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Raphaël Calvet

Raphaël Calvet (born 7 February 1994) is a French professional footballer who plays as a defender for Championnat National club Versailles.

Raphaël Calvet
Personal information
Full name Raphaël Calvet[1]
Date of birth (1994-02-07) 7 February 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth Auxerre, France
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[2]
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Versailles
Number 5
Youth career
2000–2004 CAV St. Georges
2004–2011 Auxerre
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2013 Auxerre B 39 (0)
2012–2013 Auxerre 1 (0)
2013–2015 Brentford 0 (0)
2016 Auxerre B 2 (0)
2016–2018 Annecy 44 (4)
2018–2019 Le Mans 13 (0)
2018–2019 Le Mans B 7 (0)
2019–2022 Sedan 58 (0)
2022–2024 Martigues 57 (0)
2024– Versailles 5 (2)
International career
2009–2010 France U16 12 (3)
2010–2011 France U17 20 (1)
2011–2012 France U18 8 (0)
2013–2014 France U20 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:48, 19 September 2024 (UTC)

Calvet is a product of the Auxerre youth system and after failing to break into the first team squad, he moved to England to join Brentford in 2013. Again a fringe player, he returned to France in 2016 and entered lower-league football. Calvet represented France at youth level.

Club career

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Auxerre

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After beginning his youth career with CAV St. Georges,[3][4] Calvet joined his hometown club AJ Auxerre in 2004 and progressed through the youth teams.[3] He made his debut for the club's reserve team in the Championnat de France amateur at the end of the 2010–11 season.[5] Calvet made his first team debut in a 1–1 Ligue 2 draw at Châteauroux in November 2012, starting the match and playing the full 90 minutes.[6] He was an unused substitute on a further three occasions during Auxerre's 2012–13 campaign.[2] Following a meniscus tear and the arrival of Bernard Casoni as manager,[7] Calvet was not called into the first team squad in 2013.[8] He departed AJ Auxerre in September 2013.[9]

Brentford

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Calvet joined English League One club Brentford on transfer deadline day in September 2013 and signed a three-year contract for an undisclosed fee.[9] He made his debut in a 2–1 Football League Trophy second round defeat to Peterborough United on 8 October and played the full 90 minutes.[10] Under new first team manager Mark Warburton, Calvet received his maiden call into a league squad on 1 March 2014 and remained an unused substitute during a 0–0 draw with Carlisle United.[2] Calvet finished the 2013–14 season with 15 appearances for the Development Squad and one first team appearance.[11][10]

Calvet spent the entire 2014–15 Championship season out of first team contention and instead made 19 appearances for the Development Squad.[12] Calvet was absent during Brentford's entire 2015–16 pre-season and he joined Sporting Gijón B on trial in August 2015,[13] but failed to win a contract.[14] Calvet departed Griffin Park on 3 November 2015,[15] after having made just one appearance in just over two years with the Bees.[16]

Return to Auxerre

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Calvet rejoined AJ Auxerre in a non-professional capacity in January 2016.[17] After recovering his fitness, he made two appearances for the B team in what remained of the 2015–16 season.[18]

Annecy

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On 27 September 2016, Calvet joined Championnat de France Amateur club Annecy on a two-year contract.[19] He scored the first senior goal of his career on his eighth appearance, in a 3–1 victory over Le Puy Foot 43 Auvergne.[2] He finished the 2016–17 season with 18 appearances,[2] three goals and signed a new two-year contract in May 2017.[20] Calvet made 27 appearances and scored one goal during the 2017–18 season,[2] which culminated in a second-place finish behind the promoted team, Villefranche.[21] He departed the club in July 2018,[22] after making 45 appearances and scoring two goals during two seasons at the Parc des Sports.[2]

Le Mans

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On 4 July 2018, it was announced that Calvet had joined newly-promoted Championnat National club Le Mans on a one-year contract.[22] He made just 14 appearances and departed by mutual consent at the end of the 2018–19 season.[2][7][23]

Sedan

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In July 2019, Calvet joined Championnat National 2 club Sedan on a free transfer and made 21 appearances during the truncated 2019–20 season.[2][24] As a result of the 2020–21 season being declared null and void in April 2021,[25] Calvet finished the season with 13 appearances.[2] He was retained for the 2021–22 season and captained the club to a top-half finish.[26][27][28] Despite being offered a new contract in December 2021, Calvet opted to allow his contract to expire.[29] During three seasons with Sedan, he made 63 appearances.[2]

