{{short description|French footballer (born 2000)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2022}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Samuel Loric | image = | full_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2000|July|5|df=y}} | birth_place = Vannes, France | height = 1.83 m | position = Left-back | currentclub = 1. FC Magdeburg | clubnumber = 2 | youthyears1 = 2006–2011 | youthclubs1 = AS Ménimur | youthyears2 = 2011–2019 | youthclubs2 = Vannes | years1 = 2017–2019 | clubs1 = Vannes | caps1 = 29 | goals1 = 1 | years2 = 2019–2022 | clubs2 = Lorient II | caps2 = 21 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 2019–2023 | clubs3 = Lorient | caps3 = 3 | goals3 = 0 | years4 = 2019 | clubs4 = → Vannes (loan) | caps4 = 8 | goals4 = 0 | years5 = 2020–2021 | clubs5 = → Avranches (loan) | caps5 = 18 | goals5 = 1 | years6 = 2020–2021 | clubs6 = → Avranches II (loan) | caps6 = 3 | goals6 = 0 | years7 = 2023 | clubs7 = → Quevilly-Rouen (loan) | caps7 = 9 | goals7 = 0 | years8 = 2023–2024 | clubs8 = Quevilly-Rouen | caps8 = 30 | goals8 = 1 | years9 = 2024– | clubs9 = 1. FC Magdeburg | caps9 = 15 | goals9 = 2 | nationalyears1 = | nationalteam1 = Brittany U16 | nationalcaps1 = | nationalgoals1 = | club-update = 28 December 2025 | nationalteam-update = }} '''Samuel Loric''' (born 5 July 2000) is a French professional footballer who plays as a left-back for German {{German football updater|Magdeburg}} club 1. FC Magdeburg.<ref>{{Soccerway|samuel-loric/503221|accessdate=3 July 2023}}</ref>
== Club career ==
=== Debut in Vannes === Born in Vannes,<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=Hervé|first=Frédéric|date=8 January 2018|title=Samuel Loric, 17 ans, et la nouvelle vague du Vannes OC|url=https://www.ouest-france.fr/sport/football/coupe-de-france/coupe-de-france-samuel-loric-17-ans-et-la-nouvelle-vague-du-vannes-oc-5485918|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211129132721/https://www.ouest-france.fr/sport/football/coupe-de-france/coupe-de-france-samuel-loric-17-ans-et-la-nouvelle-vague-du-vannes-oc-5485918|archive-date=29 November 2021|access-date=29 November 2021|website=Ouest-France}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Samuel Loric profile|url=https://fclweb.fr/joueur/samuel-loric/|access-date=29 November 2021|website=FC Lorient|language=fr-FR}}</ref> Samuel Loric started playing football at the age of 6 in his hometown club of AS Ménimur, before joining Vannes Olympique as an 11 years old.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":4">{{Cite web|date=27 November 2021|title=FC Lorient : l'interwiew selfie de Samuel Loric|url=https://www.letelegramme.fr/morbihan/lorient/fc-lorient-l-interwiew-selfie-de-samuel-loric-27-11-2021-12875936.php|access-date=29 November 2021|website=Le Télégramme|language=fr|quote=Mes premiers souvenirs dans le football : J’ai commencé à l’âge de 6 ans à l’AS Ménimur (Vannes). À 11 ans, je suis allé au Vannes olympique club. J’ai grandi dans une famille de footeux : mes deux frères et mon père. Le déclic de ma carrière : Il y en a eu plusieurs : un but que j’ai marqué contre la PSG (réserve) en N2 et tout dernièrement ma première titularisation en Ligue 1 contre Angers.}}</ref>
Soon appearing as one of the most promising prospects of the Britannic academy, he was even very close to joining Lorient as an under-14, if not for a serious thigh injury. Loric became a regular starter with Vannes OC first team as a 17 years old in the Championnat National 3, after he made his debut against Pontivy in 2017, during a 2–0 Coupe de France win.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":3">{{Cite web|date=24 November 2017|title=Samuel Loric : " On ne va rien lâcher ! "|url=https://vannesoc.com/2017/11/24/samuel-loric-on-ne-va-rien-lacher/|access-date=29 November 2021|website=Vannes Olympique Club|language=fr-FR}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Cite web|last=Bouchacourt|first=Jérome|date=31 January 2019|title=De Vannes à Lorient, le fabuleux destin de Samuel Loric|url=https://www.footamateur.fr/de-vannes-a-lorient-le-fabuleux-destin-de-samuel-loric/|access-date=29 November 2021|website=Foot Amateur|language=fr-FR}}</ref>
