 Louis-Jean in 2003 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1976-02-22)22 February 1976 (age 49)[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Mont-Saint-Aignan,[2] Seine-Maritime, France | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[3] | ||
| Position | Right-back[1] | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Olympique Lyonnais (head scout) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1997–1999 | Le Havre | ||
| 1998–1999 | →Nottingham Forest (loan) | 16 | (0) |
| 1999–2005 | Nottingham Forest | 182 | (3) |
| 2005–2007 | Norwich City | 2 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 1997 | France U21 | 2 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Matthieu Louis-Jean (born 22 February 1976) is a French formerfootballer who is head scout forOlympique Lyonnais. He finished his career at Norwich in June 2005 after several seasons at Nottingham Forest, who he joined fromLe Havre in 1999 following a loan spell. An experienced full-back, Louis-Jean made 198 league appearances for Forest. His transfer to Norwich was a player exchange deal that sawGary Holt move to theCity Ground.
Louis-Jean made just two appearances for Norwich at the start of his first season with the club (2005–06) before injury problems ruled him out of action for the remainder of the campaign. The Frenchman was near a return to the first team, but an injury playing for the reserve team saw his recovery set back yet again.
Norwich managerPeter Grant announced in February 2007 that Louis-Jean would be released at the end of the2006–07 season.
Louis-Jean spent time as a scout for Nottingham Forest, before joiningMarseille as head scout in April 2021. Then, in July 2023, he joinedLyon with the same job.[4]
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