At the end of last July, a living legend from AS Saint-Etienne decided to retire from sports. This is Loïc Perrin.
Launched among the pros in 2003, the defender has finally made his entire career in the Forez club. With 470 games on the clock, for a title of French Ligue 2 champion in 2004 and the 2013 Coupe de la Ligue as his prize list, the former French international has marked a whole generation of Stéphanois. And it is not Jérémie Janot who will say the opposite, he who spent many years with his captain until 2012. Friend of Perrin, the current coach of the Valenciennes goalkeepers believes that the final bouquet of Perrin, with a red card for a violent tackle on Mbappé in the final of the Coupe de France against PSG on July 24 (0-1), will not tarnish his brilliant passage to Sainté.
“Did Perrin’s expulsion from the Stade de France hurt your heart? Not even ! I do not stay on this last gesture. I was there for his first game. I saw the last one. It’s a red, it happens. When you’re on your couch, it’s impossible to get kicked out. But when Mbappé arrives in the field at full speed, that’s another thing! Afterwards, when you like the Greens, you watch Loïc’s entire career. You know who he is. Loïc, he was a great player. But his human quality is still above. I like his detachment, his always positive side. Loïc is the real Green: born in Saint-Etienne, who has spent his entire career at the club. He is a true legend of ASSE. Not only has he won unanimous support as a player, but he does not have a shadow on his side. His locker is blank! Players like him, there is one per generation, and more. When I think of ASSE, I think of him, Robert Herbin, Ivan Curkovic. He is of the same lineage »Janot, who believes Perrin has all the qualities to become the future president of ASSE, told the But website.