| Pierre Patron | |
| Birth Date: | 20 August 1997[1] |
| Birth Place: | Vannes, France |
| Height: | 1.91 m |
| Position: | Goalkeeper |
| Currentclub: | Quevilly-Rouen |
| Clubnumber: | 1 |
| Youthyears1: | –2013 |
| Youthclubs1: | Vannes |
| Youthyears2: | 2013–2016 |
| Youthclubs2: | Brest |
| Years1: | 2015–2016 |
| Clubs1: | Brest B |
| Caps1: | 1 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2016–2019 |
| Clubs2: | Clermont |
| Caps2: | 0 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2016–2019 |
| Clubs3: | Clermont B |
| Caps3: | 41 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 2019–2022 |
| Clubs4: | Le Mans |
| Caps4: | 81 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 2019 |
| Clubs5: | Le Mans B |
| Caps5: | 3 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Years6: | 2022–2024 |
| Clubs6: | Charleroi |
| Caps6: | 10 |
| Goals6: | 0 |
| Years7: | 2022–2024 |
| Clubs7: | Zébra Élites |
| Caps7: | 12 |
| Goals7: | 0 |
| Years8: | 2024– |
| Caps8: | 0 |
| Goals8: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 11 May 2024 |
Pierre Patron (born 20 August 1997) is a French professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for club Quevilly-Rouen.
Patron was born in Vannes in 1997, and raised in Saint-Avé. His father was a driving instructor and his mother a childminder.[2] He played football for his hometown club, Vannes OC from age 10 to 15, before spending the next four years with Brest.[3] During that time, he passed his baccalauréat and began a college course in sports studies.[2] As a 17-year-old, he played in the senior squad that won the 2015 Coupe de Bretagne Senior, and the following season, he made one appearance in the fifth-tier Championnat de France Amateur 2 (CFA2)[4] and was part of the under-19 squad that reached the semi-final of that season's Coupe Gambardella, in which they lost to a Monaco under-19 side featuring the already first-team regular Kylian Mbappé. He was however second-choice goalkeeper behind Gautier Larsonneur at under-19 level, and was released in 2016.[2] [3]
After trials with Lorient, Angers and Clermont, Patron signed for the latter as fourth-choice goalkeeper, with the prospect of moving up the pecking order if he had a good season with the B-team in the CFA2.[3] He played 19 matches, and in his second season trained regularly with the professional group while playing 20 matches in the 2017–18 Championnat National 3 (successor to the CFA2).[3] In August 2019, he was one of several younger players selected to start the Coupe de la Ligue first round match against third-tier Laval,[5] which Clermont won 3–0. He was named as substitute goalkeeper for the Ligue 2 team on 12 occasions that season, but never took the field.
He signed for Le Mans, newly promoted to Ligue 2, in June 2019.[6] Initially third choice goalkeeper, a dislocated finger for Yoann Thuram gave Patron a seat on the bench, and when Jérémy Aymes was injured while making a clearance 11 minutes into the Coupe de la Ligue round of 32 match against Nice on 30 October, Patron made an unexpected first-team debut. He conceded twice in his first few minutes on the field, but kept a clean sheet thereafter as Le Mans beat the Ligue 1 side 3–2 to go through to the next round.[7] Three days later, Patron made his first appearance in Ligue 2, away to Clermont where he had spent the previous three years; he kept a clean sheet as Le Mans won 1–0.[8]
On 4 July 2022, Patron signed a contract with Charleroi in Belgium for the term of 2 years, with an option for 2 more.[9]
On 19 June 2024, Patron agreed to move to Quevilly-Rouen for two seasons.[10]