Mathieu Scarpelli (born 23 July 1981) is a French

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striker who has played in

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and

Ligue 2 Ligue 2 (, League 2), also known as Ligue 2 BKT due to sponsorship reasons, is a French professional football league. The league serves as the second division of French football and is one of two divisions making up the Ligue de Football Prof ...

Career

Born in

Grenoble Grenoble ( ; ; or ; or ) is the Prefectures in France, prefecture and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of the Isère Departments of France, department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Regions of France, region ...

Isère Isère ( , ; ; , ) is a landlocked Departments of France, department in the southeastern French Regions of France, region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Named after the river Isère (river), Isère, it had a population of 1,271,166 in 2019.

, Scarpelli began playing football in

Grenoble Foot 38 Grenoble Foot 38, commonly referred to as simply Grenoble or GF38, is a Football in France, French association football club based in Grenoble. The club plays its home matches at the Stade des Alpes, a sports complex based in the heart of the c ...

's youth academy. He would play for amateur sides

FC Échirolles Football Club d'Échirolles is a French association football club founded in 1949. They are based in Échirolles, near Grenoble in Isère, France and are currently playing in the Ligue Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, the 6th tier of French football. They ...

and

SO Cassis Carnoux Stade Olympique Cassis Carnoux was a French association football team founded in 2002. They were based in Cassis, Bouches-du-Rhône, and last played in the Championnat National – the third tier of French football. They had played at the Stade Ma ...

before turning professional with

AC Ajaccio Athletic Club Ajaccien (), commonly referred to as AC Ajaccio, ACA or simply Ajaccio, is a French professional football club based in the city of Ajaccio on the island of Corsica. The club was founded in 1910 and plays in the Ligue 2, the sec ...

. He played in

with

. He spent two years with

EA Guingamp En Avant Guingamp (, ), commonly referred to as EA Guingamp, EAG, or simply Guingamp (), is a French professional football club based in the commune of Guingamp, in France's Brittany region. The club was founded in 1912 and play in Ligue 2, ...

, playing the

2009–10 UEFA Europa League The 2009–10 UEFA Europa League was the first season of the UEFA Europa League, Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA. The competition was previously known as the UEFA Cup, which had been in existence for 38 years. Spai ...

and scoring 15 goals in

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 ...

during his second season with the club. In July 2011, Scarpelli joined Championnat National rivals

Étoile Fréjus Saint-Raphaël Étoile may refer to: Places ;France * Charles de Gaulle – Étoile, station of the Paris Métro * Étoile-Saint-Cyrice, commune in the Hautes-Alpes department in France * Étoile-sur-Rhône, commune in the Drôme department in France * L'Étoi ...

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* * 1981 births Living people Footballers from Grenoble French men's footballers Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players Championnat National players AC Ajaccio players LB Châteauroux players En Avant Guingamp players SO Cassis Carnoux players FC Échirolles players Men's association football forwards 21st-century French sportsmen {{france-footy-forward-1980s-stub