{{short description|French footballer (born 1994)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Valentin Lavigne | image = | full_name = <!-- if different --> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1994|06|04|df=yes}} | birth_place = Toulon, France | height = 1.71 m | position = Right midfielder | currentclub = Fleury | clubnumber = 17 | youthyears1 = 2001–2014 | youthclubs1 = Lorient | years1 = 2014–2018 | clubs1 = Lorient | caps1 = 21 | goals1 = 3 | years2 = 2016 | clubs2 = → Laval (loan) | caps2 = 8 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 2016 | clubs3 = → Brest (loan) | caps3 = 6 | goals3 = 0 | years4 = 2017–2018 | clubs4 = → Paris FC (loan) | caps4 = 17 | goals4 = 0 | years5 = 2018–2020 | clubs5 = Concarneau | caps5 = 34 | goals5 = 3 | years6 = 2020–2022 | clubs6 = Stade Briochin | caps6 = 44 | goals6 = 11 | years7 = 2022– | clubs7 = Fleury | caps7 = 75 | goals7 = 13 | nationalyears1 = 2013 | nationalteam1 = France U20 | nationalcaps1 = 2 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | pcupdate = 3 October 2025 | ntupdate = }}
'''Valentin Lavigne''' (born 4 June 1994) is a French footballer who plays as a right midfielder for {{French football updater|Fleury}} club Fleury.<ref name="soccerway">{{Soccerway|valentin-lavigne/231753}}</ref>
==Early life== Lavigne was born in Toulon, on the French Riviera.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Valentin Lavigne |url=https://www.ligue1.fr/joueur |access-date=2023-11-03 |website=Ligue1 |language=fr-FR |archive-date=3 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231203130749/https://www.ligue1.fr/joueur |url-status=dead }}</ref> He moved to Lorient, Britanny, at the age of 3, when his father was appointed navigator at the Lann-Bihoué naval air station.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-08-12 |title=Valentin Lavigne : mieux que dans un rêve |url=https://www.letelegramme.fr/sports/football/valentin-lavigne-mieux-que-dans-un-reve-2204297.php |access-date=2023-11-03 |website=Le Télégramme |language=fr-FR}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Duvivier |first=Yvan |date=2 December 2014 |title=Merlus autrement. Valentin a... Lavigne devant lui ! |url=https://www.ouest-france.fr/bretagne/lorient-56100/merlus-autrement-valentin-lavigne-devant-lui-3025154 |access-date=2023-11-03 |website=Ouest-France.fr |language=fr}}</ref> He is a youth exponent from FC Lorient where he started playing football at the age of 6.
== Club career == He made his Ligue 1 debut on 10 August 2014 against AS Monaco, replacing Yann Jouffre after 81 minutes and scoring the winning goal six minutes later. Lorient won 2–1, their first ever away win at Monaco.<ref>{{cite news|title=Monaco 1-2 Lorient|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/28687991|access-date=2 September 2014|work=BBC Sport|date=10 August 2014}}</ref> In January 2016, Lavigne joined Ligue 2 side Stade Lavallois on loan for the remainder of the 2015–16 season.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.foot-national.com/foot-laval-un-attaquant-de-ligue-1-arrive-en-pret-off-80392.html|title=Laval: Un attaquant de Ligue 1 arrive en prêt|publisher=foot-national.com|author=Remy Beltrando|date=31 January 2016|access-date=9 June 2016|archive-date=13 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160513190237/http://www.foot-national.com/foot-laval-un-attaquant-de-ligue-1-arrive-en-pret-off-80392.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> He went on to play eight league matches for the club. For the 2016–2017 season, he was again loaned out, this time to Brest.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/Lorient-cede-valentin-lavigne-a-brest/702898|title=Lorient cède Valentin Lavigne à Brest|publisher=L'Équipe|date=4 July 2016|access-date=18 September 2016}}</ref> He was loaned out again for the 2017–18 season, to Paris FC.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/Valentin-lavigne-lorient-prete-au-paris-fc/829416|title=Valentin Lavigne (Lorient) prêté au Paris FC|publisher=L'Équipe|language=fr|date=28 August 2017}}</ref>
