Sloan Gilles Privat (born 24 July 1989) is a French Guianan professional

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who plays as a

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for

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Career

Sochaux

Born in

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, Privat began his career with FC Marmandais. In 2002, he attracted interest from professional club Sochaux. In 2005, the interest became concrete with the club offering him an ''aspirant'' (youth) contract. He arrived at the club's aspiring youth academy amongst a host of other youth talent. In 2007, Privat played on the Sochaux under-19 team, alongside Frédéric Duplus, Geoffrey Tulasne, and Vincent Nogueira, that won the

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. On 22 September 2007, he made his professional debut in a 1–0 defeat to

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coming on as a late match substitute. The cameo appearance was his only one of the 2007–08 season. For the 2008–09 season, Privat was given the first-team number 15 shirt. He made his first career start on 14 September 2008 against

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. In the match, he scored his first goal for the club giving the team a 1–0 lead, however the match would end in a 1–1 draw. He signed his first professional contract on 12 December, until 2012. He extended his deal further in August 2011 for three years, to run until summer 2014.

Clermont Foot

On 4 August 2010, Privat was loaned to

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club Clermont for the

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season. His arrival paid immediate dividends with the player netting 10 league goals in the first half of the campaign. Privat finished the Ligue 2 season at Clermont season with 20 goals in 36 matches.

Gent

On 26 August 2013, Privat signed a four-year contract with Jupiler Pro League club

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. On 6 October 2013, he scored his first league goal in Belgium against Racing Genk.

Caen

He was loaned back in France in June 2014 to

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, for the 2014–15 season.

Guingamp

In June 2015, Privat joined

En Avant de 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, ...

on loan for the 2015–16 season, with an option given to Guingamp to sign him permanently. A year later, Guingamp announced the club had exercised the option.

Valenciennes

On 31 January 2018, the last day of the 2017–18 winter transfer window, Privat was released from his Guingamp contract and joined

side

Valenciennes FC Valenciennes Football Club (; commonly known as Valenciennes, VA or VAFC) is a French professional football club based in Valenciennes. The club was founded in 1914 and currently play in Championnat National, the third tier of French footbal ...

on -year contract until summer 2019.

Osmanlıspor

In January 2019, he joined

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. His contract was terminated on 31 May 2019.

Return to Sochaux

On 31 July 2019, Privat returned to

Sochaux Sochaux () is a commune in the Doubs department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France. Geography Sochaux lies east of Montbéliard, and southeast of Paris. Population Inhabitants are known as ''Sochaliens''. Economy ...

, signing a one-year contract with a club option for an additional year. He was released at the end of the 2019–20 season.

Bourg-Péronnas

After seven months without a club, Privat signed for

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side Bourg-Péronnas on 4 January 2021.

Personal life

His younger brother Stéphane (born 1998) is also a footballer, who plays as striker for FC Marmande 47.

Honors

French Guiana *

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bronze:

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Career statistics

International goals

:''Scores and results list the French Guiana's goal tally first.''

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Privat, Sloan 1989 births Living people Footballers from Cayenne French people of French Guianan descent Men's association football forwards French men's footballers France men's under-21 international footballers French Guianan men's footballers French Guiana men's international footballers Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players Championnat National players Championnat National 2 players Championnat National 3 players Belgian Pro League players FC Sochaux-Montbéliard players Clermont Foot players KAA Gent players Stade Malherbe Caen players En Avant Guingamp players Valenciennes FC players Ankaraspor footballers Football Bourg-en-Bresse Péronnas 01 players Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium French expatriate men's footballers 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 21st-century French sportsmen