GoS-DB Players

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MAXIME BLANCHARD

Full Name: Maxime Edouard Camille Blanchard

Born: 27 September 1986

Came from: Tranmere Rovers Went to: Released

First game: 26 November 2011 Last game: 03 May 2014

Appearances: 115 (110/5) Goals: 4

Blanchard began his career in his native France with Stade Lavallois Mayenne. He progressed through the youth ranks to the first team and made 26 appearances during his time with the club. He then spent the 2008-09 season with L'Entente Sannois Saint-Gratien and the next campaign at Moulins, playing 35 games for each club.

In August 2010 he joined Tranmere Rovers, making his debut a week later against Huddersfield Town. A versatile performer who could play at centre-back or in midfield, he went on to make 24 appearances for Rovers during his single season there. As a free agent who had been without a club for six months at the time, he joined Argyle on trial and sufficiently impressed Carl Fletcher to earn a short-term contract, which was later extended to the end of the 2011-12 campaign.

After making his debut against Northampton Town in late November, Blanchard was ever-present for the remainder of the season, his centre-back pairing with Darren Purse playing a huge part in keeping Argyle in the Football League. He signed a two-year contract extension just before the end of the campaign and was voted Argyle's Player of the Season for 2011-12.

Blanchard went on to play over a century of games for the club and weighed in with four goals, including a memorable first - a last-minute scissor-kick to salvage a home draw with Crawley Town in January 2012. However, he was one of seven players released by the club during a major squad shake-up by John Sheridan in May 2014, along with Luke Young and Jake Cole.

He spent a large part of the 2014-15 season without a club, as he did after leaving Tranmere and before arriving at Home Park. Returning to France he trained alone to keep his fitness levels up and his dedication paid off when he finally signed for League of Ireland Shamrock Rovers after impressing in three warm-up games ahead of their 2015 Premier Division campaign.

After four goals in 34 appearances for Shamrock, Blanchard was released from his contract in July 2016. Then followed a strange episode at Newport County in League Two. The 30-year-old signed as a free agent on a game by game basis on 10 February 2017, played one match that night and four days later it was announced that he had left the club and retired from football.

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APPEARANCE DETAILS [reselect competitions]

The details below reflect appearances in all first-team competitions.

I'm very grateful to many who have helped write GoS-DB's player pen-pictures, and to Dave Rowntree, the PAFC Media Team and Colin Parsons for their help with photos. Thanks also to staff at the National Football Museum, the Scottish Football Museum and ScotlandsPeople for their valuable assistance.

The following publications have been particularly valuable in the research of pen-pictures: Plymouth Argyle, A Complete Record 1903-1989 (Brian Knight, ISBN 0-907969-40-2); Plymouth Argyle, 101 Golden Greats (Andy Riddle, ISBN 1-874287-47-3); Football League Players' Records 1888-1939 (Michael Joyce, ISBN 1-899468-67-6); Football League Players' Records 1946-1988 (Barry Hugman, ISBN 1-85443-020-3) and Plymouth Argyle Football Club Handbooks.

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