William Vainqueur

William Vainqueur
Personal information
Date of birth19 November 1988
Place of birthNeuilly-sur-Marne, France
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10 12 in)[1]
Playing positionMidfielder
Club information
Current team
Dynamo Moscow
Number6
Youth career
2002–2006Nantes
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2006–2011Nantes92(1)
2011–2014Standard Liège89(5)
2014–Dynamo Moscow22(1)
National team
2007France U191(0)
2009France U211(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 April 2015.
† Appearances (Goals).

William Vainqueur (born 19 November 1988) is a French footballer who plays for Russian Football Premier League club Dynamo Moscow as a midfielder.[2]

Career

Youth

Vainqueur, whose roots are of Haitian origin,[3] joined at the age of 8 to moderate in Noisy-le-Grand FC. Which club he exchanged in 2001 for the youth of Auxerre. After one year, the Parisian returned to his birthplace, where he ended up with the youth of Bussy-Saint-Georges FC. There he was discovered at age 14 by FC Nantes . He completed his training at the club from Brittany in May 2007 and signed his first professional contract with the French first division.

Nantes

Having progressed through the youth system at Nantes, Vainqueur made his senior debut during the 2006–07 Ligue 1 season.[1]

Standard

In August 2011, he was transferred to Standard Liège and signed a five-year contract with the Belgian club.[4] Near the end of a league game against Lierse in December 2013, Vainqueur received a red card when he accidentally kicked an opponent in the face.[5]

Dynamo

On 27 June 2014, Dynamo Moscow announced signing Vainqueur on the long-term deal.[6]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "William Vainqueur". L'Équipe (in French). Retrieved 4 October 2011.
  2. "William Vainqueur". Soccerway. Global Sports Media. Retrieved 4 October 2011.
  3. "William Vainqueur: Le Franco-Haïtien Proche de Dinamo Moscou". African Top Sports. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
  4. "William Vainqueur" (in French). Standard Liège. 30 August 2011. Retrieved 4 October 2011.
  5. Hautmann, Thomas (2 December 2013). "Standard Liege player sent off for donkey kick to the face". foxsoccer.com. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
  6. Ванкер - в "Динамо"! (in Russian). FC Dynamo Moscow. 27 June 2014.

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