Fiona Liaigre

Fiona Liaigre
Personal information
Full name Fiona Maeva Liaigre
Date of birth (2005-01-05) 5 January 2005[1]
Place of birth Bressuire, France[1]
Height 1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)[1]
Position Defender
Team information
Current team
 Paris FC
Number 26
Youth career
2010–2018 Airvo Saint-Jouin
2018–2020 Bressuire
2020–2022 Bordeaux
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2022–2024 Bordeaux 42 (0)
2024– Paris FC 13 (0)
International career‡
2021–2022 France U17 6 (0)
2022 France U18 4 (0)
2023–2024 France U19 14 (0)
2025 France U23 2 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 07:02, 22 November 2025 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 07:02, 22 November 2025 (UTC)

Fiona Maeva Liaigre (born 5 January 2005) is a French professional footballer who plays as a defender for Première Ligue club Paris FC.

Youth career

Born in Bressuire, France,[1] Liaigre grew up in the nearby commune of Airvault.[2] She played football for FC Airvo Saint-Jouin from ages 5 to 11 before joining FC Bressuire at age 13.[3] In 2020, she moved to FC Girondins de Bordeaux, where she played for Bordeaux's youth teams while simultaneously training at the Merignac Academy.[4]

Club career

Bordeaux

Liaigre debuted for the Bordeaux senior team on 26 February 2022,[5] coming on as a late-game substitute in a match against AS Saint-Étienne. She signed her first professional contract on 4 August 2022, inking a three-year deal with Bordeaux.[6] She kicked off her first season as a full-time member of the senior squad by playing all 90 minutes of the team's campaign-opening victory over Le Havre.

Over the course of her first senior season, Liaigre made 16 starts in 21 league appearances.[6] The following year, she cemented herself as a regular member of Bordeaux's starting lineup and was named to captain the side on several occasions.[7] However, at the end of the 2023–24 season, Bordeaux finished in second-to-last place and was relegated down to the Division 2 Féminine.[8]

Paris FC

Liaigre did not end up sticking around for Bordeaux's first season in the French second division. Instead, in July 2024, she signed a three-year contract with Première Ligue team Paris FC.[9] She missed the start of the 2024–25 season due to Patellar tendinopathy and ended up making her first appearance for Paris FC on 7 December 2024.[10] In her debut, she started and played all 90 minutes of the team's rivalry game against Paris Saint-Germain, helping Paris FC achieve a 1–1 draw.[11] In March 2025, she helped Paris FC advance to the 2024–25 Coupe de France final, recording an 88th-minute goal-line clearance in the team's semifinal victory over Le Havre.[12] However, she went down with an ankle injury after playing just 8 league matches and was forced to watch from the sidelines as Paris FC won the Coupe de France for the first time in history.[10]

International career

Liaigre received her first call-up to the France youth international system in 2021, joining the under-16 national team for a training camp at INF Clairefontaine in October 2020.[4] In 2022, she was named to the under-17 squad that was eliminated in the group stage of the 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.[6] Liaigre has played the bulk of her youth national team minutes with the under-19 squad, making 14 appearances across two years.[1] At the 2023 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship, she had a successful tournament as France were eliminated by Germany in the semifinals.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Fiona Liaigre at the French Football Federation (in French)
  2. ^ a b Magnant, Samuel (2 August 2023). "Equipe de France U19 : le bel Euro de la Deux-Sévrienne Fiona Liaigre". la Nouvelle République (in French). Retrieved 22 November 2025.
  3. ^ Magnant, Samuel (2 July 2020). "Football : Fiona Liaigre poursuit son rêve aux Girondins de Bordeaux". la Nouvelle République (in French). Retrieved 22 November 2025.
  4. ^ a b Magnant, Samuel (7 February 2021). "Fiona Liaigre aux couleurs des "Bleuettes"". la Nouvelle République (in French). Retrieved 22 November 2025.
  5. ^ Vuillemin, Paul (10 September 2022). "Première titularisation pour l'Airvaudaise Fiona Liaigre avec Bordeaux". la Nouvelle République (in French). Retrieved 22 November 2025.
  6. ^ a b c Ferrandon, Vincent (25 May 2023). "La révélation des Girondins de Bordeaux entend poursuivre sur sa lancée". Sud Ouest (in French). Retrieved 22 November 2025.
  7. ^ Ferrandon, Vincent (15 March 2024). "Fiona Liaigre, la latérale qui monte du côté des Girondines". Sud Ouest (in French). Retrieved 22 November 2025.
  8. ^ Liault, Yannis (9 July 2024). "Reléguée puis sélectionnée, la fin de saison contrastée de la Deux-Sévrienne Fiona Liaigre". Le Courrier de fouest (in French). Retrieved 22 November 2025.
  9. ^ "D1 Arkema : Fiona Liaigre quitte Bordeaux pour le Paris FC". la Nouvelle République (in French). 16 July 2024. Retrieved 22 November 2025.
  10. ^ a b Jumeau, Denis (2 November 2025). "Football. L'Airvaudaise Fiona Liaigre prend son envol avec le Paris FC". Ouest-France (in French). Retrieved 22 November 2025.
  11. ^ "Paris FC vs PSG: a neutralized derby". Paris FC. 8 December 2024. Retrieved 22 November 2025.
  12. ^ "Coupe de France: Parisiennes in the final 20 years on!". Paris FC. 8 March 2025. Retrieved 22 November 2025.
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