Loic Damour

Loic Damour (born 8 January 1991) is a French professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Le Mans on loan from Scottish Premiership club Heart of Midlothian.

Club Career

Loic began his career with his local club US Chantilly before moving to the famous Clairefontaine academy in 2004. While training at Clairefontaine, he also attended the prestigious sports club Athletic Club de Boulogne Billencourt, which also trained current French stars Hatem Ben Arfa and Issiar Dia. After leaving Clairefontaine, he joined RC Strasbourg.

In April 2008, Loic signed his first professional contract agreeing to a three-year deal keeping him with Strasbourg until 2011. After spending one year in the reserves, he was promoted to the senior squad and was assigned the 26 shirt. He made his professional football debut for Strasbourg on 4 August 2008 in a Ligue 2 match against Montpellier coming on as a substitute.

On 26 October 2009, Damour signed a contract extension with Strasbourg until the year 2013.

On 6 July 2017, following the expiry of his contract with Bourge-Peronnas, Loic Damour signed for EFL Championship side Cardiff City on a free transfer. He made his debut for the club on the opening day of the 2017–18 season during a 1–0 victory over Burton Albion, as a substitute in place of Lee Tomlin.

Damour left Cardiff in August 2019 and signed a four-year contract with Scottish Premiership club Hearts.