1. Andy Delort is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for French Ligue 1 club Montpellier, on loan from Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 club MC Alger, and the Algeria national team.
23 Facts About Andy Delort
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Andy Delort has played for the France beach soccer team.
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Andy Delort was born in Sete, France, to a father of Romani descent, and a mother of Algerian descent.
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Andy Delort joined Ajaccio in 2008, having finished top scorer at France U19 league level with 30 goals.
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Andy Delort played his first game of Ligue 2 for Nimes on 30 August 2009, coming on as a 53rd-minute substitute against Metz.
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Andy Delort re-joined his original club, AC Ajaccio, in June 2010.
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Andy Delort scored his first two goals at professional level on 15 September 2010 against Le Havre in the French League Cup, before achieving his first goals in the Coupe de France on 12 November 2010.
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Andy Delort signed his first professional contract for three and a half years with AC Ajaccio on 28 January 2011.
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On 31 January 2012, Andy Delort signed a six-month loan deal with Ligue 2 club Metz, where he scored 1 goal in 13 appearances.
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Andy Delort struggled at Wigan and amassed only 11 league appearances for the club, failing to score in any of them.
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Andy Delort completed a transfer to Caen on 2 July 2015.
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At the start of the following season, Andy Delort refused to attend training during a protracted transfer saga with Liga MX side Tigres UANL.
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Andy Delort spent less than six months at the club scoring 3 goals in 14 appearances, before returning to France to join Toulouse.
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On 28 August 2021, Andy Delort signed with fellow Ligue 1 side Nice on a 4-year deal.
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On 30 January 2023, Andy Delort moved to fellow French club Nantes, initially on a six-month loan with an obligation to buy.
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Andy Delort scored his first two goals with Nantes during a Coupe de France quarter finals against RC Lens on 1 March 2023.
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On 7 July 2023, Andy Delort officially signed for Qatari club Umm Salal on a two-year contract with an option for a one-year extension.
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On 11 September 2024, Andy Delort signed with Algerian club MC Alger on a two-year contract with an option for a one-year extension.
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Andy Delort played in the beach soccer team managed by Eric Cantona in 2009.
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Andy Delort was then called to participate in the 2011 Toulon Tournament in June with the France team, but had to pull out of the squad having suffered an injury in a league game.
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In October 2021, Andy Delort was not called up to the national team for the recent World Cup qualifiers.
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Coach Djamel Belmadi revealed at a press conference that Andy Delort himself refused the call-up because he wanted to concentrate on his club career, having recently signed with OGC Nice.
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Andy Delort confirmed this and said he wanted to take a break from the national team for a year.