Yoann Gourcuff has been very rare since his retirement. The former player does not hide it: except with the few friends made during his career like Jimmy Briand, Jérémy Toulalan, Etienne Didot or Benoît Costil, he completely cut the bridges with football. For his greatest happiness.
“My end of my career, I lived it very well. I came back to what I am, I master things. Leaving the world of football did me a lot of good ”, He had explained to Ouest-France in the spring of 2023, adding: “It was done very naturally. I am a football enthusiast, I liked the game, the training, the matches, but everything there was around and who was taking on more and more importance, all this exhibition, I did not like it. It was not me. I am a discreet, modest person. Today, I am very good in my life. »»
However, a year after having participated in the Gala match organized by the Girondins of Bordeaux on the occasion of the centenary of Lescure park, where he had received a real ovation, Yoann Gourcuff will be on the lawn of Beaujoire, on June 3, for the Legends match set up by FC Nantes to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the title of champion won in 1995.
Yoann Gourcuff with Teddy Riner
The meeting must oppose a team made up of historic players from FC Nantes to the Variety Club de France. On the Nantes side, Maxime Bossis, Marcel Desailly, Frédéric Da Rocha, Patrice Loko or Eric Carrière are expected on the lawn while Jean-Claude Suaudeau, Georges Eo and Vahid Halilhodzic should officer on the bench.
The team of the variety club of France should also look great since in addition to Yoann Gourcuff, Robert Pirès, Alain Giresse, Sonny Anderson, Benoît Cheyrou, Benoît Costil but also Matt Pokora or Teddy Riner are announced.
