Thibaut Courtois is one of the best football players in the world, known for making big moves on the pitch.
The Belgian star, a winner of two Champions League titles and multiple La Liga titles with Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid, has also been ‘making moves’ away from the football pitch.
On Thursday, news of Thibaut Courtois’ latest major investment was confirmed, and he is the new part-owner of Le Mans FC.
The 33-year-old, who currently plays for Real Madrid, is joining several high-profile individuals in the Le Mans investment group.
Thibaut Courtois joins Novak Djokovic as a Le Mans FC investor
Courtois has invested in Le Mans FC [as per 433], and he is far from the first elite athlete to invest in the Ligue 2 football club.
Novak Djokovic, a 24-time Grand Slam tennis champion, is also an investor in Le Mans FC, as is Formula One driver Kevin Magnussen.
Felipe Massa, the 2008 Formula One World Championship runner-up, is also an investor.
Djokovic, Magnussen and Massa became part-owners of the club in August last year after acquiring stakes in the club.
As per Reuters%20%2D%20Tennis,promoted%20club%20announced%20on%20Friday.), the investment was led by Brazilian group OutField, an international consortium co-founded by Pedro Olivera, and includes Georgios Frangulis, CEO of global health-food brand OakBerry.
Le Mans FC, based in western France, was first founded in 1902, with the club playing their matches at the Stade Léon-Bollée. In 2011, the club moved to the MMArena, which has a capacity of 25,000.
How are Le Mans FC performing this season?
After 23 league games, Le Mans are in fifth place in the Ligue 2 standings.
It has been an impressive season for the French club, who were promoted to Ligue 2 after finishing second in Ligue 3 in the 2024/25 season.
However, they have hit a patch of bad form, failing to win any of their past three games. In their last match, they lost 4-2 to Montpellier, who were relegated from the French top flight last season.
Le Mans are also out of the French Cup after losing to Reims 3-0 in the round of 16.