Samir Malcuit

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|birth_place = Montbéliard, France

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Samir Malcuit (born 2 October 1985) is a French former professional footballer who played as a forward.

Career

Malcuit was born in Montbéliard. After scoring 17 goals in the 2009–10 Championnat de France Amateur for Racing Paris, he was spotted by José Anigo and signed to the Marseille reserves on an amateur contract.{{cite news |last1=Pruneta |first1=Laurent |title=Samir Malcuit : «Ce qui m'est arrivé, je ne veux pas que ça arrive à mes frères» |trans-title=Samir Malcuit: "I don't want what happened to me to happen to my brothers" |url=https://www.leparisien.fr/sports/ile-de-france/tout-ce-qui-m-est-arrive-je-ne-veux-pas-que-ca-arrive-a-mes-freres-05-11-2016-6290922.php |access-date=23 April 2025 |work=Le Parisien |date=5 November 2016 |language=French}} At Marseille B, managed by Franck Passi, he played in the Division d'Honneur and in the Championnat de France Amateur 2, while training and appearing in friendly matches with the first team.

Malcuit then played for Raja Casablanca, scoring four goals in two matches before sustaining injuries. After moving to MAS Fez he suffered a cruciate ligament rupture. He spent six months with Dhofar in Oman.

In summer 2016 a return to Morocco with JS Kasbah Tadla was aborted{{cite news |title=Botola D1: de retour en championnat, Samir Malcuit préfère Tadla au Raja |trans-title=Botola D1: back in the league, Samir Malcuit prefers Tadla to Raja |url=https://sport.le360.ma/botola-pro/botola-d1-de-retour-en-championnat-samir-malcuit-prefere-tadla-au-raja-13273/ |access-date=23 April 2025 |work={{ill|Le360|fr}} |date=17 July 2016 |language=French}} and Malcuit signed with US Ivry in Championnat de France Amateur 2 in autumn.

In October 2018 33-year-old Malcuit joined Poitiers in Championnat National 3.{{cite news |last1=Beneat |first1=Laurent |title=Football (N3) : Malcuit arrive à point nommé pour Poitiers |trans-title=Football (N3): Malcuit arrives just in time for Poitiers |url=https://www.lanouvellerepublique.fr/poitiers/football-n3-malcuit-arrive-a-point-nomme-pour-poitiers |access-date=23 April 2025 |work={{ill|Centre Presse (Vienne)|fr}} |publisher=La Nouvelle République du Centre-Ouest |date=6 October 2018 |language=French}}

In 2022 Malcuit settled in Nyon, Switzerland, where he initially trained with FC Italia Nyon.{{cite news |last1=Bory |first1=Romain |title=Football: ancien joueur de l’OM, Samir Malcuit veut faire monter BRP en 2e ligue |trans-title=Football: former OM player Samir Malcuit wants to take BRP up to the 2nd league |url=https://www.lacote.ch/vaud/la-cote/nyon-district/bursins/football-ancien-joueur-de-lom-samir-malcuit-veut-faire-monter-brp-en-2e-ligue-1393837 |access-date=23 April 2025 |work=La Côte |date=6 June 2024 |language=French}} In summer 2023 he signed with nearby FC Bursins-Rolle-Perroy. By June 2024 the 38-year-old had scored 17 goals and contributed 6 assists for the club in the 3. Liga (Switzerland), the country's seventh tier.

Personal life

His brother Kévin is also a professional footballer.{{cite web|url=http://www.foot-national.com/foot-monaco-un-malcuit-peut-en-cacher-un-autre-16625.html|title=Monaco: Un Malcuit peut en cacher un autre|date=4 May 2010|accessdate=5 September 2015|author=Damien A.|language=French|publisher=Foot National}} His younger brother Enzo has also played football. Malcuit is of Moroccan and Mauritanian descent.{{cite web |url=http://mountakhab.net/www/modules/article_une/index.php?storyid=20520 |title=Mountakhab.net - Samir Malcuit: " Quand je rentre sur un terrain, c'est pour gagner et marquer. " |website=mountakhab.net |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141003140301/http://mountakhab.net/www/modules/article_une/index.php?storyid=20520 |archive-date=2014-10-03}}