Théo Defourny
Personal information
Date of birth (1992-04-15) 15 April 1992
Place of birth Bourg-Saint-Maurice, France
Height 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 RWDM
Number 30
Youth career
2004–2011 Lyon
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2014 Lyon II 3 (0)
2011–2012 → Antwerp (loan) 26 (0)
2012–2013 → Rouen (loan) 14 (0)
2014–2015 Virton 21 (0)
2015–2017 Mouscron 6 (0)
2017–2019 Tubize 65 (0)
2019–2020 Lokeren 9 (0)
2020–2021 Eupen 21 (0)
2021– RWDM 70 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 October 2023

Théo Defourny (born 15 April 1992) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for RWDM in the Belgian First Division B.[1]

Career

Lyon

Defourny played in the youth academy of French club Lyon since he was 12 years old.[2] In the summer of 2011, Premier League club Manchester United offered to sign him for €1 million, but Lyon rejected the bid.[2][3] He was loaned out to the Belgian second division Antwerp for one year in the 2011–12 season.[4] He made 27 appearances there. In the 2012–13 season, he was loaned for one year to the French third division club Rouen.[5] He made 14 appearances for the club. From the 2013–14 season, he was part of the first-team squad of Lyon, where he had to compete with Rémy Vercoutre, Anthony Lopes and Mathieu Gorgelin. Defourny, however, failed to break through in the main squad of the French top club: he only played for the reserve team of the club in the CFA that season.[2]

Belgium

In 2014, Defourny left Lyon for Belgian second division team Virton.[6] After one season he was picked up by first division Mouscron-Péruwelz, but there he was the backup to first Vagner and since Matej Delač. After two seasons as reserve goalkeeper, Defourny moved Tubize, where he once again became the starter after the departure of Quentin Beunardeau.[6][7] Despite Defourny's strong performances, Tubize finished last in the competition twice. In 2018, the club was still administratively able to save itself due to the bankruptcy of Lierse, but in 2019 Tubize relegated to the Belgian First Amateur Division. Defourny nevertheless made the Proximus League Team of the Season.[8]

Defourny was signed by Lokeren in July 2019, where he succeeded Ortwin De Wolf. There he had to deal with competition from Davino Verhulst. When Verhulst was sidelined in January 2020 due to private problems, Defourny took his place.[9]

After the club went bankrupt at the end of the season, he moved to Eupen.[10] There he started as the backup to Ortwin De Wolf, but when he was injured in the league match against Sporting Charleroi at the end of November, Defourny took his place. He stayed on as the starting goalkeeper – until final matchday of the season, against Charleroi, where Robin Himmelmann got the start.[11][12]

In July 2021, Defourny signed a three-year contract with Belgian First Division B club RWDM.[13]

References

  1. ↑ "Belgium – T. Defourny – Profile with news, career statistics and history – Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 15 June 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 Ravas, Anthony (2015-04-01). "Théo Defourny : "A l'OL, même quand il n'y a pas la réussite sportive, il y a la réussite humaine"". olympique-et-lyonnais.com (in French).
  3. ↑ Libois, Erik (2021-03-11). "Théo Defourny : "A Manchester, Ferguson me parlait Français, Evra me tuyautait, van der Sar ne lâchait rien, Pogba dansait"". RTBF Sport (in French).
  4. ↑ "Théo Defourny prêté au Royal Antwerp". OL.fr (in French). 2011-07-18. Archived from the original on 2020-11-29.
  5. ↑ "Le gardien Defourny (OL) prêté à Rouen". Lyon Mag (in French). 2012-07-02.
  6. 1 2 "Nieuwbakken doelman Théo Defourny: "Graag een rustig seizoen"". Het Nieuwsblad (in Flemish). 2017-08-05.
  7. ↑ Calcoen, Pieter-Jan (2017-05-08). "Defourny verlaat Moeskroen voor Tubeke". Het Laatste Nieuws (in Flemish).
  8. ↑ "Proximus League-elftal van het seizoen // DOELMAN // Theo Defourny (Tubize)". proximus.be (in Dutch). 2019-03-22.
  9. ↑ "Stijn Vreven ziet Killian Overmeire terugkeren: "Hij is een Lokeren-icoon"". nieuwsblad.be (in Flemish). 2020-01-11.
  10. ↑ "Eupen strikt doelman Théo Defourny van Lokeren". De Standaard (in Flemish). 2020-06-10.
  11. ↑ "4 op 18: vrije val dreigt voor Charleroi na nieuwe nederlaag aan de Kehrweg". Het Nieuwsblad (in Flemish). 27 November 2020.
  12. ↑ "Antwerp rond komst De Wolf officieel af". Gazet van Antwerpen (in Flemish). 1 February 2021.
  13. ↑ "Théo Defourny tekent bij RWDM !". RWDM (in Dutch). 12 July 2021.
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