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Arthur Desmas

{{short description|French footballer (born 1994)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2024}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Arthur Desmas

| image =

| full_name =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1994|4|7|df=y}}

| birth_place = Brest, France

| position = Goalkeeper

| height = 1.96 m

| currentclub = Le Havre

| clubnumber = 30

| youthyears1 = 2005–2015 | youthclubs1 = Brest

| years1 = 2013–2015 | clubs1 = Brest II | caps1 = 16 | goals1 = 0

| years2 = 2015–2018 | clubs2 = Niort II | caps2 = 31 | goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2015–2018 | clubs3 = Niort | caps3 = 2 | goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2018–2020 | clubs4 = Rodez | caps4 = 59 | goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2020–2022 | clubs5 = Clermont | caps5 = 51 | goals5 = 0

| years6 = 2022– | clubs6 = Le Havre | caps6 = 82 | goals6 = 0

| club-update = 25 May 2025

}}

Arthur Desmas (born 7 April 1994) is a French professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for {{French football updater|Le Havre}} club Le Havre.

Desmas came through the youth system at his hometown club Stade Brestois but failed to break into the first team and joined Chamois Niortais in the summer of 2015. He made his professional debut in November 2016 in a Coupe de France match against Stade Montois and made his first league appearance later the same season.

Career

Born in Brest in north-west France, Desmas played junior football for Ploumoguer before joining the youth setup at Stade Brestois at the age of 11. Initially an outfield player, he transitioned to playing in goal due to his above-average height. During his ten years at Brest, he represented France at under-17 level,{{cite web|url=http://www.lanouvellerepublique.fr/Deux-Sevres/Sport/Football/Ligue-2/n/Contenus/Articles/2015/07/03/Desmas-Franchir-un-cap-2390560|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170723093043/http://www.lanouvellerepublique.fr/Deux-Sevres/Sport/Football/Ligue-2/n/Contenus/Articles/2015/07/03/Desmas-Franchir-un-cap-2390560|title=Desmas: Franchir un cap|date=3 July 2015|accessdate=23 July 2017|archive-date=23 July 2017|publisher=La Nouvelle République}} and went on to play several matches in the Championnat de France Amateur 2 (CFA2) for the club's reserve team between 2012 and 2015.{{citation needed|date=June 2024}}

At the end of the 2014–15 season, Desmas was offered a trial by Ligue 2 club Chamois Niortais, who were in search of a new goalkeeper following the departures of Rodolphe Roche and Lucas Bobe. The trial period was successful and Desmas signed a one-year professional contract with the club on 23 June 2015.{{cite web|url=http://www.foot-national.com/foot-niort-trois-nouveaux-joueurs-dont-un-cv-pro-arrivent-off-72343.html|title=Niort: Trois nouveaux joueurs dont un CV PRO arrivent|publisher=foot-national.com|date=23 June 2015|accessdate=23 July 2017|author=Alexandre Chochois|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170723094322/http://www.foot-national.com/foot-niort-trois-nouveaux-joueurs-dont-un-cv-pro-arrivent-off-72343.html|archive-date=23 July 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.lanouvellerepublique.fr/Deux-Sevres/Sport/Football/Ligue-2/n/Contenus/Articles/2015/06/24/Trois-recrues-pour-la-rentree-2378689|title=Trois recrues pour la rentrée|publisher=La Nouvelle République|date=24 June 2015|accessdate=23 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170723094824/http://www.lanouvellerepublique.fr/Deux-Sevres/Sport/Football/Ligue-2/n/Contenus/Articles/2015/06/24/Trois-recrues-pour-la-rentree-2378689|archive-date=23 July 2017}} During his first season at Niort, Desmas was third-choice goalkeeper behind Paul Delecroix and Saturnin Allagbé, and as such was restricted mainly to reserve-team action, making 17 appearances in the CFA2.{{citation needed|date=June 2024}} He also made the first-team substitutes' bench on six occasions, and at the end of the season was offered a two-year contract extension.{{cite web|url=http://www.foot-national.com/foot-niort-prolongation-pour-le-portier-off-84821.html|title=Niort: Prolongation pour le portier|author=Remy Beltrando|publisher=foot-national.com|date=22 May 2016|accessdate=23 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170723094342/http://www.foot-national.com/foot-niort-prolongation-pour-le-portier-off-84821.html|archive-date=23 July 2017}}

