Henri Saivet

Henri Saivet
Personal information
Date of birth (1990-10-26) 26 October 1990
Place of birth Dakar, Senegal
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
Newcastle United
Number 23
Youth career
1999–2002 Cergy Clos
2002–2007 Bordeaux
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2010 Bordeaux B 57 (9)
2007–2016 Bordeaux 134 (17)
2011Angers (loan) 18 (3)
2016– Newcastle United 3 (0)
National team
2005–2006 France U16 15 (8)
2006–2007 France U17 21 (9)
2007–2008 France U18 4 (1)
2010–2012 France U21 12 (4)
2013– Senegal 9 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 00:59, 27 December 2015 (UTC).
† Appearances (goals)

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 00:59, 17 November 2015 (UTC)

Henri Saivet (born 26 October 1990) is a Senegalese football player who plays for English club Newcastle United as a central denfensive midfielder. He is a former France youth international having starred at several youth levels.

Career

Bordeaux

In 2007, he signed his first professional contract with Bordeaux, thus making him the youngest professional player in the history of the club.[2] He subsequently made his professional debut during the 2007–08 season, at the age of 17, in a league match against Lens.

Newcastle United

On 11 January 2016, Bordeaux manager Willy Sagnol confirmed that he gave Saivet permission to leave the club.[3] Later that day Saivet officially signed a five-and-half year contract with Newcastle United, joining for a reported fee of £5 million.[4][5]

Career statistics

As of match played 9 January 2016[6][7]
Club Season League Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Bordeaux B 2006–07 CFA 8100000081
2007–08 CFA 172000000172
2008–09 CFA 6100000061
2009–10 CFA 265000000265
Total 579000000579
Bordeaux 2007–08 Ligue 1 1000000010
2008–09 Ligue 1 1000000010
2009–10 Ligue 1 3010101060
2010–11 Ligue 1 60202000100
2011–12 Ligue 1 241200000261
2012–13 Ligue 1 348611080499
2013–14 Ligue 1 336202151428
2014–15 Ligue 1 140101000160
2015–16 Ligue 1 182001081273
Total 134171418122217821
Angers (loan) 2010–11 Ligue 2 183210000204
Newcastle United 2015–16 Premier League 3000000000
Career total 209291628122225534

Honours

Bordeaux[7]

References

  1. http://www.girondins.com/matches/en/encyclopedie/joueurs/2013/0/80.shtml
  2. "Sky Sports Scout – Henri Saivet". Sky Sports. 25 November 2008. Retrieved 23 March 2010.
  3. "Newcastle and Bordeaux confirm £4.5m Henri Saivet deal is nearly done". EuroSport. 11 January 2016. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
  4. "United Complete Saivet Signing". Newcastle United. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
  5. "Newcastle sign midfielder Henri Saivet from Bordeaux". ESPN FC. 11 January 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
  6. "Saivet, Henri". National-Football-Teams. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
  7. 1 2 "H. SAIVET". Soccerway. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
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