Océane Celia Picard (born 21 April 2002) is a French professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Première Ligue club Paris FC. She has previously played for Division 2 clubs FC Vendenheim and FC Metz, as well as fellow Première Ligue side Dijon FCO. Picard has also represented France at the youth international level.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Océane Celia Picard | ||
| Date of birth | 21 April 2002[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Sélestat, France[2] | ||
| Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)[3] | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Paris FC | ||
| Number | 21 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2016–2017 | FC Sélestat | ||
| 2017–2018 | Vendenheim | ||
| 2018–2019 | SC Freiburg | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019–2020 | Vendenheim | 13 | (1) |
| 2020–2023 | Metz | 47 | (14) |
| 2023–2025 | Dijon | 41 | (4) |
| 2025– | Paris FC | 21 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2018 | France U16 | 3 | (2) |
| 2018–2019 | France U17 | 8 | (4) |
| 2019 | France U19 | 2 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | France U20 | 4 | (1) |
| 2025– | France U23 | 7 | (2) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 23:00, 6 May 2026 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 23:00, 16 April 2026 (UTC) | |||
Club career
editEarly career
editBorn and raised in Sélestat,[2] Picard started playing football locally for FC Sélestat's youth teams.[4] She then moved to the nearby town of Strasbourg to enroll in the city's Elite Training Center.[5] Picard also spent time with FC Vendenheim before moving to Germany in 2018 and joining SC Freiburg's youth squad.[4] In June 2019, she scored a brace in Freiburg's under-17 German cup semifinal first leg against Turbine Potsdam.[6]
In 2019, Picard returned to France to gain more visibility in the French football system.[4] She signed for former youth club FC Vendenheim and spent one year with the team before joining fellow second-division side FC Metz in July 2020.[7] In the 2022–23 season, Picard was Metz's top scorer, finishing the campaign with 8 goals.[8][9]
Dijon
editPicard was Dijon FCO's first summer signing of 2023, joining the club on 23 June.[10] She penned a two-year deal with Dijon, marking her first contract in the top-flight Division 1 Féminine.[2][10] Picard scored her first goal for Dijon on 4 November 2023, scoring a stoppage-time equalizer against Le Havre to achieve a 3–3 scoreline and salvaging a point for Dijon. Her second-ever Division 1 goal was also an impactful one, coming as the game-winner in the final minutes of a 1–0 victory over Bordeaux.[4]
Overall, Picard played much of her first year at Dijon as a substitute. However, she was a regular starter in her second season, during which she recorded 2 goals and 4 assists across the campaign.[11] One of her two goals came in the first eleven matches of the year and helped Dijon enter the halfway mark of the season in fourth place of the league.[12] Picard helped the club hold on to that fourth place position through the end of the year and qualify for the play-offs for the first time.[13] In Dijon's ensuing semifinal match against Lyon, Picard started and played 71 minutes of the 4–1 defeat to the eventual champions.[14]
Paris FC
editOn 26 May 2025, Picard signed a three-year contract for Paris FC, where she reconnected with her old France under-17 national team coach, Sandrine Soubeyrand.[11] Picard made her Paris FC debut in the first match of the season, a 2–0 victory over her former club Dijon on 7 September.[15] She made her first appearances in the UEFA Women's Champions League later the same month, coming off the bench in two qualifying matches against Austria Wien. On 7 October 2025, Picard recorded her first Champions League start and first Paris FC goal contribution, assisting Clara Mateo in Paris FC's first-round draw with OH Leuven.[11]
International career
editPicard has represented France at multiple youth national levels.[13] By the time she turned 22 years old, Picard had already made 17 total caps for the U16, U17, U19, and U20 squads.[1][10] In October 2025, Picard, received her first call-up to the under-23 team, joining a training camp in Portugal alongside Paris FC teammates Fiona Liaigre, Célina Ould Hocine, and Melween N'Dongala.[16]
References
edit- 1 2 Océane Picard at the French Football Federation (in French)
- 1 2 3 Tourné, Christophe (23 June 2023). "D1 féminine : une première recrue pour le DFCO". ICI (in French). Retrieved 16 November 2025.
- ↑ Océane Picard at FBref.com
- 1 2 3 4 Flury, Jerome (7 December 2024). "Entretien avec Océane Picard, la numéro 10 qui voit grand à Dijon". Footeuses (in French). Retrieved 16 November 2025.
- ↑ "Océane Picard is a Parisian!". Paris FC. 26 May 2025. Retrieved 16 November 2025.
- ↑ "Den Rückstand weggesteckt". Badische Zeitung (in German). 11 June 2019. Retrieved 16 November 2025.
- ↑ "FC Metz : trois nouveaux visages chez les féminines". Republicain-Lorrain (in French). 5 July 2020. Retrieved 16 November 2025.
- ↑ "Océane Picard, première recrue estivale au DFCO féminin". K6FM (in French). 23 June 2023. Retrieved 16 November 2025.
- ↑ Maurel, Vanessa (9 July 2023). "Football - Océane Picard s'engage avec Dijon". Women Sports (in French). Retrieved 16 November 2025.
- 1 2 3 Ecoffet, Jérémy (23 June 2023). "D1 Arkema / Océane Picard, première recrue du DFCO !". DFCO (in French). Retrieved 16 November 2025.
- 1 2 3 Villa, Vincent (15 October 2025). "« On se projetait avec elle sur son potentiel et sa capacité à passer des étapes » : Océane Picard à la conquête de la Ligue des champions". L'Équipe (in French). Retrieved 16 November 2025.
- ↑ "Léna Goetsch et Océane Picard, premières de cordée". L'Alsace (in French). 31 December 2024. Retrieved 16 November 2025.
- 1 2 Cotten, Nicolas (29 May 2025). "Arkema Première Ligue : Océane Picard quitte Dijon pour le Paris FC". Mesinfos (in French). Retrieved 16 November 2025.
- ↑ "Lyon (F) 4-1 Dijon (F), Arkema Première Ligue (F) : résumé du match (11/05/2025)". L'Équipe (in French). Retrieved 16 November 2025.
- ↑ Ledu, Aurélie (7 September 2025). "Parisiennes kick off their season in earnest". Paris FC. Retrieved 16 November 2025.
- ↑ Ledu, Aurélie (23 October 2025). "Ten Parisians in the national squad: Paris FC well represented". Paris FC. Retrieved 16 November 2025.
External links
edit- Océane Picard at Soccerway.com
- Océane Picard at FBref.com
- Océane Picard at kicker (in German)
