{{Short description|French footballer (born 1986)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2015}}
{{Infobox football biography | name = Steven Lecefel | image = Steven lecefel rhyl fc.jpg | caption = Steven Lecefel playing for Rhyl in 2013 | fullname = Steven Loic Lecefel<ref name="FCWC 2018">{{cite web |title=FIFA Club World Cup UAE 2018: List of Players: Team Wellington FC |url=https://tournament.fifadata.com/documents/FCWC/2018/pdf/FCWC_2018_SQUADLISTS.PDF |publisher=FIFA |page=6 |date=6 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181206234932/https://tournament.fifadata.com/documents/FCWC/2018/pdf/FCWC_2018_SQUADLISTS.PDF |archive-date=6 December 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|4|16|df=y}}<ref name="FCWC 2018"/> | birth_place = Trappes, France | height = 1.88 m<ref name="FCWC 2018"/> | position = Forward | currentclub = | clubnumber = | youthyears1 = 1991–2002 | youthclubs1 = Guyancourt | clubs1 = Guyancourt | years1 = 2005–2009 | caps1 = | goals1 = | clubs2 = Garenne-Colombes | years2 = 2009–2011 | caps2 = | goals2 = | clubs3 = Barnet | years3 = 2012 | caps3 = 0 | goals3 = 0 | clubs4 = Hyde United | years4 = 2012 | caps4 = | goals4 = | clubs5 = Rhyl FC | years5 = 2012–2013 | caps5 = | goals5 = | clubs6 = RC Rivière-Pilote | years6 = 2013–2014 | caps6 = | goals6 = | clubs7 = Città di Messina | years7 = 2014–2015 | caps7 = | goals7 = | clubs8 = Franconville | years8 = 2016–2017 | caps8 = | goals8 = | clubs9 = Acireale | years9 = 2017 | caps9 = | goals9 = 16 | clubs10 = Sancataldese | years10 = 2017 | caps10 = 1 | goals10 = 0 | clubs11 = FC Chartres | years11 = 2017–2018 | caps11 = | goals11 = | clubs12 = Team Wellington | years12 = 2018– | caps12 = 0 | goals12 = 0 | nationalteam1 = Martinique | nationalyears1 = 2012–2013 | nationalcaps1 = 5 | nationalgoals1 = 2 | club-update = 1 November 2018 | nationalteam-update = }} '''Steven Loic Lecefel''' (born 16 April 1986) is a Martinican international footballer who currently plays as a forward for Team Wellington in the ISPS Handa Premiership.<ref>{{cite tweet|number=1057502863247753216|user=TeamWelly|title=ANNOUNCEMENT | We've added to the #teedubs squad and locked in French footballer, Steven Lecefel to the ranks!Mar…<!-- full text of tweet that Twitter returned to the bot (excluding links) added by TweetCiteBot. This may be better truncated or may need expanding (TW limits responses to 140 characters) or case changes. --> |date=31 October 2018}}</ref>
== Career ==
=== First years === During his youth, Steven Lecefel played for the Guyancourt in Yvelines, France. He then played for two years with La Garenne-Colombes in the French seventh tier.<ref name="traveller">{{cite news |title=Le Martiniquais Steven Lecefel fait 1600 km par semaine pour jouer en Division 2 au Pays de Galles |url=https://la1ere.francetvinfo.fr/2013/04/12/le-martiniquais-steven-lecefel-fait-1600-km-par-semaine-pour-jouer-en-division-2-au-pays-de-galles-26193.html |accessdate=1 November 2018 |publisher=La 1ère avec AFP |date=12 April 2013}}</ref><ref name="Background">{{cite news |title=L'incroyable histoire de Steven Lecefel |url=http://www.lejdd.fr/Sport/Football/Actualite/L-incroyable-histoire-de-Steven-Lecefel-596647 |accessdate=1 November 2018 |publisher=lejdd |date=16 March 2013}}</ref>
=== Club play === In 2011, Lecefel left Paris for Barnet in London, who play in the English League Two, but he only stayed a few months after Lawrie Sanchez decided not to sign him.<ref name="BBC" /> Lecefel then went to Hyde United where he was spotted by Rhyl FC manager Greg Strong signing for the club following their relegation to the second tier of the Welsh football league due to financial problems.<ref name="traveller" /><ref name="Background" /> With Rhyl, Lecefel helped the team earn promotion back to the Welsh Premier League, and got called up to the Martinique national football team.<ref name="BBC">{{cite news |title=French footballer Steven Lecefel's Paris-Rhyl commute |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-north-east-wales-21663976 |accessdate=1 November 2018 |publisher=BBC |date=5 March 2013}}</ref>
=== International play === In December 2012, Lecefel was called up to play for the Martinique national football team, being eligible through his father's ancestry.<ref name="BBC" /> Lecefel played in the Caribbean Cup and helped the team qualify for the CONCACAF Gold Cup.<ref name="BBC" /> He played five games and scored two goals.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://steven-lecefel.sportinfos.co.uk/ |title=Steven Lecefel |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151125195304/http://steven-lecefel.sportinfos.co.uk/|archive-date=25 November 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
== References == {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{Soccerway|steven-lecefel/279692}} *{{NFT player|50349}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lecefel, Steven}} Category:Sportspeople from Trappes Category:Rhyl F.C. players Category:1986 births Category:Living people Category:French people of Martiniquais descent Category:Men's association football forwards Category:New Zealand Football Championship players Category:Martinique men's international footballers Category:Martiniquais men's footballers Category:Martiniquais expatriate men's footballers Category:Expatriate men's association footballers in New Zealand Category:Expatriate men's footballers in England Category:French expatriate sportspeople in New Zealand Category:French expatriate sportspeople in England Category:Martiniquais expatriate sportspeople in New Zealand Category:Martiniquais expatriate sportspeople in England Category:21st-century French sportsmen