Alain-Pierre Baclet is a French

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

 footballer who plays as a striker

Striker

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 for Italian

Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

 side Vicenza

Vicenza Calcio

Vicenza Calcio is an Italian football club based in Vicenza, Veneto. The club was formed in 1902 and currently plays in Italy's Serie B, having spent the entire 1960s and a large part of the 1990s in Serie A...

, co-owned with U.S. Lecce

U.S. Lecce

Unione Sportiva Lecce or simply U.S. Lecce is an Italian football club based in Lecce, Apulia who play in the Italian Serie A. After being crowned Serie B champions in 2009–10, the team successfully managed to avoid relegation in 2010-11....

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Career

He played in Lille

Lille OSC

LOSC Lille Métropole is a French association football club based in Lille. The club was founded in 1944 as a result of a merger and currently play in Ligue 1, the first division of French football. Lille plays its home matches at the Stade Lille-Metropole in nearby Villeneuve-d'Ascq. In 2012, the...

 youth teams from 2001 to 2004, then moved to Italy

Italy

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 to begin his professional career.

In July 2009, he was signed by U.S. Lecce

U.S. Lecce

Unione Sportiva Lecce or simply U.S. Lecce is an Italian football club based in Lecce, Apulia who play in the Italian Serie A. After being crowned Serie B champions in 2009–10, the team successfully managed to avoid relegation in 2010-11....

 in co-ownership

Co-ownership (football)

Co-ownership is a system whereby two football clubs own the contract of a player jointly, although the player is only registered to play for one club...

 deal. He scored 4 goals in his debut match against Vico Equense

A.S.C. Vico Equense

Vico Equense Calcio 1958 is an Italian association football club located in Vico Equense, Campania. The team's colors are blue and white.The club was promoted to Serie D from Eccellenza in 2007–08, and finished its first Serie D campaign with a second place in the Girone I, behind Siracusa...

 at Coppa Italia. On 21 August 2009, the opening match of Serie B, he scored twice in his Serie B debut. But he then failed to became a team regular, only started 12 league matches in 30 league appearances.

In June 2010, Lecce bought him outright. He had an impressive start, scoring four goals in a Coppa Italia match against Vico Equense and some decisive last-minute goals in the league, but spent most of the season on the bench. In July 2010, he was sent to Serie B side Vicenza in a co-ownership deal.

External links

• http://www.tuttocalciatori.net/Baclet_Alain_Pierre
• Profile at Soccerway