Jérémy Taravel (born 17 April 1987) is a French professional

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who plays as a

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Career

Jérémy Taravel began his career as a professional footballer at the second team of

Lille Lille ( , ; nl, Rijsel ; pcd, Lile; vls, Rysel) is a city in the northern part of France, in French Flanders. On the river Deûle, near France's border with Belgium, it is the capital of the Hauts-de-France region, the prefecture of the Nord ...

after working his way up from the youth academy. A loan spell at

Troyes AC Espérance Sportive Troyes Aube Champagne (ESTAC), commonly known as Troyes, is a football in France, French association football club, based in Troyes, who play in Ligue 1, Football in France, the highest level of France's football league syst ...

in 2008 was unsuccessful as he did not manage a single appearance but the next year, on 2 January 2009, he was loaned to Belgian side

S.V. Zulte Waregem Sportvereniging Zulte Waregem (), commonly known as Zulte Waregem or by their nickname Essevee (), is a Belgian professional football club based in Waregem, West Flanders. Zulte Waregem plays in the Belgian First Division A. Their highest finish a ...

. For a period while on loan, Taravel was consistently a starter in the first team; Zulte Waregem exercised their buy option included in the deal and signed him on a permanent basis from Lille. On 24 June 2010, Taravel signed a three-year contract with Belgian side

K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen Koninklijke Sporting Club Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen (; often simply called Sporting Lokeren or Lokeren) was a Belgian professional football club based in the city of Lokeren, in the province of East Flanders. The club was founded in 1923 but ceas ...

, transferring from Zulte Waregem. Over the next three and a half years at Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen, he amassed 125 appearances and scored 25 goals. His consistent performances at Lokeren persuaded Croatian side

Dinamo Zagreb Građanski nogometni klub Dinamo Zagreb ( en, Dinamo Zagreb Citizens' Football Club, link=yes, italics=yes), commonly referred to as GNK Dinamo Zagreb or simply Dinamo Zagreb (), is a Croatian professional football club based in Zagreb. Dinam ...

to acquire Taravel for €1.6 million in January 2014. Taravel made just one appearance for Dinamo Zagreb that season, in a 2–1 home win over

RNK Split Radnički nogometni klub Split, commonly known as RNK Split, is a Croatian football club based in the city of Split. History The club had a strong fanbase in the Split's shipyard. The club was founded on 16 April 1912 as Anarch, but has had s ...

due to a severe knee ligaments injury in training which ruled him out for the rest of the season. With dwindling performances due to injuries, Taravel transferred to Belgian side

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in August 2016 for €500,000 fee. He failed to meet the expectations during the 2016–17 season which prompted a loan move to Swiss side

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in February 2017. Taravel joined

Cercle Brugge Cercle Brugge Koninklijke Sportvereniging () is a Belgian professional football club based in Bruges. Cercle have played in the Belgian Pro League since the 2003–04 season, having previously spent several years in the Belgian Second Division ...

in August 2017; on 13 August 2021, he joined

Mouscron Mouscron (; Dutch and vls, Moeskroen, ; Picard and Walloon: ''Moucron'') is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the Belgian province of Hainaut, along the border with the French city of Tourcoing, which is part of the Lille metropo ...

on a one-year deal with an option for extension.

Personal life

Taravel is the older brother of

Nicolas Taravel Nicolas Taravel (born 13 October 1994) is a French professional footballer who currently plays for FK Sūduva as a defender. Professional career A youth product of Dijon FCO, Taravel spent his early career abroad with Dinamo Zagreb II in Croat ...

, who is also a professional footballer.

Honours

Lokeren *

Belgian Cup The Belgian Cup (french: link=no, Coupe de Belgique; nl, Beker van België []; german: link=no, Belgischer Fußballpokal) is the main Single-elimination tournament, knockout association football, football competition in Belgium, run by the Belgia ...

: 2012 Belgian Cup Final, 2011–12

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* 1987 births Living people French men's footballers French expatriate men's footballers K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen players US Créteil-Lusitanos players Lille OSC players S.V. Zulte Waregem players GNK Dinamo Zagreb players K.A.A. Gent players FC Sion players Cercle Brugge K.S.V. players Royal Excel Mouscron players Belgian Pro League players Challenger Pro League players Croatian Football League players Swiss Super League players INF Clairefontaine players French expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Expatriate men's footballers in Croatia Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland Men's association football defenders People from Vincennes Footballers from Val-de-Marne {{france-footy-defender-1980s-stub