Julian Marc Jeanvier was born on 31 March 1992 and is a professional footballer who plays as a central defender for Super Lig club Kayserispor and the Guinea national team.
21 Facts About Julian Jeanvier
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Julian Jeanvier returned to France to join Auxerre in 2022, before returning to Turkey to join Kayserispor in 2023.
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Julian Jeanvier won his maiden international cap for Guinea in 2019 and was a member of the nation's 2019 and 2023 AFC Asian Cup squads.
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Julian Jeanvier moved to L'Entente SSG in 2006 and trained concurrently at Clairefontaine, before joining the academy at Nancy in 2008.
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Julian Jeanvier progressed into the reserve team and made 54 appearances and scored two goals in the Championnat de France Amateur between 2009 and 2013.
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Julian Jeanvier joined Ligue 1 club Lille on a four-year contract during the 2013 off-season.
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Julian Jeanvier failed to make a first team appearance and left the club in August 2016.
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Julian Jeanvier departed the Stade Auguste-Delaune in July 2018, after making 67 appearances and scoring five goals for the club.
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Julian Jeanvier scored a goal in each of his first two appearances for the club, which came in the early rounds of the EFL Cup, but a foot injury suffered in October 2018 ruled him out for two months.
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Julian Jeanvier made his return to non-competitive match play with Brentford B in late March 2022.
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Julian Jeanvier was an unused substitute during a five further matches before the end of the Premier League season and was released when his contract expired.
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In July 2022, Julian Jeanvier joined Championship club Reading on trial and took part in the club's St George's Park training camp, but was not offered a contract.
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Julian Jeanvier was released when the club declined to take up the option on his contract.
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On 16 September 2023, Julian Jeanvier returned to Turkey to sign a two-year contract with Super Lig club Kayserispor.
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Julian Jeanvier was a member of the France U18 squad which finished runners-up at the 2010 Copa del Atlantico, but he failed to win a cap.
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Julian Jeanvier remained an unused substitute during the first match, before departing the squad for personal reasons.
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Four years after his previous cap, Julian Jeanvier was recalled to the Guinea squad for two 2026 World Cup qualifiers in November 2023, both of which he started in.
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Julian Jeanvier was named in Guinea's 2023 Africa Cup of Nations squad and made four appearances during the team's run to the quarter-finals.
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Julian Jeanvier was born in France and is of Guinean and Guadeloupean descent.
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Julian Jeanvier's father was a footballer and played for Red Star.
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Julian Jeanvier is married to a Guinean woman and has a Guinean passport.