Marie Olivia Christelle Petiteau is a French goalkeeper for Montpellier HSC in France’s Arkema Première Ligue and a long-time French youth international.
She grew up with two brothers, including a twin and all three played at the same club.
She started playing at 6 years old.
She played mixed football with boys until she was 15, says those years “forged and hardened” her, and remembers rival boys assuming “it’s a girl in goal, it’ll be easy” – a comment she used as extra fuel to prove them wrong.
She originally started out as an outfield player; around age 10 she turned up to training one day with a pair of goalkeeper gloves “for no particular reason” – and never took them off again.
As a young keeper she idolised Hugo Lloris and Manuel Neuer.
She studied physiotherapy while at Saint-Malo.
| RG Gloves France |
| Year | Club | AP | GL |
|---|---|---|---|
|
2023
-
present
|
Montpellier | 24 | 0 |
|
2021
-
2023
|
US Saint-Malo | 33 | 0 |
| International Stats | |||
|
2022
-
present
|
France U23 | 6 | 0 |
|
2019
-
2022
|
France U20 | 9 | 0 |
|
2019
-
2020
|
France U19 | 5 | 0 |
|
2018
-
2018
|
France U16 | 1 | 0 |
