Dimitry Caloin (born 8 May 1990) is a professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who plays for

FC Villefranche Football Club Villefranche Beaujolais or simply Villefranche is a French association football club founded in 1927. They are based in Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône-Alpes and play at the Stade Armand Chouffet in town. The team played one season ...

. Born in France, he represents

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at international level.

Professional career

A youth product of

FC Toulouse Toulouse Football Club () is a French professional football club based in Toulouse. The club was founded in 1970 and currently plays in Ligue 1, the first division of French football. Toulouse plays its home matches at the Stadium de Toulouse ...

, Caloin moved to

Limoges FC Limoges Football () is an association football club based in Limoges, France. Founded in 1947 as Limoges Football Club, the team underwent several name changes, becoming Limoges Foot 87 from 1987 to 2003 before reverting to its original name, L ...

for seven years, eventually becoming vice-captain of the team. In the summer of 2017, he was transferred to

SO Cholet Stade Olympique Choletais is a French association football team founded in 1913. The club is based in Cholet, Pays de la Loire and play at Omnisports Stadium, which has a capacity of 9,000 spectators. They currently play in the Régional 3, ...

in the

Championnat National The Championnat National (), commonly referred to as simply National or Division 3, is the third division of the French football league system behind Ligue 1 and Ligue 2. Contested by 18 clubs, the Championnat National operates on a system of ...

. He spent the 2018–19 season with

Les Herbiers VF Les Herbiers Vendée Football is a French football club based in Les Herbiers, Vendée. It was founded in 1919. They play at the Stade Massabielle, which has a capacity of 5,000 people. The colours of the club are red and black. From the 2015 ...

, and signed for

in August 2019.

International career

Caloin is born in France, and is of Malagasy descent through his mother. He made his debut for the

Madagascar national football team The Madagascar national football team, nicknamed ''Barea'' after the island's zebu, is the national team of Madagascar and is controlled by the Malagasy Football Federation. It has never qualified for the finals of the World Cup. It took part i ...

in a 3–1

2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification The 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification matches were organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to decide the participating teams of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations, the 32nd edition of the international men's association footbal ...

win over

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on 9 June 2017.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Caloin, Dimitry 1990 births Living people Footballers from Limoges Malagasy men's footballers Madagascar men's international footballers French men's footballers French sportspeople of Malagasy descent Malagasy people of French descent Men's association football midfielders Limoges Football players SO Cholet players Les Herbiers VF players FC Villefranche Beaujolais players Championnat National players Championnat National 2 players 2019 Africa Cup of Nations players Black French sportspeople 21st-century French sportsmen