“I wanted to forget that night.
I wanted to leave this story behind me. When I quit football, I cut everything.
So, I told myself that this was my life before.
“While in early March, Ahmed G., a former Ligue 1 recruiter and coach of the Paris region, was sentenced to an 18-year prison sentence for rape and sexual assault, Guillaume * (the first name has been changed) breaks silence in turn.
He is not one of the nine young footballers who during the trial accused their former coach of acts committed between 2003 and 2018, but the young man in turn gives himself up on RMC sport.
“When I read the articles, I was shocked, it brought back memories and emotions.
“, he explains.
Former player of Bussy-Saint-Georges, Guillaume was 11 years old when he went to Auxerre for a detection course, where with his parents, he is accompanied by Ahmed G., recruiter at the time for several clubs professionals, met a few months earlier during a youth match.
“We knew that Ahmed was someone who knew people in the football world.
I had played a good match, he came to see me.
There was nothing weird at the time.
And it started like that… He told me to come to his Bussy-Saint-Georges club, which could be a good springboard for signing for a Ligue 1 club, ”recalls Guillaume.
“I just wanted to erase this evening from my brain”
In Auxerre, according to Guillaume, the recruiting coach is getting closer.
“During the two weeks in Auxerre, he was very close to me, explains Guillaume.
He gave me hugs and kisses.
It was a bit like my father, he could buy me whatever I wanted like sweets and crampons.
Guillaume recounts the influence.
“He was very fond of reminding me that my parents didn't have a lot of money.
And that he was the only one who could get my family out of trouble thanks to football.
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On the way back, the coach, considering that it was too late to return to Paris, would have, according to Guillaume, decided to stop to spend the night in a hotel.
“He tells me there's only one free room with a double bed.
At that time, I suspected nothing and I accepted,” says Guillaume, 25 years old today.
“When I go to bed, that's when it starts.
He climbed on top of me, he was rubbing against me.
The trainer would then have put his hands on the private parts of the young boy, who pushes him away.
“I just wanted to erase this evening from my brain to continue in my ambitions and in my dreams”, says Guillaume who will not say anything to his parents.
“Testifying today is a personal decision.
I testify to release this word, says Guillaume.
It's taboo to talk in sports.
These words can be hijacked in the minds of young people.
It can also mean that you are not strong enough and therefore you suffered things.
In reality, it is the fact of being able to speak that is strong.
Two weeks ago, for the first time, Guillaume told his parents what he had experienced.