Matthieu Louis-Jean

Matthieu Louis-Jean
Louis-Jean in 2003
Personal information
Date of birth (1976-02-22) 22 February 1976
Place of birth Mont-Saint-Aignan, Seine-Maritime, France
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Right-back
Team information
Current team
Olympique Lyonnais (head scout)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–1999 Le Havre
1998–1999Nottingham 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 former footballer who is head scout for Olympique Lyonnais. He finished his career at Norwich in June 2005 after several seasons at Nottingham Forest, who he joined from Le 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 saw Gary Holt move to the City Ground.