• Andrei Girotto is in his fifth season in the colors of FC Nantes.

  • This season, he plays in central defense and midfield.

    His coach Antoine Kombouaré, the starting line-up at each meeting.

  • The player has become a key element of the Nantes squad and his coach greatly appreciates his qualities and his state of mind.

On December 5, FC Nantes won by the smallest of margins in Lorient (0-1), after a real hold-up. The Nantes defense had held firm against the onslaught of the Hakes, in particular thanks to a remarkable performance from Andrei Girotto. Lined up in defense that day, the Brazilian had demonstrated all his talent, all his courage and determination in the Nantes area. Andrei Girotto is now a key element of the workforce of the Yellows and Greens. Holder on each of the FCN matches since the start of the season, he moves between the position of central defender and that of midfielder. For his fifth season in Nantes, he is now considered a real owner, a boss. "I'm having a good time this season. We are having a good run. My career in the midfield brought me a lot in defense”.

Whether alongside Pallois or with Castelletto at the center, the player adapts, including when Antoine Kombouaré decided to switch to a three-defender system at the end of the year.

“It's a matter of adapting.

You have to start the matches a little higher.

I try to communicate a lot with the other defenders, with the team, to be well synchronized.

This changes to five, because the laterals are high.

At four, it's more difficult, because if we go out, we leave more space.

But just because we're playing three doesn't mean we have to stay low.

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“An example from the field”

Because the player does not hesitate to go up when he can place a header on set pieces. Already author of four goals this season after his direct free kick in Nice a week ago, Andrei Girotto likes to prowl in the opposing area. He is also a decisive man in his area at the aerial level, since his team has conceded only three headed goals this season. “We insist a lot on being strong on set pieces, strong in duels. We have these qualities between Girotto and Pallois. You can't be a central defender if you don't have a good heading game. Our defenders must be able to score four to five goals per season,” says Nantes coach Antoine Kombouaré.

Girotto is therefore in the standards described by the Kanak coach. With this extra soul that he breathes into the team. “He is having a remarkable first part of the season and I am still expecting him for the future. I especially like the guy a lot, he was my first captain. I have great confidence in this boy. He is an example on the ground, ”adds the technician.

Facing Lorient this Sunday, he hopes not to relive the same scenario as that of the first leg, where the Nantes defense had suffered before seeing Wylan Cyprien deliver the FCN at the end of the match.

“We play at home, it's to win, regardless of the opponent.

On the way out, we didn't have a great match, it was complicated.

But we managed to win and we were effective, solid defensively.

In more than four seasons, Andrei Girotto has known everything with the Canaries, with different coaches on the bench.

The player continued to progress.

Until becoming an essential element of FC Nantes.

If his position changes, he never disappoints.

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