Jérémy Mathieu ( born 29 October 1983 ) is a french former professional football player who played as a centre-back or a left-back. Mathieu made 172 Ligue 1 appearances across seven seasons, split equally between Sochaux and Toulouse. He played five season in La Liga with Valencia before joining Barcelona in 2014, where he won the treble in his beginning season.
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An international for France from 2011 to 2016, Mathieu was selected in the team to represent France at UEFA Euro 2016 but dropped out with wound .
Club career [edit ]
Sochaux [edit ]
Born in Luxeuil-les-Bains, Haute-Saône, [ 5 ] Mathieu started his career with the biggest clubhouse in the Franche-Comté region, Sochaux. When he was 16 AC Milan was interest in signing him, but Sochaux ‘s passenger car Jean Fernandez advised him to stay because mentally he inactive was n’t potent enough. [ 6 ] He made his Ligue 1 debut, during the 2002–03 season, in a league match against Sedan coming on as a late-match utility. [ 7 ] Despite being 18, he was inserted into the starting 11, and quickly provided an affect scoring his first professional goal in fair his third league match in a 2–2 string against Stade Rennais. [ 8 ] He made 23 league appearances that season scoring four goals, which included an equalising goal against Paris Saint-Germain, [ 9 ] and two game-winning goals against Nantes [ 10 ] and Le Havre. [ 11 ] His maneuver, along with the team itself, was a independent agent in the clubhouse finishing 5th and qualifying for the UEFA Cup. [ citation needed ] Over the next two seasons, Mathieu continued his bang-up form appearing in 63 league matches and scoring six league goals. He besides performed well in Europe appearing in 14 matches and scoring two goals. He besides helped Sochaux win the Coupe de la Ligue in 2004. His performances at Sochaux led to strong concern from italian clubhouse Juventus, [ 12 ] English clubs Newcastle United, Everton, and Southampton. [ 13 ]
toulouse [edit ]
Mathieu with Toulouse in 2008 After announcing his hope to move to another clubhouse and only having one year left on his current deal, Sochaux agreed to listen to offers for the player. [ 14 ] finally, he agreed to join Toulouse after agreeing to a four-year deal. He made his league debut for Toulouse against his erstwhile club Sochaux playing the entire 90 minutes in a 1–0 victory. [ 15 ] He continued this positive free rein appearing in 36 league matches and scoring two goals against AC Ajaccio and Troyes. The watch season, he made 32 league appearances and score another two goals helping Toulouse stipulate for the UEFA Champions League. however, both Mathieu and Toulouse had a atrocious 2007–08 temper with Mathieu fracturing a bone in his foot, which forced him to miss half the season, [ 16 ] and Toulouse finish just one spot short of relegation. This led to Mathieu pondering his future with the Midi-Pyrénées -based side. [ 17 ] Despite heavy interest from italian side Roma and other italian outfits, [ 18 ] [ 19 ] [ 20 ] Toulouse refused to budge with efforts to get Mathieu to remain at the clubhouse. Mathieu responded by turning down a contract extension, which efficaciously allowed him to leave on a free transfer at the end of the 2008–09 season. finally it was agreed by Toulouse and Mathieu that the player would see out the season at Toulouse, after Toulouse turned down a €4.5 million move to Bordeaux. [ 21 ] Despite the ongoing transfer position, Mathieu remained civil in regards to playing. He made 31 league appearances during the 2008–09 temper, contributing to Toulouse ‘s successful league campaign, american samoa well as the team ‘s achiever in the Coupe de France, where they were eliminated in the semi-finals by the eventual champions Guingamp. [ citation needed ]
valencia [edit ]
On 10 June 2009, Mathieu signed for spanish baseball club Valencia on a three-year contract. The transfer came into effect on 1 July 2009. [ 22 ] He made his debut for the club in a 2–0 win over Sevilla FC. [ citation needed ]
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On 1 May 2014, Mathieu looked to have scored the goal to send Valencia through to the 2014 UEFA Europa League Final when he scored off of Ricardo Costa ‘s lay-off, making the score 3−0 against Sevilla ( 3−2 on sum ) but Stéphane Mbia scored a 94th-minute heading to win the semi-final on away goals for the andalusian side. [ 23 ] Three days by and by, Mathieu headed in a corner to send Valencia into a 1−0 run at the Santiago Bernabéu but Real Madrid battled back to secure a 2−2 absorb as Valencia conceded another belated arrest time finish. [ 24 ]
