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2 unusual facts about FC Metz


Ashley Sestanovich

He headed south and joined French side Metz on a trial period but failed to earn a contract.

Championnat de France amateur 2

The current champions are the reserves of Metz who accumulated 107 points in Groupe C to earn promotion to the fourth division.


Jonathan Joubert

A tall goalkeeper, the French-born Joubert started his career at the reserves of local side FC Metz before joining CS Grevenmacher for the 1999/2000 season.

Kwame Ayew

Born in Tamale, Ayew started playing professionally in France at only 17, spending a couple of Ligue 1 seasons with FC Metz, then moved to Qatar with Al Ahli SC and played in another country in the following two years, Italy, appearing and scoring sparingly for U.S. Lecce (for instance, he netted four goals in 1993–94's Serie A as his club ranked last with only 28 goals, a competition-worst).

Kwame Nsor

He joined German side 1. FC Kaiserslautern from FC Metz in July 2012 made his debut for the club two months later, as a substitute for Enis Alushi in a 2. Bundesliga match against MSV Duisburg.

Sadio Mané

Born in Sédhiou, Mané joined the French club Metz in the summer of 2011, initially as a reserve team player.


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