Dimitri Payet

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Dimitri Payet
Personal information
Date of birth 29 March 1987 (1987-03-29) (age 21)
Place of birth    Saint-Pierre, Réunion (France)
Height 1.74 m
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current club AS Saint-Étienne
Number 7
Youth clubs

1999-2003
JS Saint-Pierroise
Le Havre AC
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
2003-2005
2005-2007
2007-
SS Excelsior
FC Nantes Atlantique
AS Saint-Étienne

33 (5)
31 (0)   
National team2
2006- France U-21 10 (3)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 26 May 2008.
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 5 August 2007.
* Appearances (Goals)

Dimitri Payet (born March 29, 1987 in Saint-Pierre, Réunion) is a French soccer player, currently playing for AS Saint-Étienne in Ligue 1, after having previously played for Le Havre in Ligue 2 and for SS Excelsior in Réunion. Payet scored his first Ligue 1 goal in the 2005/06 season against FC Metz. Payet has played for the French under-21 team, after his first selection on November 9, 2006, in which an injury ruled him out of the game. On his first match for the under-21s, Payet set up one goal, and in his second game for the Blueuets he scored 2 goals.

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