Teddy RichertTeddy Richert (born 21 September 1974 in Avignon

Avignon

Avignon is a French commune in southeastern France in the départment of the Vaucluse bordered by the left bank of the Rhône river. Of the 94,787 inhabitants of the city on 1 January 2010, 12 000 live in the ancient town centre surrounded by its medieval ramparts.Often referred to as the...

 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...

 football

Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 goalkeeper, currently playing for Sochaux-Montbéliard

FC Sochaux-Montbéliard

Football Club Sochaux-Montbéliard is a French association football club based in the city of Montbéliard. The club was founded in 1928 and currently plays in Ligue 1, the top tier of French football. Sochaux plays its home matches at the Stade Auguste Bonal located within the city...

. Richert is considered to be one of the most consistent goalkeepers in Ligue 1, and has performed well over the past decade. Opportunites for international football for Richert have been few and far between, due to Domenech's preference of Gregory Coupet and controversially, in the latter part of the decade, Fabien Barthez.

He was linked with many top clubs in his mid-twenties, but declared his loyalty to Montbéliard.

He is regarded as one of the best keepers in France.

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