In September 2018 Lavigne departed from Lorient and signed for Championnat National club US Concarneau.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/Valentin-lavigne-lorient-signe-a-concarneau-en-national/941223|title=Valentin Lavigne (Lorient) signe à Concarneau en National|publisher=L'equipe|language=fr|date=18 September 2018|access-date=5 December 2018}}</ref>
In July 2020, Lavigne signed a one-year contract, with the option of a one-year extension, with newly promoted Championnat national club Stade Briochin.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ouest-france.fr/sport/football/stade-briochin/football-passe-par-la-ligue-1-valentin-lavigne-vient-renforcer-l-attaque-du-stade-briochin-6893357|title=Football. Passé par la Ligue 1, Valentin Lavigne vient renforcer l'attaque du Stade briochin|publisher=Ouest France|language=fr|date=3 July 2020}}</ref>
In June 2022, Lavigne moved to Fleury in the fourth tier.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Fleury|url=https://www.fcfleury91.fr/single-post/valentin-lavigne-rejoint-fleury|title=Valentin LAVIGNE rejoint Fleury !|access-date=13 July 2022|language=fr}}</ref>
==Career statistics== {{updated|18 December 2020}} {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Division !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="2"|League !colspan="2"|Cup !colspan="2"|League Cup !colspan="2"|Total |- !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals |- |rowspan=6|Lorient B |CFA |2011–12 |5||0||colspan=4|—||5||0 |- |CFA |2012–13 |18||3||colspan=4|—||18||3 |- |CFA 2 |2013–14 |24||7||colspan=4|—||24||7 |- |CFA |2014–15 |0||0||colspan=4|—||0||0 |- |CFA |2015–16 |8||1||colspan=4|—||8||1 |- !colspan=2|Total !55!!11!!0!!0!!0!!0!!55!!11 |- |rowspan=3|Lorient |rowspan=2|Ligue 1 |2014–15 |15||3||0||0||1||1||16||4 |- |2015–16 |6||0||1||0||2||0||9||0 |- !colspan=2|Total !21!!3!!1!!0!!3!!1!!25!!4 |- |Laval (loan) |Ligue 2 |2015–16 |8||0||0||0||0||0||8||0 |- |Brest (loan) |Ligue 2 |2016–17 |22||3||1||0||1||0||24||3 |- |Paris FC (loan) |Ligue 2 |2017–18 |17||0||1||2||0||0||18||2 |- |Paris FC B (loan) |National 3 |2017–18 |4||3||colspan=4|—||4||3 |- |rowspan=3|Concarneau |rowspan=2|National |2018–19 |16||0||1||1||colspan=2|—||17||1 |- |2019–20 |18||3||1||0||colspan=2|—||19||3 |- !colspan=2|Total !34!!3!!2!!1!!0!!0!!36!!4 |- |Stade Briochin |National |2020–21 |5||1||0||0||colspan=2|—||5||1 |- !colspan=3|Career totals !166!!24!!5!!3!!4!!1!!175!!28 |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{FFF player|7035-lavigne-valentin}} * {{FFF male player|2207747748<!-- -valentin-lavigne -->}} * {{LFP Ligue 1|valentin-lavigne}} * {{Soccerway|valentin-lavigne/231753}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lavigne, Valentin}} Category:1994 births Category:Living people Category:Sportspeople from Toulon Category:French men's footballers Category:France men's youth international footballers Category:Men's association football midfielders Category:FC Lorient players Category:Stade Lavallois players Category:Stade Brestois 29 players Category:Paris FC players Category:US Concarneau players Category:Stade Briochin players Category:FC Fleury 91 (men) players Category:Ligue 1 players Category:Ligue 2 players Category:Championnat National players Category:Championnat National 2 players Category:Championnat National 3 players Category:21st-century French sportsmen
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