Marion Torrent, twenty years of passion at the MHSC

Marion Torrent, capitaine de Montpellier, garde en tête cet objectif d'atteindre les play-off pour viser une place européenne. Midi Libre – RICHARD DE HULLESSEN

The MHSC captain arrived at MHSC in 2004 at the age of 12. She rose through the ranks to embrace the values ​​and ambitions of the club. A story of rare loyalty at the highest level of women's football.

Marion Torrent is a one-club player. She embraced its colors and values ​​since 2004; grew at the same time as Montpellier Hérault and its women's section. Touched its sporting epics (champion of France in 2004 and 2005, the Cup in 2006, 2007, 2009), experienced the evolution of its infrastructure, playing in Villeneuve-lès-Maguelone, Sussargues, before the MHSC n’invests in Grammont, to gain professional status.

Noted at 12 years old

At the time, she was playing in Luynes, between Aix and Marseille, playing with boys, when MHSC recruiters noticed her at the age of 12. Bank. "I’already had in mind taking a sport course. I arrived in 5th grade at Gérard-Philipe and I was housed with host families.
Three homes during his college years, others on weekends. "I’have lots of anecdotes! I laugh about it now but it was complicated sometimes. When you’re far from your parents, who’you have to follow to school…" 
At boarding school during her high school years in Mermoz, a time when she joined Patrice Laire's pro group for training. "You don't do all this for nothing. Obviously, that was the objective!"
She learns autonomy and builds character. The one she still shows today on the pitch, angry and combative. His statistics, again this season, do not lie: leading in recovery, balls touched, tackles, duels… Her position, recuperating midfielder, wants that, trained at n°6, before a stint as a side, "but no longer by default", which allowed her to take a place with the Blues. 51 selections and a World Cup in 2019. "I am happy that my father was able to live this experience, it made him happy!", explains Marion Torrent without resentment in relation to the fact of not having been selected in 2023. "I play my football, today, I am happy with my family, my club. I did what I wanted to do. The rest…"

« If I stay in football, it will be in Montpellier »

“Barker” also even if she learned to keep quiet. Uh! "It was hard to find a way to do it. When things don't work, I tend to get angry! And when I take it upon myself, when I try to be positive, too much, I have the impression of being in the I-don't-fuck situation…hellip ; And in the end, it becomes a second job!"She is like that Torrent, whole, faithful to her values, to those of the club. « There were times when I could have left. » Like in 2019 when the team experienced another cycle with the departure of executives like Toletti, Karchaoui, Gauvin… "I couldn't leave the club that formed me and put it in the m… I felt like that. But I didn't do it reluctantly.

Under contract with the MHSC until 2026

The transition is then difficult. "We spent years with Jean-Louis Saez where we had tasted the Champion’s League, the Coupe de France finals, and it was a bit of a downfall. We had to regain automatisms, give some players time to adapt. And you learn all that over time. And then, little by little, I took this role of elder so much to heart that I don't see myself anywhere else. It’s also a period difficult personal life; "one or two seasons where I was in the abyss but now, I'm getting back into it, I'm enjoying myself". Montpellier and his family for balance. "I grew up and lived more in Montpellier than with my parents! This is my city. I feel good there. I take care to live well, to be good in my head to be good on the ground.
Under contract until 2026, she is aware that winning the championship or the Cup with Montpellier today seems complicated, "but there are other goals to seek. A place for the play-offs (and Europe). We can claim that. It will then be time to think about what comes next. "If I stay in football, it will be in Montpellier. I have diplomas as a sports coach, physical trainer, projects that I can also enjoy with my partner. Lots of things could interest me… in sport, but it’s still too early!".

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