Fabrice Jau

Fabrice Jau is a French footballer born the September 4th 1978 with Toulouse. Exclusive droitier medium ground, one recognizes qualities and defects quickly to him. Indeed, very technique and enduring, its positioning and its striking of ball sometimes leave something to be desired. Having begun its career in its native city (with the Toulouse FC), the player joined in 2001 the Corsica to raise a new sporting challenge there. Young player, the club will play only one season and half with SC Bastia before being lent to the ADZE then in L2 so that it was aguerrisse. There he will join this club still for years and half and will take an active part in the increase in L1 of the Greens and in the title 2004 of L2. Not preserved because the Bastian requirements did not correspond to the average inhabitants of Saint-Etienne, the player retouve the Corsica for two seasons still before in 2006, it joins the Sporting Club Sedan the Ardennes evolving/moving in L1.

A studious young person

Fabrice Jau waited very late before giving up his studies to devote himself to football. Indeed, after having made a success of with brilliance a BEP Accounts Department, it continues its studies (whereas they were nothing any more but two classifies some in its training center) to VAT STT than it obtains too. It is only after, with its appearances in team first which it gives up the benches of the school.

The beginning of the footballer

The career of the very young Fabrice starts at six years in the club of Argoulet Saint-Joseph " ASCU Saint-Joseph" in Toulouse suburbs. This proximity with Toulouse, its birthplace, and its capacities allow him, at fifteen years to join the center of preformation of TFC. It will make all its classes with the club: -15 Years, -17 Years, DHR, CFA and team pro. He will take part in particular in a final of championship of -15 Years. Its generation of Toulouse will see the emergence of other talents like Nicolas Dieuze or Patrice Maurel.

Professional beginning

Its first contract pro is signed with just twenty years (1998 - 1999) and it thus begins this season while being involved regularly with the pros but by preserving the statute of trainee. CFA will serve to him as revealing. Indeed, after two good services, Guy Lacombe, then trainer of the team first and which had supervised it integrates it into the pro group. After the first establishment against the Olympic of Marseilles, it will not leave any more the pros.

Professional path

It will make even more than that. Against all waitings, he quickly becomes an indisputable holder with the club which meanwhile changed trainer. Alain Giresse recognizing his qualities does not fail to align it with many recoveries. But the player very quickly is supervised and coveted by large clubs (like the Real Sociedad for example).
However, the player continues the Toulouse adventure even after dismissal in October 2002 of Alain Giresse. Robert Nouzaret will indeed have on him the same glance and Fabrice Jau thus remains an essential component of the Toulouse medium ground. The trainer and the well getting along player, Robert Nouzaret, which leaves the club in June 2001, takes it along with him in Corsica to SC Bastia.
Evolving/moving then in medium or a side defender right, Fabrice still makes display his speed, its promptness (that its stature, 1,85 m, 70 kg: large and fine reinforces), its technical qualities at the point to become one of Bastian satisfactions of the season 2001 - 2002. But there still all was not easy. The player, made with Robert Nouzaret have much evil to be made respect by the Bastian public which saw in him a " pistonné" by Robert Nouzaret like his comrades Nicolas Dieuze or Cédric Uras coldly unloaded Toulouse FC. But the player makes watch of solidity, rigor and manages to show the extent of his qualities at the point to gain the regard of the supporters to the opposite of other the old Toulouse ones.
And thus its career begins again of more beautiful and than its overflows on the wing, its facility to strike and take spaces, and its quality of center prove to be invaluable assets for the Bastian ambitions.
But Robert Nouzaret from goes away in July 2002. The arrival of Gerard Gili changes much thing and Fabrice is condemned to find the bench most of the time. Before the January 25th, it will dispute only 7 small matches.
Christian Villanova, recruiter of the ADZE and friend of Frederic Antonetti, the trainer inhabitant of Saint-Etienne of the time benefits from his friendships Corsica S (Frederic Antonetti and Christian Villanova having involved with SC Bastia before the arrival of Fabrice Jau) for obtenie the free loan of this player until June 2003. This loan will be prolonged finally until June 2004, month during which the player takes down the title of Champion of League 2 with the Greens and the increase of this club in L1. Nice but not idiotic, the Corsican leaders benefit from the occasion to re-examine the price of the player to the rise what constrained the ADZE, then weak financially (under control of DNCG) to let it turn over in Corsica where there will remain two seasons before leaving in June 2006 the Corsica for the Sporting Club Sedan the Ardennes.

Prize list

Finalist of the Coupe de France in 2002 ()
Champion of France of L2 in 2004 ()
1st Match in D1: 10/3/98: Marseilles 2-0 Toulouse
was International French Hope

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