Andy Joseph Pelmard (born 12 March 2000) is a French professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Ligue 1 club Clermont Foot.
Club career
Nice
Pelmard made his professional debut with Nice in a 1–0 Ligue 1 loss to Amiens SC on 23 February 2019.
Basel
On 1 July 2021, Pelmard joined Basel's first team for their 2021–22 season under head coach Patrick Rahmen on a one-year loan. Pelmard played his debut for his new club in the second qualifying round of the 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League, a home game in the St. Jakob-Park on 22 July 2021 as Basel won 3–0 against Partizani Tirana. Three days later, on 25 July, he played his domestic league debut for the club in the away game in the Letzigrund, Zürich, as Basel won 2–0 against Grasshopper Club. In that season Pelmard played 33 of the teams 36 league matches, missing two due to injury and one due to a suspension. On 4 February 2022, Basel exercised the purchase option in their loan contract and signed Pelmard on a definite basis with a three and a half year contract until the summer of 2025.
In Basel's 2022–23 season, under new head coach Alexander Frei and later Heiko Vogel, Pelmard was again a regular in the starting eleven, playing 34 of the 36 league games. In the 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League Basel advanced as far as the semi-finals, but here they were defeated by Fiorentina. Nevertheless, the player decided to move on. During his time with the club, Pelmard played a total of 116 games for Basel without scoring a goal. 67 of these games were in the Swiss Super League, six in the Swiss Cup, 32 in the UEFA Conference League and 11 were friendly games.
Clermont Foot
On 12 July 2023, Pelmard returned to France to sign for Ligue 1 club Clermont Foot on a four-year deal.
International career
Pelmard is a youth international for France, having represented the France U17s at the 2017 U17 Euros and the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup.
Personal life
Pelmard is of Guadeloupean descent and Malagasy descent through his mother.