Florian Escales

Florian Escales made his professional debut where he had spent his entire youth career: at Olympique de Marseille, whose academy he joined at the age of eight after starting out at ES Bassin Minier in Cadolive. He stayed third-choice goalkeeper for the first team for years, and his one senior appearance for the club came in a Europa League match in December 2018 — he never featured for Marseille in Ligue 1.

In June 2019 he left for Stade Lavallois in Ligue 2, making his senior league debut that August, before a further move to FC Bastia-Borgo in National 1 for the 2020–2021 season.

The turning point came in June 2021, and by his own initiative: Escales contacted Annecy's sporting director, Romain Spano, directly to push for a move to the club. He signed a two-year contract on a free transfer, and in his first season became first-choice goalkeeper as Annecy won promotion to Ligue 2.

At international level, Escales was a regular for France across the youth categories, collecting 43 caps between the under-16s and under-21s, including 13 appearances each at under-16 and under-20 level. He has not been capped by the senior France team.