Alexi Peuget (born 18 December 1990) is a French professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club Rumilly-Vallières, where he is the

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Career

In his final season with

Strasbourg Strasbourg ( , ; ; ) is the Prefectures in France, prefecture and largest city of the Grand Est Regions of France, region of Geography of France, eastern France, in the historic region of Alsace. It is the prefecture of the Bas-Rhin Departmen ...

, Peuget reached the senior team and made 25 appearances scoring two goals in the 2010–11 season. Due to Strasbourg entering liquidation in the 2011 off-season, Peuget was a part of a mass clear-out, which resulted in his move to

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. On 30 June 2019,

Saint-Malo Saint-Malo (, , ; Gallo language, Gallo: ; ) is a historic French port in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany (administrative region), Brittany. The Fortification, walled city on the English Channel coast had a long history of piracy, earning much wealth ...

confirmed that Peuget had joined the club. In 2020, he signed for Rumilly-Vallières. He captained the side that made the semi-finals of the

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in the 2020–21 season, where he was the sole goalscorer for the club in a 5–1 loss to

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Personal life

Alexi's father is former

Mulhouse Mulhouse (; ; Alsatian language, Alsatian: ''Mìlhüsa'' ; , meaning "Mill (grinding), mill house") is a France, French city of the European Collectivity of Alsace (Haut-Rhin department, in the Grand Est region of France). It is near the Fran ...

player Jean-Michel Peuget, and he also has a younger brother who played in the youth academy of

Auxerre Auxerre ( , , Burgundian language (Oïl), Burgundian: ''Auchoirre'') is the capital (Prefectures in France, prefecture) of the Yonne Departments of France, department and the fourth-largest city in the Burgundy historical region southeast of Par ...

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* * * Living people 1990 births Footballers from Mulhouse French men's footballers Men's association football midfielders RC Strasbourg Alsace players Stade de Reims players LB Châteauroux players Grenoble Foot 38 players Jura Sud Foot players US Saint-Malo players GFA Rumilly-Vallières players Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players Championnat National players Championnat National 2 players Championnat National 3 players 21st-century French sportsmen {{France-footy-midfielder-1990s-stub