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Damien Perquis

Damien Perquis
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Personal information
Full name Damien Perquis
Date of birth (1984-04-10) 10 April 1984 (age 32)
Place of birth Troyes, France
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 12 in)
Playing position Centre Back
Club information
Current team
Nottingham Forest
Number 27
Youth career
Troyes
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2003 Troyes B 2 (0)
2003–2005 Troyes 62 (3)
2005–2008 Saint-Étienne 23 (1)
2007–2008 Sochaux (loan) 23 (1)
2008–2012 Sochaux 123 (10)
2012–2015 Real Betis 32 (0)
2015–2016 Toronto FC 37 (2)
2016– Nottingham Forest 17 (2)
National team
2005 France U21 3 (0)
2011–2013 Poland 14 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 January 2017.

Damien Perquis (born 10 April 1984) is a Polish international footballer who currently plays for Nottingham Forest. A defender, he represented France at the youth level before acquiring Polish citizenship and playing for Poland at the senior level.

Perquis was born in France. He is of Polish descent by way of his grandmother, Józefa Bierła. His Polish ancestors were from Strzyżewko in central Poland. He is married, and has two children.

Perquis came up through the Troyes AC youth system. He played in Ligue 2 with Troyes AC for 2 years, where he was rated as one of the best defenders of the league.

In 2005, he signed for Ligue 1 club AS Saint-Étienne as a free agent. In two seasons he failed to impress with the club and was loaned to Sochaux. After some initial troubles he finally found his form and became a regular in the starting line-up.

In 2008 Sochaux bought the player outright. He made a total of 146 appearances for the club, scoring eleven goals, before leaving the club in the summer of 2012.

In the summer of 2012 Perquis joined Real Betis in Spain. He suffered through various injury problems while in Spain and was limited to 32 league matches in his three years with Betis.

Perquis was released by Betis and signed with Toronto FC of Major League Soccer on 26 January 2015. He mutually agreed to part ways with the club on 12 July 2016.

On 22 July 2016, Perquis signed a two-year deal with Nottingham Forest. On 27 August 2016, he scored his first goal for the club in a 3-1 home win against Leeds United.

In December 2008 he declared his interest in playing for the Polish national team.Franciszek Smuda, manager of Poland, confirmed that information in July 2010. In January 2011, it was reported that Perquis had filed his citizenship application papers. However, his family had lost some required documents and so Smuda had to request that the Polish president Bronislaw Komorowski approve his application. Perquis received Polish citizenship on 1 September 2011.


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