[2] He was not taken into the club's centre de formation (academy) – the stream that leads towards a professional football career – with the rest of his age group in 2008, but after an impressive season with the amateur youths, he was accepted as a late entrant,[4] although he felt somewhat of an outsider.
[5] He made one appearance for Rennes B in the Championnat de France Amateur (CFA) in the 2010–11 season, and signed a two-year contrat stagiaire (trainee contract) in 2011.
[5] He played once for the first team, starting in a Coupe de la Ligue match against Laval,[6] made 18 appearances for the reserves in the CFA 2,[7] and was released at the end of his contract.
He was a member of their team that progressed through nine rounds of the 2015–16 Coupe de France to reach the quarter-finals, in which they faced Ligue 1 club Marseile.
[6] Facing Gazélec Ajaccio, who finished 18th in Ligue 2, Le Mans lost the home leg by two goals to one.
The attempt was saved, and in the 97th minute, Mamadou Soro scored with an overhead kick to confirm a third successive promotion for Le Mans.