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Flavien Tait retires at 33, nine months after leaving Rodez
The midfielder, 129 appearances for Rennes after coming through Châteauroux and Angers, announced his retirement on Instagram. He had been without a club since January.
by Lucas Morel · 1 min read
Flavien Tait has announced his retirement on Wednesday, on Instagram: “After 14 years of professional football, it is time for me to turn a huge page in my life and announce the end of my career. I feel immense pride and deep gratitude for having been able to live my childhood dream.”
At 33, the attacking midfielder had been without a club for nine months.
From Châteauroux to Rodez, fourteen seasons
A professional at Châteauroux from 2012, Tait played 79 matches before joining Angers in 2016, where he added 87 appearances and discovered Ligue 1.
Rennes signed him in 2019: four seasons, 129 matches, 12 goals, and a French Cup won in 2019, as Foot Mercato recalls. Then Turkey in 2023: 41 matches with Samsunspor over two seasons, a spell at İstanbul Başakşehir in between. The last stop was Rodez: five matches in two and a half months, a departure in January, nothing since.
“Unique moments, engraved forever”
In his message, Tait looks back on European nights: “I lived my greatest European emotions: the Champions League, the Europa League and the Conference League. Unique moments, engraved forever.” He closes with: “A page turns today, but everything football has given me will stay with me forever.”
At 33, he ends a career of fourteen professional seasons and at least 341 club matches. His message says nothing about what comes next.