women's Championship All-Star Team: 2013
Notes
See also * List of women's footballers with 100 or more caps
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