Barcelona [edit ]
On 23 July 2014, Mathieu signed a contract with FC Barcelona for the following four seasons, with an optional season. [ 25 ] The price of the transportation was €20 million and the buyout clause was set at €50 million. [ 26 ] Mathieu claims that he would preferably have stayed as Valencia ‘s captain preferably than risking “ polishing the bench ” in Barcelona but that he decided to move after Valencia ‘s president Amadeo Salvo rejected his need for an intermediate name between his yield in Valencia and Barcelona ‘s proposal. [ 6 ] On 15 January 2015, he scored his first goal for Barcelona in a 4–0 Copa del Rey away win against Elche ( 9–0 on aggregate ) from a free kick. [ 27 ] Mathieu scored his first La Liga goal for the club against rivals substantial Madrid in a 2–1 El Clásico succeed at Camp Nou on 22 March 2015. In the team ‘s future fastness, Mathieu scored the only goal in a 1–0 winnings at Celta Vigo, to keep his team four points authorize at the top of the league. [ 28 ] These two winning goals were important for the attainment of Barcelona ‘s 23rd League title, as the team won it by a 2 point advantage over substantial Madrid. [ citation needed ] In the 2015 UEFA Super Cup against Sevilla FC in Tbilisi, he conceded a penalty with a foul on Vitolo, which was converted by Kevin Gameiro as the opponents came from 1–4 down to take the game into extra fourth dimension ; Barcelona however triumphed 5–4. [ 29 ]
Sporting CP [edit ]
On 7 July 2017, Portuguese club Sporting CP announced the sign of Mathieu on a free transfer for two seasons. [ 30 ] He scored his first finish for the cabaret on his sixth appearance, in a 2-0 home gain against Tondela. Upon his fall to the Camp Nou, Mathieu netted an own goal for Sporting in a 2-0 loss in their final game of the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League groupstage. [ 31 ] On 24 June 2020, Mathieu suffered an injury to his leave knee during train, which ultimately put an end to his career. [ 32 ]
International career [edit ]
Mathieu has received caps with all of France ‘s youth teams beginning with the under-15s. Though, he was a regular with the under-21 squad leading up to the 2006 UEFA european Under-21 Championship, he was not selected to participate in the event. He received his first call-up to the senior squad for their friendly against Slovakia. however, he played with the moment team, France B, who were playing Slovakia B. [ citation needed ] He made his national team introduction in a friendly against the United States at the Stade de France on 11 November 2011, playing the full 90 minutes. [ 33 ] Mathieu was named in France ‘s squad for their host of UEFA Euro 2016, but dropped out with injury on 28 May, to be replaced by Samuel Umtiti. [ 34 ]
career statistics [edit ]
club [edit ]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club
Season
League
Cup[a]
Europe
Other
Total
Division
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Sochaux
2002–03
Ligue 1
23
4
3
0
0
0
—
26
4
2003–04
Ligue 1
29
3
3
2
6[b]
1
—
38
6
2004–05
Ligue 1
34
2
2
1
8[b]
1
—
44
4
Total
86
9
8
3
14
2
0
0
108
14
Toulouse
2005–06
Ligue 1
36
2
2
0
—
—
38
2
2006–07
Ligue 1
5
2
2
0
—
—
7
2
2007–08
Ligue 1
14
1
0
0
2[c]
0
—
16
1
2008–09
Ligue 1
31
0
4
0
—
—
35
0
Total
86
5
8
0
2
0
0
0
96
5
Valencia
2009–10
La Liga
17
1
1
0
6[d]
0
—
24
1
2010–11
La Liga
29
1
2
0
7[c]
0
—
38
1
2011–12
La Liga
31
0
6
0
13[e]
0
—
50
0
2012–13
La Liga
17
1
6
0
1[c]
0
—
24
1
2013–14
La Liga
32
3
4
0
10[d]
1
—
46
4
Total
126
6
19
0
37
1
0
0
182
7
Barcelona
2014–15
La Liga
28
2
6
1
7[c]
0
—
41
3
2015–16
La Liga
21
0
7
0
3[c]
0
3[f]
0
34
0
2016–17
La Liga
13
1
0
0
2[c]
0
1[g]
0
16
1
Total
62
3
13
1
12
0
4
0
91
4
Sporting CP
2017–18
Primeira Liga
29
2
7
1
12[h]
0
—
48
3
2018–19
Primeira Liga
24
3
7
0
2[d]
0
—
33
3
2019–20
Primeira Liga
18
1
2
1
3[d]
1
1[i]
0
24
3
Total
71
6
16
2
17
1
1
0
105
9
Career total
431
29
64
6
82
4
5
0
582
39
International [edit ]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team
Year
Apps
Goals
France
2011
1
0
2013
1
0
2014
2
0
2016
1
0
Total
5
0
Honours [edit ]
Sochaux
Barcelona
Sporting CP