Career
She plays as an midfielder, but can also operate in the striker position. Thiney began her career playing for ASS Brienne-le-Château in the commune of Brienne-le-Château, which is 26 miles northeast of her hometown Troyes. After a stint in the youth system, she moved a few miles north to Olympique Saint-Memmie, who were playing in the first division of French women"s football.
She made her league debut with Saint-Memmie during the 2000-2001 season.
Thiney spent six seasons at the club and, following the 2005-2006 season, secured a moved to United States Compiègne Oise in Compiègne. In her first season with the club, she appeared in 21 matches and scored five goals.
Unfortunately, Compiègne suffered relegation to the second division. Thiney"s successful play earned her a call up to the national team and also a move to top-tier club FCF In Thiney"s first season with, she appeared in 21 matches and scored seven goals helping finish in 3rd position, one point shy of qualifying for the newly created Union of European Football Associations Women"s Champions League.
In the 2009-2010 season, Thiney remained potent on the field scoring nine goals helping finish runner-up to Lyon in the league, which inserted the club into the 2010-2011 edition of the Union of European Football Associations Women"s Champions League.
After contributing to reaching the knockout stage, Thiney increased her contribution by scoring a goal in each leg of the team"s 9–0 aggregate victory over Icelandic club Breiðablik in the Round of 32. In league play, Thiney converted 11 goals, second-best on the team behind lead striker Laëtitia Tonazzi., however, finished the season in a disappointing 4th place.
Thiney made her international debut on 28 February 2007 in a 2–0 victory over China.
During qualification for the Union of European Football Associations Women"s Euro 2009, she scored two goals against Slovenia and Serbia. In the tournament, she scored her only goal in France"s 1–5 group stage defeat to the eventual champions Germany.
France reached as far as the quarterfinals losing to the Netherlands 4–5 on penalties. On 28 October 2009, Thiney scored her first career hat trick in a 2011 Fédération internationale de football association Women"s World Cup qualification match against Estonia in a 12–0 victory.
Thiney finished the qualification campaign with a team-high 12 goals, including a goal in the team"s 3–2 second leg World Cup playoff victory over Italy, which allowed France qualification to the competition.
The victory allowed France progression to the knockout stage portion of the competition.