For the following season, as his side had been promoted to the Championnat National 2, the young defender played an even bigger role helping Vannes avoid relegation.<ref name=":5" /><ref name=":2" /> He scored his first goal on 19 January 2019, as the Vannetais smashed Paris Saint-Germain reserve team in a 4–0 championship win, against the likes of Yacine Adli, Arthur Zagré, Loïc Mbe Soh, Éric Ebimbe, Moussa Sissako or Virgiliu Postolachi.<ref name=":4" /><ref>{{Cite web|date=20 January 2019|title=Adrien Rabiot s'est encore entraîné avec la réserve du PSG|url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/Adrien-rabiot-s-est-encore-entraine-avec-la-reserve-du-psg/979676|access-date=29 November 2021|website=L'Équipe|language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=19 January 2019|title=Vannes vs. PSG II|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2019/01/19/france/cfa/vannes-olympique-club/paris-saint-germain-fc-ii/2849533/|access-date=29 November 2021|website=Soccerway}}</ref>
=== Professional contract in Lorient === On the last day of January 2019, Samuel Loric signed his first professional contract with FC Lorient, before being loaned back to Vannes until the end of the National 2 season.<ref name=":5" /><ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite web|date=30 January 2019|title=FC Lorient. Samuel Loric (Vannes) en approche|url=https://www.letelegramme.fr/football/fc-lorient-samuel-loric-vannes-en-approche-30-01-2019-12196696.php|access-date=29 November 2021|website=Le Télégramme|language=fr}}</ref>
Loric made his professional debut for Lorient in the 2019–20 season on 13 August 2019, starting in a 2–1 Coupe de la Ligue loss against Le Mans.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":6">{{Cite web|last=Baudry|first=Sylvian|date=21 March 2021|title=Sur le côté gauche de l'US Avranches, Samuel Loric trace sa route|url=https://www.ouest-france.fr/sport/football/us-avranches/national-sur-le-cote-gauche-de-l-us-avranches-samuel-loric-trace-sa-route-7194493|access-date=29 November 2021|website=Ouest-France}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=T'sjoen|first=Maxime|date=14 August 2019|title=Coupe de la Ligue : tous les résultats du premier tour|url=https://www.francebleu.fr/sports/football/coupe-de-la-ligue-tous-les-resultats-du-premier-tour-1565774685|access-date=29 November 2021|website=France Bleu|language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=FC Lorient - Le Mans FC ( 1-2 ) (1er tour) - Résumé - (FCL - LEMANS) / 2019-20|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQqjT7qqnRI|language=en|access-date=29 November 2021|website=Coupe de la Ligue BKT|publisher=YouTube}}</ref>
But after a season where he mainly played with Lorient reserve in National 2, while Vincent Le Goff retained the spot on the left of the defense in their 2019–20 Ligue 2 winning campaign, Loric was loaned to US Avranches for the 2020–21 National season.<ref name=":6" /><ref>{{Cite web|date=6 June 2020|title=Samuel Loric prêté à Avranches|url=https://fclweb.fr/samuel-loric-prete-a-avranches/|access-date=29 November 2021|website=FC Lorient|language=fr-FR}}</ref> Despite a season with ups and downs for the Norman club,<ref>{{Cite web|last=Rey|first=Aurélien|date=13 March 2021|title=Football : l'US Avranches battue dans les toutes dernières minutes à Annecy|url=https://actu.fr/sports/football/football-l-us-avranches-battue-dans-les-toutes-dernieres-minutes-a-annecy_40207462.html|access-date=29 November 2021|website=La Presse de la Manche|language=fr}}</ref> the young left-back was one of the standout players of his team,<ref>{{Cite web|date=18 December 2020|title=Joueur du mois de novembre ⋆ US Avranches Mont-Saint-Michel|url=https://us-avranches.fr/national/joueur-du-mois/joueur-du-mois-de-novembre/|access-date=29 November 2021|website=US Avranches Mont-Saint-Michel|language=fr-FR}}</ref> notably scoring a goal and delivering an assist in the two Normandy {{ill|Normandy Derby|fr|Rivalités dans le football en Normandie|lt=derbies}} against Quevilly-Rouen.<ref name=":6" />