Martigues

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On 12 July 2022, Calvet transferred to Championnat National club Martigues.[30] He made 58 appearances over the course of the 2022–23 and 2023–24 seasons,[2] with the latter campaign culminating in promotion to Ligue 2.[31] Calvet was released at the end of the 2023–24 season.[32]

Versailles

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In July 2024, Calvet signed a two-year contract with Championnat National club Versailles on a free transfer.[33]

International career

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Calvet captained the France U16, U17 and U18 squads and played in the 2011 European U17 Championship and the 2011 U17 World Cup.[9] He received his first call up to the France U20 squad for the 2013 Jeux de la Francophonie and made his debut in a 3–0 group stage defeat to Congo.[3][34] He went on to win three further U20 caps.[3]

Career statistics

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As of match played 15 September 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Auxerre B 2010–11[2] CFA 1 0 — — — 1 0
2011–12[2] CFA 25 0 — — — 25 0
2011–12[35] CFA 2 1 0 — — — 1 0
2012–13[2] CFA 12 0 — — — 12 0
Total 39 0 — — — 39 0
Auxerre 2012–13[2] Ligue 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 — 1 0
Brentford 2013–14[10] League One 0 0 0 0 0 0 1[c] 0 1 0
Auxerre B 2015–16[2] CFA 2 0 — — — 2 0
Total 41 0 — — — 41 0
Annecy 2016–17[2] CFA 18 3 — — — 18 3
2017–18[2] National 2 26 1 1 0 — — 27 1
Total 44 4 1 0 — — 45 4
Le Mans 2018–19[2] National 13 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
Le Mans B 2018–19[2] National 3 7 0 — — — 7 0
Sedan 2019–20[2] National 2 21 0 — — — 21 0
2020–21[2] National 3 8 0 5 0 — — 13 0
2021–22[2] National 29 0 0 0 — — 29 0
Total 58 0 5 0 — — 63 0
Martigues 2022–23[2] National 23 0 — — — 23 0
2023–24[2] National 34 0 1 0 — — 35 0
Total 57 0 1 0 — — 58 0
Versailles 2024–25[2] National 5 2 — — — 5 2
Career total 226 6 8 0 0 0 1 0 235 6
  1. ^ Includes Coupe de France, FA Cup
  2. ^ Includes Coupe de la Ligue, Football League Cup
  3. ^ Appearance in Football League Trophy

Honours

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Martigues

References

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  10. ^ a b c "Games played by Raphaël Calvet in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  11. ^ Ciaran Brett. "2013/14 Brentford Development Squad stats". brentfordfc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 9 August 2016. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  12. ^ Brett, Ciaran. "2014/15 Development Squad Stats". www.brentfordfc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 4 July 2015. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
  13. ^ "Raphaël Calvet, nuevo jugador a prueba en el Sporting B". www.golaverage.com. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
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  19. ^ "Annecy FC se renforce encore !". Retrieved 29 September 2016.
  20. ^ "Actualité". www.fc-annecy.fr (in French). Retrieved 9 July 2017.
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  22. ^ a b "Football. Le Mans FC : deux nouvelles recrues". Le Maine Libre (in French). Retrieved 4 July 2018.
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  25. ^ Bouchacourt, Jérome (23 April 2021). "La FFF a décidé d'arrêter les championnats de National 2 et D2 Féminine". Foot Amateur (in French). Retrieved 2 May 2021.
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  27. ^ "Vainqueur de Sedan, Laval fonce vers la Ligue 2 !". Foot National (in French). 4 April 2022. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
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  32. ^ @fc_martiguesoff (15 July 2024). "𝐌𝐄𝐑𝐂𝐈 𝐏𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐓𝐎𝐔𝐓  ! 💛 Aujourd'hui, nous tenons à remercier 14 de nos joueurs pour leur 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 et leur 𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 envers le club. 🟡🔴 𝙀𝙣𝙨𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙡𝙚, 𝙩𝙤𝙪𝙟𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙨 𝙥𝙡𝙪𝙨 𝙝𝙖𝙪𝙩 ! 🔝" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  33. ^ "Raphaël Calvet rejoint le FC Versailles pour 2 saisons !". FC Versailles (in French). 25 July 2024. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
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