Following the sale of Delecroix to Lorient in the summer of 2016, Desmas was promoted to second-choice goalkeeper behind Allagbé, with new signing Alexandre Bouchard taking over as third-choice. Desmas made his senior debut for Niort on 11 November 2016 in the 2–1 away victory over Stade Montois in the seventh round of the Coupe de France.{{cite web|url=http://www.chamoisniortais.fr/slideshow/2016/11/11/direction-prochain-tour/|title=Direction le prochain tour|publisher=chamoisniortais.fr|date=11 November 2016|accessdate=23 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170723100634/http://www.chamoisniortais.fr/slideshow/2016/11/11/direction-prochain-tour/|archive-date=23 July 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.lanouvellerepublique.fr/Deux-Sevres/Sport/Football/Coupe-de-France/n/Contenus/Articles/2016/11/12/Niort-se-sort-du-piege-2899669|title=Niort se sort du piège|publisher=La Nouvelle République|date=12 November 2016|author=Frédéric Michel|accessdate=23 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170723100350/http://www.lanouvellerepublique.fr/Deux-Sevres/Sport/Football/Coupe-de-France/n/Contenus/Articles/2016/11/12/Niort-se-sort-du-piege-2899669|archive-date=23 July 2017}} He went on to play in all five of the team's Coupe de France matches during the 2016–17 season,{{cite web|url=http://www.lfp.fr/joueur/desmas-arthur#bloc_temps&sai=100&com=toutes&jou=67348|title=La fiche de Arthur Desmas: Temps de jeu 2016/2017|publisher=LFP.fr|accessdate=23 July 2017}} a run which ended at the last-16 stage of the competition with a 0–2 home defeat to French champions Paris Saint-Germain thanks to late goals from Javier Pastore and Edinson Cavani.{{cite web|url=http://www.lanouvellerepublique.fr/Deux-Sevres/Sport/Football/Coupe-de-France/n/Contenus/Articles/2017/02/28/Desmas-titulaire-dans-le-but-niortais-3016233|title=Desmas titulaire dans le but niortais|publisher=La Nouvelle République|date=28 February 2017|accessdate=23 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170723145440/http://www.lanouvellerepublique.fr/Deux-Sevres/Sport/Football/Coupe-de-France/n/Contenus/Articles/2017/02/28/Desmas-titulaire-dans-le-but-niortais-3016233|archive-date=23 July 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.chamoisniortais.fr/slideshow/2017/03/01/bravo-merci/|title=Bravo et merci|publisher=chamoisniortais.fr|date=1 March 2017|accessdate=23 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170723150231/http://www.chamoisniortais.fr/slideshow/2017/03/01/bravo-merci/|archive-date=23 July 2017}} On 12 May 2017, Desmas made his first Ligue 2 appearance, selected in place of Allagbé for Niort's final home match of the season against Strasbourg.{{cite web|url=http://www.lanouvellerepublique.fr/Deux-Sevres/Sport/Football/Ligue-2/n/Contenus/Articles/2017/05/14/Dans-le-coup-jusqu-au-bout-3098660|title=Dans le coup jusqu'au bout|publisher=La Nouvelle République|date=14 May 2017|author=Christian Bonnin and Nicolas Millet|accessdate=23 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170723151547/http://www.lanouvellerepublique.fr/Deux-Sevres/Sport/Football/Ligue-2/n/Contenus/Articles/2017/05/14/Dans-le-coup-jusqu-au-bout-3098660|archive-date=23 July 2017}} The match ended in a 2–2 draw.{{cite web|url=http://www.lfp.fr/ligue2/feuille_match/82538|title=Chamois Niortais 2–2 RC Strasbourg Alsace|publisher=LFP.fr|date=12 May 2017|accessdate=23 July 2017}}

On 1 July 2022, Desmas joined Le Havre on a three-year contract.{{cite web|publisher=Le Havre|url=https://www.hac-foot.com/actualite/arthur-desmas-nouveau-ciel-marine.html|title=Arthur Desmas, nouveau Ciel&Marine !|date=1 July 2022|access-date=7 July 2022|language=fr}}

Career statistics

{{updated|match played 30 March 2025}}{{Soccerway|arthur-desmas/262003}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

rowspan="2"|Club

!rowspan="2"|Season

!colspan="3"|League

!colspan="2"|National cup

!colspan="2"|League cup

!colspan="2"|Europe

!colspan="2"|Other

!colspan="2"|Total

DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
rowspan="4"|Brest II

|2012–13

|rowspan="3"|CFA 2

|3

0colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—30
2013–14

|7

0colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—70
2014–15

|6

0colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—60
colspan="2"|Total

!16

0colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—160
rowspan="4"|Niort II

|2015–16

|rowspan="2"|CFA 2

|17

0colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—170
2016–17

|8

0colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—80
2017–18

|National 3

|6

0colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—60
colspan="2"|Total

!31

0colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—310
rowspan="4"|Niort

|2015–16

|rowspan="3"|Ligue 2

|0

00000colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—00
2016–17

|1

05000colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—60
2017–18

|1

20010colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—20
colspan="2"|Total

!2

05010colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—80
rowspan="3"|Rodez

|2018–19

|National

|32

000colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—320
2019–20

|Ligue 2

|27

00010colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—280
colspan="2"|Total

!59

00010colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—600
rowspan="3"|Clermont

|2020–21

|Ligue 2

|36

000colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—360
2021–22

|Ligue 1

|15

020colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—170
colspan="2"|Total

!51

020colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—530
rowspan="4"|Le Havre

|2022–23

|Ligue 2

|31

000colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—310
2023–24

|rowspan="2"|Ligue 1

|33

000colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—330
2024–25

|18

000colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—180
colspan="2"|Total

!82

000colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—820
colspan="3"|Career total

!241

0702000002500

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Honours

Individual

  • Ligue 2 Goalkeeper of the Year: 2022–23{{Cite web |date=28 May 2023 |title=Trophées UNFP : le meilleur gardien de Ligue 2 révélé |url=https://www.onzemondial.com/ligue-2/trophees-unfp-le-meilleur-gardien-de-ligue-2-revele-835502 |access-date=29 May 2023 |website=Onze Mondial |language=fr}}
  • UNFP Ligue 2 Team of the Year: 2022–23{{Cite web |date=29 May 2023 |title=Ligue 2 : Arouna Sangante dans l’équipe type de la saison |url=https://wiwsport.com/2023/05/29/ligue-2-arouna-sangante-dans-lequipe-type-de-la-saison/ |access-date=29 May 2023 |website=Wiwsport.com |language=fr}}

References

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External links

  • {{LFP|desmas-arthur}}

{{Le Havre AC squad}}

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Category:1994 births

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