Wendie Renard
French footballer (born 1990)
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- Wendeleine Thérèse Renard (born 20 July 1990) is a French professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Première Ligue club Lyon and the France national team.
- She has won a record 18 French league titles and eight European Cups.
- Early life Renard was born in Schœlcher in Martinique, a French island in the Lesser Antilles.
- Her father died of lung cancer when she was eight years old.
- When she was 15, Renard flew to mainland France for a trial at Clairefontaine but was not accepted into the national training program.
Wendeleine Thérèse Renard (born 20 July 1990) is a French professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Première Ligue club Lyon and the France national team.
Renard is one of the most decorated players in modern women's club football. She has won a record 18 French league titles and eight European Cups. In 2019, the New York Times described her as an "institution" at Lyon, the most successful club in European women's football.
Early life
Renard was born in Schœlcher in Martinique, a French island in the Lesser Antilles. She is the youngest of four daughters. Her father died of lung cancer when she was eight years old. Prior to moving to the mainland, Renard played for Essor-Préchotain on her home island.
When she was 15, Renard flew to mainland France for a trial at Clairefontaine but was not accepted into the national training program. She subsequently took the train to Lyon and, after a more successful trial, landed a spot with Lyon. She left Martinique to permanently live in Lyon at the age of sixteen.
Club career
Renard made her debut at L'Essor Préchotin at the age of seven and then played for Rapid Club Le Lorrain. In 2006, Farid Benstiti, then coach of Olympique Lyon, brought Wendie Renard into the club's youth center and used the 16-year-old in two league games in the top league at the end of the same season. Three months later she was called up to the youth national team for the first time.
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