Jean-Michel Lesage (born 1 May 1977) is a French former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.

Jean-Michel Lesage
Lesage with Créteil in 2014
Personal information
Date of birth (1977-05-01) 1 May 1977 (age 47)
Place of birth Bourg-la-Reine, France
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–1999 Créteil
1999–2007 Le Havre 260 (66)
2007–2008 Auxerre 11 (0)
2008–2010 Le Havre 60 (10)
2010–2016 Créteil 183 (46)
2017–2019 Poissy 20 (6)
Total 534 (128)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

edit

Lesage was born in Bourg-la-Reine. He played as a left winger at the start of his career, but then became an attacking midfielder. As an attacker, he was the joint-highest scorer (16 goals) in Ligue 2 in the 2006–07 season,[1][2] along with Steve Savidan from Valenciennes FC.

On 5 April 2017, he announced his retirement.[3] Lesage finished his career as the record all time goal scorer for both Le Havre AC and US Creteil-Lusitanos.[4]

Honours

edit
  • Ligue 2 Player of the Month: February 2007

References

edit
  1. ^ "FCNantes-Le Havre, c'est du Canada Dry - FCNhisto.fr". www.fcnhisto.fr. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  2. ^ "Fiche de Jean-Michel Lesage (Poissy), l'actu le palmares et les stats de Jean-Michel Lesage". L'Équipe (in French). Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  3. ^ "Divers : Jean-Michel Lesage arrête sa carrière" (in French). Football 365. 5 April 2017. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
  4. ^ Queneutte, Bertrand (1 April 2017). "L'HACTEUR de la semaine (Numéro 28 | 2016 - 2017): Jean-Michel Lesage". France Bleu (in French). Retrieved 6 August 2018.
edit