Raphaël Varane – Wikipedia
| Raphaël Varane | ||
Raphaël Varane (2018) |
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| Personnel | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Raphaël Xavier Varane | |
| Birthday | 25. April 1993 | |
| Place of birth | Lille, France | |
| Size | 191 cm | |
| Position | Central defender | |
| Juniors | ||
| Years | Station | |
| 2000–2002 | As schemes | |
| 2002–2010 | RC Lens | |
| Men’s | ||
| Years | Station | Games (goals) first |
| 2010–2011 | RC Lens B | 9 (0) |
| 2010–2011 | RC Lens | 23 (2) |
| 2011–2021 | Real Madrid | 236 (8) |
| 2021– | Manchester United | 38 (1) |
| National team | ||
| Years | Selection | Games (goals) 2 |
| 2010 | France U18 | 2 (1) |
| 2011–2012 | France U21 | 15 (3) |
| 2013–2022 | France | 93 (5) |
| first Only league games are given. Stand: January 22, 2023 2 Status: end of career |
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Raphaël Xavier Varane [first] (Born April 25, 1993 in Lille) is a French football player who has been under contract with Manchester United since 2021.
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Varane was born in Lille in 1993, his father comes from the Caribbean island of Martinique. He started with the small club at the age of seven As schemes Play with football. In 2002 he decided against his home club OSC Lille and moved to the youth department of RC Lens. In 2009 he won the U16 team National 16 year old championship . In the 2009/10 season, he already played in the club’s U19 team at the age of 16. In summer 2010 Varane signed his first professional contract and was soon used for the second team in the Championnat de France amateur.
In October 2010, Varane trained for the first time with the first team. Due to a violation of defender Alaeddine Yahia, he was surprisingly in the starting eleven of the game against HSC Montpellier on November 7, 2010 and celebrated his professional debut. Even after that, he regularly came to missions in Ligue 1, in some of them he also ran in defensive midfield. As a result of his convincing performance, he was already courted by numerous top English clubs during the winter break of the 2010/11 season. On February 2, 2011, however, he extended his contract prematurely until 2015. On May 7, 2011, he scored his first goal in professional football in the 1-1 draw against SM Caen. Despite Varane’s good performances, the RC Lens relegated at the end of the season and had to go to Ligue 2.
For the 2011/12 season, Varane moved to the Spanish Primera División to Real Madrid. The 18-year-old signed a contract until June 30, 2017. [2] At the beginning, he was only substitute players behind the experienced central defenders Sergio Ramos and Pepe. The fact that a great future was imminent for the first time in the semi-finals of the Copa del Rey 2012/13 against FC Barcelona when he was in the starting formation in the starting formation, scored one goal and convinced with a clarified defense performance. [3] In the victorious final of the UEFA Champions League 2013/14, he was surprisingly instead of the struck Pepe in the starting line -up. As early as September 2014, Varane signed a new six -year contract until June 30, 2020. [4] In the 2014/15 season, he doubled his missions from the previous year with 46 competitive games. In the 2015/16 season, he also lost his regular place to Pepe due to injuries, who, for example, played the Champions League final in 2016 in his place. Subsequently, he was put back under coach Zinédine Zidane and an important pillar of the team, who celebrated two more Champions League and championship titles from the 2016/17 season as well as the Supercopa de España, the FIFA Club World Cup and the UEFA twice Super Cup won. In September 2017, he had extended his contract again until the end of June 2022. [5] After a Titellose season 2020/21, however, he announced his farewell to Real Madrid a year before the end of the contract. [6]
For the 2021/22 season, Varane moved to the Premier League to Manchester United. He signed a contract dated June 30, 2025. [7]
National team [ Edit | Edit the source text ]
On August 24, 2010, Varane debut in the game against Denmark for the French U18 national team, in which he made his goal for the 2-0 final score. As a result, he waived a few missions in the U18 selection because he wanted to concentrate on his work at Lens, so that he only ran again. Before that, he had already been appointed to the U17 national team, for which he was not used.
On February 8, 2011, Varane played his first game in the jersey of the French U21 national team, who won 3-1 over Slovakia.
On August 15, 2012, he was first appointed to the Owad of A national team for the international match against Uruguay, but was not used. In March 2013 he finally made his debut against Georgia in the World Cup qualification game and was in the starting XI.
In May 2018, Didier Deschamps nominated him for the 2018 World Cup. There he was in the starting line-up at all games in France, scored the lead in the 2-0 quarter-final victory against Uruguay and won the 4-2 final victory against Croatia with France World championship title.
At the European Championship 2021, he retired with the French squad in the round of 16 against Switzerland in penalties.
At the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, he again reached the final with France as a reigning defending champion. There he competed on December 18, 2022 in the final in the 7: 5 loss after penalty shootout against Argentina.
On February 2, 2023, Varane announced his resignation from the national team after ten years. [8]
National team [ Edit | Edit the source text ]
societies [ Edit | Edit the source text ]
- International
- Spain
- England
- ↑ FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2016: List of Players , Fifadata.com, December 14, 2016, accessed on December 6, 2017, p. 7 (PDF; 209 KB).
- ↑ Raphaël Varane signed his contract with Real Madrid ( Memento from June 30, 2011 in Internet Archive )
- ↑ Real Madrid claw back Barcelona thanks to Raphaël Varane’s late header. The Guardian, 30. Januar 2013, Retrieved on July 31, 2021 (English).
- ↑ Official statement: Varane. realmadrid.com, 18. September 2014, Retrieved on July 31, 2021 (English).
- ↑ Varane’s contract extension. realmadrid.com, 28. September 2017, Retrieved on July 31, 2021 (English).
- ↑ Varane says goodbye to the president and the squad. realmadrid.com, July 30, 2021, Retrieved on July 31, 2021 (English).
- ↑ United announce Varane signing , Manutd.com, August 14, 2021, accessed on August 15, 2021.
- ↑ Center defenders occurs at 29 Kicker.de, accessed on February 2, 2023
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