Jérémy Mathieu
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Mathieu playing for Barcelona in 2014
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Jérémy Mathieu | ||
| Date of birth | 29 October 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | Luxeuil-les-Bains, France | ||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Barcelona | ||
| Number | 24 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2000–2002 | Sochaux | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2002–2005 | Sochaux | 86 | (9) |
| 2005–2009 | Toulouse | 86 | (5) |
| 2009–2014 | Valencia | 126 | (6) |
| 2014– | Barcelona | 62 | (3) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2000–2001 | France U18 | 7 | (0) |
| 2001–2002 | France U19 | 3 | (1) |
| 2002–2006 | France U21 | 6 | (2) |
| 2011–2016 | France | 5 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 9 April 2017 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 29 March 2016 (UTC) |
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Jérémy Mathieu (French pronunciation: [ʒeʁemi matjø]; born 29 October 1983) is a French professional footballer who plays as a centre-back or a left-back for Spanish club FC Barcelona and the France national team.
He made 172 Ligue 1 appearances across seven seasons, split equally between Sochaux and Toulouse. He played five campaigns in La Liga with Valencia before joining Barcelona in 2014, where he won the treble in his first season.
A full international for France since 2011, he was selected in the squad to represent France at UEFA Euro 2016 but dropped out with injury on 28 May, to be replaced by Samuel Umtiti.
Born in Luxeuil-les-Bains, Haute-Saône, Mathieu started his career with the biggest club in his Franche-Comté region, FC Sochaux-Montbéliard. He made his Ligue 1 debut, during the 2002–03 season, in a league match against CS Sedan-Ardennes coming on as a late-match substitute. Despite being 18, he was inserted into the starting 11, and quickly provided an impact scoring his first professional goal in just his third league match in a 2–2 draw against Stade Rennais. He made 23 league appearances that season scoring four goals, which included an equalising goal against Paris Saint-Germain, and two game-winning goals against Nantes and Le Havre. His play, along with the team itself, was a main factor in the club finishing 5th and qualifying for the UEFA Cup.
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