Raphaël Calvet (born 7 February 1994) is a French professional footballer who plays as a defender for Ligue 2 club Martigues.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Raphaël Calvet[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 7 February 1994 | ||
| Place of birth | Auxerre, France | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Martigues | ||
| 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– | Martigues | 57 | (0) |
| 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 20:03, 18 May 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
Auxerre
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
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 joined Sporting Gijón B on trial in August 2015,[13] but failed to win a contract.[14] He 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
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
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
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
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
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]
International career
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][32] He went on to win three further U20 caps.[3]
Career statistics
- As of match played 18 May 2024
| 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[33] | 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 | ||||
| Career total | 221 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 230 | 4 | ||
Honours
Martigues
- Championnat National second-place promotion: 2023–24[2][31]
References
External links
- Raphaël Calvet at the French Football Federation (in French)
- Raphaël Calvet at the French Football Federation (archived) (in French)
- Raphaël Calvet – French league stats at LFP – also available in French (archived)
- Raphaël Calvet – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Raphaël Calvet at Soccerbase
- Raphaël Calvet – UEFA competition record (archive)
