Dorian Pierre Dervite-Vaussoue (born 25 July 1988), known as Dorian Dervite, is a French professional

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who plays as a defender. He is also a former French youth International having played at every youth level from U16 to U21 level.

Club career

Dervite started his career with French club

Lille Lille (, ; ; ; ; ) is a city in the northern part of France, within French Flanders. Positioned along the Deûle river, near France's border with Belgium, it is the capital of the Hauts-de-France Regions of France, region, the Prefectures in F ...

but in July 2006 he moved to England to join and train in the Tottenham Hotspur youth academy. He made his competitive debut for Tottenham in the 3–1 win over

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in the League Cup 4th round on 8 November 2006 where he partnered Michael Dawson in the centre of the Spurs defence. Dervite suffered a knee injury while playing for the Spurs reserve side during a friendly match against

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in early January 2007, which kept him out for several months. In January 2009, he joined

Southend United Southend United Football Club is a professional association football club based in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England, which competes in the National League, the fifth level of English football. The team are known as "The Shrimpers", a reference ...

on loan until the end of the season. Dervite came second in Southend's player of the season vote after a very successful loan. He then signed for Villarreal B where he played 23 league matches, making his debut against

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. Dervite left Villarreal B to sign for English Championship side

Charlton Athletic Charlton Athletic Football Club is a professional association football club based in Charlton, south-east London, England. The team compete in the EFL Championship, the second level of the English football league system. Their home ground is ...

. Dervite scored his first Charlton goal in a 1–1 draw away at

Leeds United Leeds United Football Club is a professional football club based in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. The team compete in the Premier League, the top tier of the English football league system. Leeds United have won the League Championship th ...

. On 17 May 2013, Dervite signed a one-year contract extension. On 27 May 2014, Dervite signed for

Bolton Wanderers Bolton Wanderers Football Club ( ) is a professional association football, football club based in Horwich, Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England, which competes in EFL League One, League One, the third level of the Englis ...

, on a three-year contract On 5 December 2015, he scored his first Bolton goal on his 50th league appearance for the club in a 2–3 defeat against

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at the

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. On 9 June 2017, the club confirmed that Dervite had signed a new one-year contract with the option of an extension. On 24 May 2018, Bolton confirmed that Dervite would leave the club on 30 June when his contract came to an end. On 23 July 2018, he signed a two-year contract with Belgian side

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, with the option of a further year. In January 2019, he was loaned to

NAC Breda NAC Breda (), often simply known as NAC, is a Dutch professional football club, based in Breda, Netherlands. NAC Breda play in the Rat Verlegh Stadium, named after their most important player, Antoon 'Rat' Verlegh. They play in the Eredivisi ...

until the end of the season.

International career

Dervite has represented

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at U-15, U-16, U-17, U-18, U-19 and U-21 levels. He has captained them on occasions. He was called up to the Under-21 squad to face

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and

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.Dorian Dervitte's profile with national teams
He was called for the international

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again with the U21, then against

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ...

and for the U21 European Championship qualifiers against

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and

Ukraine Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the List of European countries by area, second-largest country in Europe after Russia, which Russia–Ukraine border, borders it to the east and northeast. Ukraine also borders Belarus to the nor ...

. he scored his first goal for France in a home draw with Poland U21 on 12 August 2009 with an 80th minute shot to make it 2–1 to France with the game ending 2–2, his last game for the Under-21s came in their 3–1 away win over Slovenia U21 on 5 September 2009.

Career statistics

Honours

Bolton Wanderers *

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runner-up: 2016–17

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dervite, Dorian 1988 births Living people Footballers from Lille French men's footballers Men's association football defenders English Football League players Tottenham Hotspur F.C. players Southend United F.C. players Villarreal CF B players Charlton Athletic F.C. players Bolton Wanderers F.C. players Royal Charleroi S.C. players NAC Breda players Doxa Katokopias FC players K.S.V. Roeselare players R.A.E.C. Mons (2015) players France men's youth international footballers France men's under-21 international footballers French expatriate men's footballers French expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in England Expatriate men's footballers in Spain French expatriate sportspeople in England Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Belgian Pro League players Cypriot First Division players Eredivisie players Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus 21st-century French sportsmen