Martin Baudelet

Martin Baudelet
Personal information
Date of birth (2003-01-03) 3 January 2003
Place of birth Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
–2021 FC Versailles 78
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021–2025 McGill Redbirds 25 (0)
International career
2024– Chinese Taipei 5 (0)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 March 2025

Martin Baudelet (Chinese: 簡柏庭; born 3 January 2003) is a footballer who plays as a defender. Born in France, he is a Chinese Taipei international.

Early life

Baudelet was born on 3 January 2003 in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France. Of Taiwanese descent through his mother, his grandparents live in Taipei, Taiwan.[1]

Club and college career

As a youth player, Baudelet joined the youth academy of French side FC Versailles 78. In 2021, he started attending McGill University in Canada, where he played for their soccer team and made twenty-five appearances and scored zero goals while playing for them. While playing for them, he played in the local semi-professional league, the Ligue1 Québec.

International career

Baudelet is a Chinese Taipei international. On 11 October 2024, he debuted for the Chinese Taipei national football team during a 3–2 away friendly win over the Cambodia national football team.[2] During the winter of 2024, he played for the Chinese Taipei national football team at the EAFF E-1 Football Championship and played for the Chinese Taipei national football team for 2027 AFC Asian Cup qualification in 2025.[3]

References

  1. ^ "台法混血簡柏庭投入中華男足集訓 盼未來能持續為台灣效力" [Taiwanese-French mixed-race Jian Baiting joins the Chinese men's football team training camp and hopes to continue playing for Taiwan in the future] (in Chinese). GoGoal. 11 September 2024. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
  2. ^ "刁天龍首秀送助攻 中華男足國際友誼賽惜敗柬埔寨" [Diao Tianlong made an assist in his debut; Chinese men's football team lost to Cambodia in international friendly match] (in Chinese). CTWANT. 12 October 2024. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
  3. ^ "Martin Baudelet: "Je ne savais même pas que Taïwan avait une sélection nationale"" [Martin Baudelet: "I didn't even know Taiwan had a national team"] (in French). So Foot. 27 March 2025. Retrieved 29 April 2025.