Sébastien Carole

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Sébastien Carole
Full name	Sébastien Carole
Date of birth	September 8, 1982 (1982-09-08) (age 25)
Place of birth	Pontoise, France
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Leeds United
Number	17
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2002-2005 2004 2004-2005 2005-2006 2006-	Monaco → West Ham United (loan) → Châteauroux (loan) Brighton & Hove Albion Leeds United	08 (1) 01 (0) 09 (1) 40 (2) 41 (3)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22/02/2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Sébastien Carole (born 8 September 1982 in Pontoise) is a Leeds United footballer, who signed on a free transfer from Brighton in the summer of 2006. He previously played for AS Monaco FC. He can play on either wing but prefers the right.

Carole had a good spell at Brighton, but left Brighton when they got relegated to join Leeds United^[1]. Carole featured in many games under former manager Kevin Blackwell, but the arrival of new manager Dennis Wise, saw Carole hardly feature in the Leeds team with just a few substitute appearances. Carole was told he could leave Leeds and started to negotiate a compensation package with the club for his departure^[2]. However, Carole stated he wanted to stay and fight for his place and was rewarded with a place on the substitutes bench, but each time only came on for a minimal amount of minutes. Following their relegation to League One, Carole began the season in fine form, setting up crucial goals in a couple of the season's opening games. Carole finally scored his first goal for the club in the 1-1 draw at Gillingham on 29 September 2007. His first home goal came in the 1-1 game against Leyton Orient. He scored with a sweet curler from just inside the box.