Grégory Wimbée
Wimbée in training with Valenciennes (2010)
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| Personal information | |||
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| Date of birth | 19 August 1971 | ||
| Place of birth | Essey-lès-Nancy, France | ||
| Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Clairefontaine | |||
| 1990–1992 | Nancy | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1992–1997 | Nancy | 118 | (1) |
| 1992–1994 | → Charleville (loan) | 75 | (0) |
| 1997–1998 | Cannes | 11 | (0) |
| 1998–2004 | Lille | 196 | (0) |
| 2004–2006 | Metz | 67 | (0) |
| 2006–2009 | Grenoble | 111 | (0) |
| 2009–2011 | Valenciennes | 1 | (0) |
| Total | 579 | (1) | |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Grégory Wimbée (born 19 August 1971) is a French retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
He appeared in 282 Ligue 1 games during 11 seasons, representing in the competition Nancy, Lille, Metz, Grenoble and Valenciennes. Over a 19-year professional career, he added 297 matches in Ligue 2.
Wimbée was born in Essey-lès-Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle. After graduating from AS Nancy's youth system and serving a loan to Ligue 2 side OFC Charleville, he became an undisputed starter for the former, helping them achieve promotion to Ligue 1. On 28 November 1996, in his first top flight season, he scored a last-minute goal from a corner, in a 1–1 home draw against RC Lens, becoming the first goalkeeper to have scored in the competition's history.
After an unassuming year with AS Cannes, Wimbée moved to Lille OSC, helping it to another promotion and into the 2001–02 UEFA Champions League, the first-ever participation in the competition for the Nord-Pas de Calais club. During six seasons, he was an automatic first-choice.
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