Matthias Lepiller (born 12 June 1988) is a French footballer who plays at forward position.

Career

Le Havre

He made two appearances for

Le Havre AC Le Havre Athletic Club () is a French professional association football club based in Le Havre, Normandy. The football club was founded in 1894 as a section of the sports club of the same name, founded in 1884. Le Havre plays in Ligue 1, the ...

before joining

ACF Fiorentina ACF Fiorentina, commonly referred to as Fiorentina (), is an Italian professional Association football, football List of football clubs in Italy, club based in Florence, Tuscany. The original team was founded by a merger in August 1926, while ...

at age of 18 on free transfer in 2006. He made his

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 ...

debut against

AS Nancy Association Sportive Nancy Lorraine (), known as AS Nancy Lorraine, and more commonly as Nancy, is a French football club founded in 1967 and based in Nancy, Grand Est. The club plays its home matches at the Stade Marcel Picot located in Tomb ...

, 3 December 2004.

Fiorentina

In July 2008 he rejected a transfer to

Queens Park Rangers Queens Park Rangers Football Club, commonly abbreviated to QPR, is a professional association football club based in Shepherd's Bush, West London, England. The team currently compete in the EFL Championship, the second level of the English f ...

on loan. In August was loaned out to Grasshopper-Club Zürich, he turned back on 12 January 2009 to

. The French player was then loaned out to

K.A.S. Eupen K.A.S. Eupen (short for Königliche Allgemeine Sportvereinigung Eupen, English: ''Royal General Sports Association Eupen'', simply referred to as Eupen) is a Belgian professional association football club located in Eupen, Liège (province), Prov ...

from 2009 to 2011 and subsequently to

Verona Verona ( ; ; or ) is a city on the Adige, River Adige in Veneto, Italy, with 255,131 inhabitants. It is one of the seven provincial capitals of the region, and is the largest city Comune, municipality in the region and in Northeast Italy, nor ...

. On 16 September 2009, it was announced that Fiorentina was ordered by FIFA to pay Le Havre €600,000 for signing Lepiller in 2006. ''La viola'' appealed, but the

Court of Arbitration for Sport The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS; , TAS) is an international body established in 1984 to settle disputes related to sport through arbitration. Its headquarters are in Lausanne, Switzerland, and its courts are located in New York City, Sy ...

upheld the decision.

Novara

On 30 August 2012, Lepiller joined

Serie B The Serie B (), officially known as Serie BKT for sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie A. It has been operating for over ninety years since the 1929–30 season. It had b ...

side

Novara Calcio Novara Football Club, commonly referred to as Novara, is an Football in Italy, Italian football club based in Novara, Piedmont. The club was founded in 2021 by the Novara, City of Novara to replace old Novara Calcio that lost its professional s ...

Juve Stabia

In summer 2014 he was signed by

Juve Stabia Società Sportiva Juve Stabia is an Italian professional football club based in Castellammare di Stabia, Campania. Juve Stabia plays in Serie B, the second tier of Italian football system, following their promotion ahead of the 2024–25 seas ...

. In 2015, after the closure of January transfer window, Lepiller was released.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lepiller, Matthias 1988 births Living people French men's footballers French expatriate men's footballers Le Havre AC players ACF Fiorentina players K.A.S. Eupen players Grasshopper Club Zurich players Hellas Verona FC players Novara FC players SS Juve Stabia players Ligue 2 players Belgian Pro League players Challenger Pro League players Swiss Super League players Serie B players Serie C players Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland Men's association football forwards Footballers from Le Havre 21st-century French sportsmen