Chamois Niortais F.C. is a professional association football club based in Niort, France. Currently playing in Ligue 2, the second highest division of French football, the club was founded in 1925 and initially played in regional leagues around western France. It turned professional in 1985 when the team joined Division 2 and two seasons later, they were promoted to the top tier of French football for the first time in their history. Chamois Niortais lost its professional status in the summer of 2009 when the team was relegated from the Championnat National, but regained it three years later following promotion back to Ligue 2. The following list recognises all the players who have appeared at least 100 times in the league for Chamois Niortais since 1985.
The current record holder for the highest number of league appearances is midfielder Franck Azzopardi, who played 435 league games for the side between 1989 and 2005. Joël Bossis holds the record for most league goals, scoring a total of 51 during his six seasons with the club.
Name | Nationality | Pos | Years | Appearances | Goals | Notes | Ref |
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Franck Azzopardi | France | MF | 1989–2005 | 435 | 25 | Assistant manager of Chamois Niortais | [1] |
Benoît Beaumet | France | DF | 1989–1999 | 293 | 11 | [2] | |
Jimmy Roye | France | MF | 2011–2018 | 246 | 44 | [3] | |
Karim Fradin | France | MF | 1990–1998 | 237 | 4 | First team coach at Chamois Niortais | [4] |
Joël Bossis | France | FW | 1996–2002 | 205 | 51 | [5] | |
Quentin Bernard | France | DF | 2008–2015 | 200 | 3 | [6] | |
Cyrille Courtin | France | DF | 1989–1997 | 196 | 7 | [7] | |
Arnaud Gonzalez | France | FW | 2006–2013 | 194 | 41 | [8] | |
Bertrand Piton | France | DF | 1997–2004 | 193 | 3 | [9] | |
Christophe Marichez | France | GK | 2000–2005 | 186 | 0 | [10] | |
Olivier Brochard | France | DF | 1990–1997 | 185 | 1 | [11] | |
Mouhamadou Diaw | Senegal | MF | 2009–2015 | 182 | 22 | Senegal international | [12] |
Ousmane Bangoura | Guinea | MF | 1997–2004 | 181 | 20 | Guinea international | [13] |
Djibril Konaté | Mali | DF | 2005–2008 2009–2013 |
178 | 6 | [14] | |
Jean-Philippe Faure | France | MF | 1993–1998 | 176 | 9 | [15] | |
Andé Dona Ndoh | Cameroon | FW | 2014– | 172 | 61 | All-time record goalscorer | [16] |
Armindo Ferreira | France | MF | 1991–1999 | 164 | 15 | [17] | |
Simon Hébras | France | FW | 2007–2015 | 158 | 33 | [18] | |
Mickaël Lauret | France | DF | 1994–2006 | 158 | 0 | Youth team coach at Chamois Niortais | [19] |
Luigi Glombard | France | FW | 2008–2009 2010–2014 |
156 | 28 | [20] | |
Anthony Gauvin | France | DF | 1991–1997 | 156 | 3 | [21] | |
Paul Delecroix | France | GK | 2011–2016 | 155 | 0 | [22] | |
Vincent Durand | France | MF | 2004–2007 2009–2013 |
148 | 2 | [23] | |
Malik Couturier | France | DF | 2002–2008 | 141 | 5 | [24] | |
Johan Gastien | France | MF | 2007–2013 | 140 | 14 | Son of Pascal Gastien | [25] |
Pascal Gastien | France | DF | 1982–1988 1989–1990 |
139 | 17 | Manager of Chamois Niortais, father of Johan Gastien | [26] |
Matthieu Sans | France | DF | 2014– | 139 | 3 | [27] | |
Damian Facciuto | Argentina | MF | 2000–2005 | 136 | 10 | [28] | |
Johan Letzelter | France | DF | 2009–2014 | 136 | 1 | [29] | |
Franck Mérelle | France | GK | 1986–1990 | 135 | 0 | [30] | |
Grégory Malicki | France | GK | 1995–1999 | 134 | 0 | [31] | |
Damien Bridonneau | France | DF | 1993–2000 | 133 | 3 | [32] | |
Philippe Violeau | France | MF | 1987–1993 | 128 | 11 | [33] | |
Pascal Braud | France | DF | 1997–2001 | 126 | 6 | [34] | |
Jérôme Foulon | France | DF | 2001–2005 | 124 | 1 | [35] | |
Frédéric Bong | Cameroon | DF | 2011–2016 | 120 | 2 | [36] | |
Ludovic Mary | France | DF | 2000–2005 | 119 | 3 | [37] | |
Ronan Biger | France | MF | 2004–2009 | 117 | 4 | [38] | |
Djiman Koukou | Benin | MF | 2013–2016 | 117 | 3 | Benin international | [39] |
David Djigla | Benin | MF | 2015– | 114 | 8 | Benin international | [40] |
David Lollia | France | MF | 1990–1995 | 113 | 3 | [41] | |
Tristan Lahaye | France | DF | 2012–2017 | 112 | 0 | [42] | |
Jean-François Rivière | France | FW | 2004–2008 | 111 | 27 | [43] | |
Alberto Queiros | France | MF | 1997–2003 | 111 | 8 | [44] | |
Romain Ferrier | France | DF | 2005–2008 | 111 | 2 | [45] | |
Saturnin Allagbé | Benin | GK | 2014– | 110 | 0 | Benin international | [46] |
Walquir Mota | Brazil | FW | 1995–1998 | 108 | 31 | [47] | |
Fabien Safanjon | France | DF | 1999–2004 | 108 | 4 | [48] | |
Alain Bonnafous | France | DF | 1992–1995 | 108 | 0 | [49] | |
Jérémy Choplin | France | DF | 2015–2018 | 105 | 6 | [50] | |
Thomas Debenest | France | GK | 1991–1997 | 102 | 0 | [51] |