Yan Valery

Yan Valery
Personal information
Full name Yan Valery[1]
Date of birth (1999-02-22) 22 February 1999 (age 25)[2]
Place of birth Champigny-sur-Marne, France
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[3]
Position(s) Right-back
Team information
Current team
 Sheffield Wednesday
Number 27
Youth career
2005–2007 AS Outre-Mer du Bois l'Abbé
2009–2013 Champigny FC 94
2013–2015 Rennes
2015–2017 Southampton
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2022 Southampton 43 (2)
2021 → Birmingham City (loan) 7 (0)
2022–2024 Angers 65 (0)
2024– Sheffield Wednesday 12 (0)
International career‡
2015–2016 France U17 7 (0)
2017 France U18 1 (0)
2022– Tunisia 8 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:01, 25 October 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10:14, 10 June 2024 (UTC)

Yan Valery (Arabic: يان فاليري; born 22 February 1999) is a professional footballer who plays as a right-back for EFL Championship club Sheffield Wednesday. Born in France, he plays for the Tunisia national team.

He began his senior career in England with Premier League club Southampton and spent the second half of the 2020–21 season on loan at Championship club Birmingham City before joining Angers in 2022. In international football, he represented his native France at under-17 and under-18 levels before switching to his mother's country of Tunisia at senior level in 2022.

Early life

Valery was born in Champigny-sur-Marne, France to a Martiniquais father and Tunisian mother.[4] He is a Muslim.[5]

Club career

Southampton

Valery joined Southampton in 2015 from Rennes.[6] On 27 November 2018, Southampton boss Mark Hughes handed Valery his first team debut in an EFL Cup match against Leicester City.[7] Four days later, he made his league debut, playing the whole match in a 2–2 draw against Manchester United.[8]

On 2 March 2019, Valery scored his first Southampton goal in a 3–2 defeat away to Manchester United, opening the scoring with "an outstanding finish".[9] The week later, Valery scored again in a 2–1 win at home to Tottenham Hotspur.[10] Valery ended the season with a total of 23 appearances.[11] At the end of the season, Valery was voted as 'Saints Young Player of the Season'.[12]

Despite this, the 2019–20 season would be tough for Valery, who only made a total of 11 starts for Southampton.[11] Valery later revealed that he had glandular fever which kept him out for a significant part of the season.[13] The arrival of Kyle Walker-Peters from Tottenham Hotspur, initially on loan, made it harder for Valery to get back into the Southampton first team.[14]

On 26 January 2021, Valery made his first Premier League start of the season in Southampton's 3–1 defeat to Arsenal.[15]

Loan to Birmingham City

On 1 February 2021, Valery joined Championship club Birmingham City for the remainder of the 2020–21 season.[16] He made his debut five days later as a late substitute in a 3–2 loss away to Bournemouth,[17] and replaced Maxime Colin in the starting eleven for the next fixture, another defeat.[18] He made seven appearances (two starts) in the early part of his loan spell but had no matchday involvement after Lee Bowyer took over as head coach in mid-March.[19][20]

Angers

On 1 September 2022, Valery joined Ligue 1 club Angers on a four-year contract.[21]

Sheffield Wednesday

On 21 June 2024, Valery returned to England, signing for Sheffield Wednesday for an undisclosed fee.[22] He made his Wednesday debut against Plymouth Argyle on 11 August 2024, starting the game in a 4–0 victory.[23]

International career

Valery has represented France at both under-17 and under-18 level.[24] In January 2019, he met with Tunisia manager Alain Giresse and agreed to play for the Tunisia national team.[25]

In September 2022, Valery accepted a call-up to play for Tunisia in friendlies against Comoros and Brazil in preparation for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.[26] He made his debut as a late substitute in the 5–1 loss to Brazil on 27 September.[27]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 25 October 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Southampton U23, U21 2016–17[28] — — — — 4[a] 0 3 0
2017–18[29] — — — — 2[a] 0 2 0
2018–19[30] — — — — 3[a] 0 3 0
2020–21[31] — — — — 2[a] 0 2 0
Total — — — 11 0 11 0
Southampton 2018–19[30] Premier League 23 2 0 0 1 0 — 24 2
2019–20[32] Premier League 11 0 0 0 1 0 — 12 0
2020–21[31] Premier League 3 0 1 0 0 0 — 4 0
2021–22[33] Premier League 5 0 3 0 3 0 — 11 0
2022–23[34] Premier League 1 0 0 0 1 0 — 2 0
Total 43 2 4 0 6 0 — 53 2
Birmingham City (loan) 2020–21[31] Championship 7 0 — — — 7 0
Angers 2022–23[19] Ligue 1 30 0 1 0 — — 31 0
2023–24[19] Ligue 2 35 0 2 0 — — 37 0
Total 65 0 3 0 0 0 — 68 0
Sheffield Wednesday 2024–25[35] Championship 12 0 0 0 0 0 — 12 0
Career total 127 2 7 0 6 0 11 0 151 2
  1. ^ a b c d Appearances in EFL Trophy

International

As of match played 10 January 2024[36]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Tunisia 2022 1 0
2023 6 0
2024 1 0
Total 8 0

References

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  3. ^ "Yan Valery". Angers SCO. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  4. ^ "Yan Valery sera-t-il l'une des prochaines stars de l'équipe Tunisie ?". Kapitalis. 15 March 2019.
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  17. ^ "AFC Bournemouth 3–2 Birmingham City". BBC Sport. 6 February 2021. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
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  20. ^ "Lee Bowyer: Birmingham City appoint new head coach after Aitor Karanka steps down". BBC Sport. 16 March 2021. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
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  22. ^ "Yan Valery joins the Owls!". Sheffield Wednesday FC. 21 June 2024. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
  23. ^ "Wednesday 4-0 Plymouth". Sheffield Wednesday FC. 11 August 2024. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
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  29. ^ "Games played by Yan Valery in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
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  33. ^ "Games played by Yan Valery in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
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