Yohan Croizet

Yohan Croizet
Croizet with Sporting Kansas City in 2019
Personal information
Date of birth (1992-02-15) 15 February 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth Sarrebourg, France
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Zalaegerszeg
Number 10
Youth career
1997–2004 FC Sarrebourg
2004–2011 Metz
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2013 Metz 2 (0)
2011–2013 Metz II 57 (7)
2013–2014 Virton 31 (6)
2014–2016 OH Leuven 59 (13)
2016–2017 KV Mechelen 52 (3)
2018–2019 Sporting Kansas City 56 (6)
2020–2021 OH Leuven 7 (0)
2021–2024 Újpest 40 (7)
2021–2024 Újpest II 8 (5)
2023–2024 → Zalaegerszeg (loan) 27 (8)
2024– Zalaegerszeg 9 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 November 2024

Yohan Croizet (French: [jɔ.an kʁwa.zɛ]; born 15 February 1992) is a French professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Zalaegerszeg in the Hungarian Nemzeti Bajnokság I.[1][2]

Career

Croizet made his senior debut for Ligue 2 side Metz in the 1–0 away win at Guingamp on 12 August 2011, playing 82 minutes before being substituted for fellow debutant Teddy Kayombo. Croizet subsequently returned to the reserve team, and made 10 appearances in the Championnat de France amateur during the first five months of the 2011–12 campaign. He scored seven goals in 57 matches for Metz from 2011 to 2013, when he moved to Belgian second division club RE Virton. He moved to first-division club OH Leuven in 2014, then joined Mechelen in 2016.

On 15 December 2017, Croizet signed as a designated player with American MLS side Sporting Kansas City.[1] He scored his first goal for the club in a 6–0 thrashing of Vancouver Whitecaps FC on 20 April 2018 before netting a dramatic late winner with a stunning volley to win a Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Round of 16 match against FC Dallas 3–2 on 16 June 2018. Croizet netted his first MLS game-winner for the club in a 2–0 win over Minnesota United FC at Children's Mercy Park on 25 August 2018.

Sporting KC and Croizet mutually agreed to part ways on 23 September 2019.[1][2]

In July 2024, following a successful loan spell the previous season, Croizet joined Nemzeti Bajnokság I club Zalaegerszeg on a permanent initial one-year deal with the option for a further season.[3]

Career statistics

As of 31 August 2018[4]
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
Metz 2011–12 Ligue 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 — 1 0
2012–13 National 1 0 0 0 1 0 — 2 0
Total 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
Metz II 2011–12 CFA 27 0 — — — 27 0
2012–13 30 7 — — — 30 7
Total 57 7 — — — 57 7
Virton 2013–14 Belgian Second Division 31 6 0 0 — — 31 6
OH Leuven 2014–15 Belgian Second Division 31 4 2 0 — 6[a] 0 39 4
2015–16 Pro League 28 9 2 0 — — 30 9
Total 59 13 4 0 — 6 0 69 13
KV Mechelen 2016–17 First Division A 28 3 2 2 — 9[b] 0 39 5
2017–18 15 0 0 0 — — 15 0
Total 43 3 2 2 — 9 0 54 5
Sporting Kansas City 2018 Major League Soccer 24 2 2 2 — 0 0 26 4
Career total 216 31 8 4 1 0 15 0 240 35
  1. ^ Appearances in the Second Division play-offs
  2. ^ Appearances in the Europa League play-offs

References

  1. ^ a b c "Sporting KC signs 25-year-old French midfielder Yohan Croizet as a Designated Player | Sporting Kansas City". Sportingkc.com. 15 February 1992. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Sporting KC and midfielder Yohan Croizet mutually agree to part ways".
  3. ^ "YOHAN CROIZET VISSZATÉRT!" [YOHAN CROIZET IS BACK!]. www.ztefc.hu (in Hungarian). 17 July 2024. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
  4. ^ "Y. Croizet". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
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