Cédric Fauré

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Cédric Fauré

| image =

| caption =

| fullname =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1979|2|14}}

| birth_place = Toulouse, France

| height = 1.87 m

| position = Striker

| currentclub = Union Namur (manager)

| youthyears1 = 2001–2002

| youthclubs1 = Toulouse

| years1 = 2002–2004

| clubs1 = Toulouse

| caps1 = 72

| goals1 = 30

| years2 = 2004–2005

| clubs2 = Guingamp

| caps2 = 32

| goals2 = 13

| years3 = 2005–2006

| clubs3 = Istres

| caps3 = 21

| goals3 = 6

| years4 = 2006

| clubs4 = → Le Mans (loan)

| caps4 = 14

| goals4 = 2

| years5 = 2006–2008

| clubs5 = Reims

| caps5 = 72

| goals5 = 31

| years6 = 2008

| clubs6 = Le Havre

| caps6 = 10

| goals6 = 1

| years7 = 2009–2012

| clubs7 = Reims

| caps7 = 84

| goals7 = 27

| years8 = 2012–2014

| clubs8 = Guingamp

| caps8 = 33

| goals8 = 4

| years9 = 2014–2015

| clubs9 = Charleroi

| caps9 = 49

| goals9 = 14

| years10 = 2015

| clubs10 = Union SG

| caps10 = 18

| goals10 = 11

| years11 = 2016

| clubs11 = Antwerp

| caps11 = 8

| goals11 = 1

| years12 = 2016–2017

| clubs12 = Union SG

| caps12 = 15

| goals12 = 1

| totalcaps = 428

| totalgoals = 141

}}

Cédric Fauré (born 14 February 1979) is a French former professional footballer who played as a striker.[https://www.sofoot.com/cedric-faure-j-ai-des-protege-tibias-avec-la-vierge-marie-193953.html Cédric Fauré: J'ai des protège-tibias avec la Vierge Marie] sofoot.com He is manager of Belgian club Union Namur.{{Cite web |date=29 October 2022 |title=Cédric Fauré, nouveau coach ambitieux de l'Union Namur : "Redonner ce passé glorieux au club" |url=https://www.walfoot.be/news/2022-10-29/cedric-faure-nouveau-coach-ambitieux-de-lunion-namur--redonner-ce-passe-glorieux-au-club |access-date=22 February 2023 |website=Walfoot.be |language=fr}}

Playing career

Born in Toulouse and raised in the Haute-Garonne village Miremont, Fauré played amateur football and worked for a consumer electronics company before making his professional debut with Toulouse FC in 2002.{{cite news|work=Time|author=Crumley, Bruce|title=Major player: Soccer watch|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,901030505-447183,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604061518/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,901030505-447183,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 June 2011|date=27 April 2003}} In his first season, he scored 20 goals which made him Ligue 2 top scorer, helping his club win the league and achieve promotion to Ligue 1.{{cite news|work=Le Monde|author=Lepidi, Pierre|title=Toulouse décroche enfin son billet pour la Ligue 1

|url=http://www.lemonde.fr/cgi-bin/ACHATS/804642.html|language=French|date=18 May 2003}} The next season, despite not playing very often, he still managed to score 10 goals.

He then transferred to En Avant de Guingamp, hoping to get more playing time. At Guingamp, he scored 13 goals in 32 league games in his only season there.

He moved to FC Istres and, six months later, was loaned to Le Mans where he remained Brazilian striker Grafite's substitute.

in the summer 2006, he signed with Stade de Reims.{{cite web|publisher=La Page des Sports|author=Kostoff, Marie Ange|title=Cédric Fauré - "Je suis heureux à Reims"|url=http://www.lapagedessports.com/Cedric-Faure-Je-suis-heureux-a_article928.html|language=French|date=23 July 2007|access-date=20 January 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120811132925/http://www.lapagedessports.com/Cedric-Faure-Je-suis-heureux-a_article928.html|archive-date=11 August 2012|url-status=dead}} He settled quickly and his numerous goals made him a fans' favourite.

After the club's failure to achieve promotion to Ligue 1, he announces he his departure for Le Havre, recently promoted to Ligue 1, in April 2008.

On 19 December 2008, Fauré returned to Reims. The club was relegated to third-tier National in May 2009. In his second stint at Reims, he achieved two promotions in three years. During the season 2009–10, he finished top scorer of National. Two years later, he became Ligue 2 top scorer for the second time, scoring 15 goals and helping the club from Champagne achieve promotion to Ligue 1, for the first time since 1979. Over the summer 2012, his contract expired and no agreement was found with the management of Reims.

Fauré returned to Guingamp, still in Ligue 2 at that time, for a second spell. The following season, he contributed 4 goals in 29 games to the promotion of the Breton club to the Ligue 1, which had been absent from the division since 2004. However, in the top-flight, he was excluded from a regular first-team place and on 31 January 2014, moved to Belgian side Sporting Charleroi on a six-month loan deal.{{cite web|publisher=Sporting de Charleroi|title=Cedric Fauré est zèbre.|url=http://www.sporting-charleroi.be/actualite-detail.php?id=2218|language=French|date=31 January 2014}}

In summer 2015, Fauré joined another Belgian side, Union SG.{{Cite web|url=http://www.rtbf.be/sport/football/belgique/d2/detail_cedric-faure-quitte-charleroi-pour-l-union-saint-gilloise?id=9017891|title = Cédric Fauré quitte Charleroi pour l'Union Saint-Gilloise|date = 26 June 2015}}

He retired in the summer 2017.[https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/Cedric-faure-prend-sa-retraite/802571 Cédric Fauré prend sa retraite]‚ lequipe.fr, 19 May 2017

Managerial career

In 2020, Cédric Fauré starts is career as a trainer in Haute-Garonne in AS Tournefeuille.{{Cite web |title=Football : Tournefeuille ne doit pas se rater |url=https://www.ladepeche.fr/2020/09/11/tournefeuille-ne-doit-pas-se-rater-9063037.php |access-date=22 February 2023 |website=ladepeche.fr |language=fr}}

In 2022, after a short period coaching FC Mulhouse in Alsace,{{Cite web |last=Sougey |first=Frédéric |date=9 February 2022 |title=National 3. L'ancien attaquant Cédric Fauré prend la tête de Mulhouse |url=https://www.footamateur.fr/national-3-lancien-attaquant-cedric-faure-prend-la-tete-de-mulhouse/ |access-date=22 February 2023 |website=Foot Amateur |language=fr-FR}} He comes back in Belgium as head coach of Union Namur in Second Amateur Division (fourth-tier of Belgian football).{{Cite web |last=B.J |title=Union Namur (D2 ACFF): Cédric Fauré et son staff bientôt reconduits |url=https://www.lavenir.net/regions/namur/sports/2023/02/01/union-namur-d2-acff-cedric-faure-et-son-staff-bientot-reconduits-PJH3M4XHUNBS5LVTHDZOH7FHJI/ |access-date=22 February 2023 |website=lavenir.net |language=fr}}

On 14 May 2023, Fauré brought his club promotion to Belgian National Division 1 after finishing runner-up, due to Warnant winning the title but fail obtain a licence.