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Journalist
After trying different sports, Thibault turned to a career as an amateur footballer. When making a choice between becoming a professional footballer and a journalist, the qualities tipped the scales to one side. Here he is now in the editorial staff of 10 Sport, after a diploma obtained at the International Institute of Communication in Paris.
Trained and revealed at Stade Rennais, Jacques Faty remained in Brittany until 2007. The former Senegalese international thus took over the management of OM, where he stayed for a season. Enough to still give him time to play prestigious matches, starting with the Classic against PSG. And being from the Paris region, playing at the Parc des Princes was special for Faty.
Arriving at OM in the summer of 2007, Jacques Faty is not intended to be a starter in central defense. However, on September 2, during the trip to the lawn of the PSGit is he who begins alongside Julien Rodriguez. Taking advantage of a health glitch Gaël Given, Faty therefore took the opportunity to compete in his first Classic, which gave him an unexpected emotion to say the least.
“I start to cry, I cry I’m so happy”
Asked by Arena, Jacques Faty came back to this PSG-OM which was special to him, so much so that he started to cry. The former Olympian said: “ My highlight match is when I play against PSG. The Classic. This match, I should not start it, it was Givet who should have started. And Givet, stomach ache the day before the match. All night… He's the sick one. So what does the coach do? Jacques Faty. Here we go. And when Gerets said to me: “Jacques, you’re going to play,” I swear, I was moved. I'm Parisian, so my family, they all came. I swear, I'm in my room, I start crying, I'm crying I'm so happy. Not everyone knows that. You arrive at the talk, you see your name Faty and opposite, it was Rothen, Camara… I saw my name, pressure ».
“I go to the toilet, I lock myself”
« At night, Givet has a stomach ache, I don't know about it. It's morning, at breakfast, I see Givet, he's not there. And there, Samir (Nasri) said to me: “Get ready”. At the end of the morning, we walk, the coach says to me: “Jacques, you are going to play, you are going to start. Are you ready? “. I said, “Coach, I’m ready as ever.” And there, crazy pressure. Afterwards, I arrive in the locker rooms, at the Park, I go to the toilets, I lock myself in, and there I cry. You are going to experience a unique moment in your career », also confided Jacques Faty.
