Please answer the following question: Remy Vercoutre (French pronunciation: [emi vkut] born 26 June 1980 in Grande-Synthe) is a French football goalkeeper currently the first choice for Olympique Lyonnais. His squad number is 1. Given a list of categories: company, educational institution, artist, athlete, office holder, mean of transportation, building, natural place, village, animal, plant, album, film or written work, what category does the paragraph belong to?
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Athlete