
Suddenly, Jeremy Mathieu is back in the media spotlight. Ten years ago he won the Champions League with Barcelona and even played in the final against Juventus. Now, after quitting playing football, he has decided to change his life. The former French defender is working as a salesman in France, in a store of a very well-known chain there.
Jeremy Mathieu was born in 1983. He was a middle-class defender: three years at Sochaux, then three at Toulouse and a move to Valencia. Five seasons at the Piprat, before signing for Barcelona. There he made his big step. On the bench was Luis Enrique and on the pitch Leo Messi. The Catalans paid 20 million euros for him. The first year was triumphant: three titles, a collection of trophies, before ending his career on a high with Sporting Lisbon. 13 trophies in a brilliant career.
Mathieu now works as a salesman in France.
“L'Equipe” revealed today what Mathieu is doing now. The most important French sports newspaper found a photo circulating on the Internet, where he appears working as a salesman in a store of the Intersport chain. The store was flooded with calls. Many people wanted to know if it was really him. Of course, the number of visitors to the store tripled, as many wanted to see the former footballer, get an autograph or take a souvenir photo.
After the incident, the manager of the store, which is located between Aix-en-Provence and Marseille, unofficially informed that Mathieu was there for a trial period with the help of a former footballer who now works there, Loic Loval-Landré. Mathieu is a salesman in the football department, so he remains in his own world, a world that he could return to in the future, since during this time he also obtained his coaching license.