Romain Métanire

Romain Métanire (born 28 March 1990) is a Malagasy professional footballer who plays as a defender for Major League Soccer club Minnesota United and the Madagascar national team. Born and raised in France, he has previously played for FC Metz and Stade de Reims, with whom he won Ligue 2 in 2017–18, as well as in Belgium with KV Kortrijk.

Romain Métanire
Personal information
Full name Romain Métanire
Date of birth (1990-03-28) 28 March 1990
Place of birth Metz, France
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 Minnesota United
Number 19
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2016 Metz II 32 (2)
2010–2016 Metz 161 (2)
2016–2017 KV Kortrijk 18 (0)
2017–2019 Reims 59 (0)
2017–2019 Reims II 2 (0)
2019– Minnesota United 27 (1)
National team‡
2018– Madagascar 13 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 09:32, 15 October 2019 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20:09, 12 July 2019 (UTC)

Career

Metz

Métanire was born in Metz, but has origins in Réunion. Having joined the club at the age of six,[1] he started his career in the reserve team at Metz and made his debut in the Championnat de France amateur (CFA) on 11 October 2008, coming on as a substitute in a 1–1 draw away at Colmar. He made three further substitute appearances in the 2008–09 season as the reserve side was relegated to the CFA 2. He made his first start for Metz B in the 5–2 home win over Pontarlier on 15 August 2009. He went on to play 19 matches during the campaign, becoming a regular fixture in the team that gained promotion back to the CFA as winners of their group. He also scored the first goal of his career in the 2–1 victory away at Troyes B on 21 March 2010.

As a result of his performances in the reserve team, Métanire was selected on the substitutes' bench for the match away at Clermont Foot on 29 October 2010. He entered play in the 89th minute, replacing Belgian midfielder Gaëtan Englebert. He again appeared as a late substitute the following week in the home defeat to Le Mans, before returning to the B team. He played 29 CFA matches for the reserves during the 2010–11 season. Métanire was handed his first senior start in the final Ligue 2 match of the campaign, as Metz were beaten 3–4 away to Evian TG.

In the 2011–12 season, Métanire established himself as Metz' first-choice right-back, starting in all of the side's first 21 matches of the campaign.

On 5 February 2016, he scored a goal against AS Nancy in injury time. In reference to the occasion, t-shirts were sold with the message "Je t’aime comme un but de Métanire à la 91e".[1] In his time at Metz, he made 180 league appearances scoring two goals.[1]

Kortrijk

On 15 July 2016, Métanire left Metz for Belgian club KV Kortrijk.[1]

Reims

On 18 January 2017, after just six months with Kortrijk, Métanire returned to his native France joining Stade Reims on a 1.5-year contract.[2]

Métanire helped Stade de Reims win the 2017–18 Ligue 2 and promote to the Ligue 1 for the 2018–19 season.[3]

Minnesota United

On 25 January 2019, Métanire signed with MLS club Minnesota United.[4]

International career

Métanire was born in France, and is of Malagasy descent. He was called up to the Madagascar national football team on 11 August 2018.[5] He made his debut for Madagascar in a 2–2 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification tie with Senegal on 9 September 2018.[6]

Career statistics

International
As of matches played on 12 July 2019[7]
Madagascar national team
YearAppsGoals
201830
201960
Total90

Honours

Club

Reims

Individual
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References
  1. "Romain Métanire (Metz) signe au KV Courtrai (D1 belge)". L'Equipe (in French). 15 July 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  2. "Romain Métanire va s'engager à Reims" [Romain Métanire to join Reims]. L'Equipe (in French). 18 January 2017. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  3. "Ensemble, fêtons nos champions ! – Stade de Reims". 7 May 2018.
  4. "Minnesota United acquires French defender Romain Metanire". Star Tribune. Retrieved 2019-07-09.
  5. "William Gros et Romain Métanire arrivent chez les Barea de Madagascar". www.orange.mg.
  6. Football, CAF – Confederation of African. "CAF – Competitions – 32nd Edition of Total Africa Cup of Nations – Match Details". www.cafonline.com.
  7. Romain Métanire at National-Football-Teams.com
  8. "2019 MLS All-Star Roster". Major League Soccer. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
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