Back in Lorient for their second consecutive season in Ligue 1, Samuel Loric was included in the first team for the summer preparation, playing the pre-season friendlies, most notably scoring the only goal of a 1–0 away win against FC Nantes.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Dupont|first=Régis|date=28 July 2021|title=Lorient piège Nantes en amical|url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/Lorient-piege-nantes-en-amical/1274003|access-date=29 November 2021|website=L'Équipe|location=La Baule|language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=28 July 2021|title=Le FC Nantes se heurte au FC Lorient à La Baule|url=https://www.fcnantes.com/articles/article2809.php?num=37449|access-date=29 November 2021|website=FC Nantes|language=fr}}</ref>
Christophe Pélissier awarded him his league debut on 21 November 2021, in what was deemed an honorable performance against Angers, despite the 1–0 away loss.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Abautret|first=Olivier|date=21 November 2021|title=Samuel Loric : " Ne pas s'apitoyer et bosser "|url=https://www.ouest-france.fr/sport/football/fc-lorient/fc-lorient-samuel-loric-ne-pas-s-apitoyer-et-bosser-50a91130-4af0-11ec-8a6b-582d17cbe42b|access-date=29 November 2021|website=Ouest-France}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Blanzat|first=Nicolas|date=21 November 2021|title=Ligue 1 : décimé mais combatif, le FC Lorient perd à Angers|url=https://www.francebleu.fr/sports/football/direct-ligue-1-14e-journee-fc-lorient-fcl-amoindri-sco-angers-match-integralite-1637404777|access-date=29 November 2021|website=France Bleu|language=fr}}</ref>
On 10 January 2023, Loric joined Ligue 2 club Quevilly-Rouen on loan until the end of the season.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Quevilly-Rouen|url=https://qrm.fr/samuel-loric-prete-par-le-fc-lorient/|title=SAMUEL LORIC PRÊTÉ PAR LE FC LORIENT|date=10 January 2023|access-date=3 February 2023|language=fr}}</ref>
=== Magdeburg === On 29 August 2024, Loric signed with 1. FC Magdeburg in Germany.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=1. FC Magdeburg|url=https://1.fc-magdeburg.de/news/detail/fcm-verpflichtet-samuel-loric|title=FCM verpflichtet Samuel Loric|trans-title=FCM signs Samuel Loric|date=29 August 2024|access-date=29 August 2024|language=de}}</ref>
== International career == Loric played for Brittany as an under-16, were {{Ill|Alain Thiboult|fr}} was the first coach to play him as a fullback.<ref name=":1" />
== Style of play == Samuel Loric first played as a midfielder<ref name=":1" /> or a left winger,<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite web|date=31 January 2019|title=Samuel Loric donne son accord au FC Lorient|url=https://vannesoc.com/2019/01/31/samuel-loric-donne-son-accord-au-fc-lorient/|access-date=29 November 2021|website=Vannes Olympique Club|language=fr-FR}}</ref> before deciding to switch to left-back, where he played his first games with Vannes senior team under David Gouzerch.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":3" /><ref name=":2" />
== References == {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{Soccerway|samuel-loric/503221}}
{{1. FC Magdeburg squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Loric, Samuel}} Category:2000 births Category:Living people Category:Footballers from Vannes Category:French men's footballers Category:Men's association football defenders Category:Vannes OC players Category:FC Lorient players Category:US Avranches players Category:US Quevilly-Rouen Métropole players Category:1. FC Magdeburg players Category:Championnat National 3 players Category:Championnat National 2 players Category:Championnat National players Category:Ligue 1 players Category:Ligue 2 players Category:2. Bundesliga players Category:French expatriate men's footballers Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Category:French expatriate sportspeople in Germany Category:21st-century French sportsmen