Valentin Eysseric (born 25 March 1992) is a French professional

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who plays as an

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for

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club Kasımpaşa.

Club career

Monaco

Eysseric began his career playing for a host of youth clubs before settling at

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in 2007. In June 2010, he signed a three-year ''élite'' contract, which was due to become a professional contract in June 2013, with the club. In the following season, he was a member of the Monaco under-19 team which won the 2010–11 edition of the Coupe Gambardella. He made his professional debut in Monaco's first competitive fixture of the 2011–12 campaign, a 4–1 loss to Sedan in the Coupe de la Ligue. On 16 September 2011, he scored his first goal for Monaco in a 1–1 draw against

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. On 9 December 2011, he scored his first

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goal in a 2–1 win over La Tour-Saint Clair. Having established himself in the first team, Eysseric run continued before falling out of favour with manager Marco Simone and being sent to the reserves. The next season, he would make two appearances for Monaco before moving to Nice.

Nice

On 23 August 2012, Eysseric joined

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side

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on a loan deal, until the end of the season. On 2 September 2012, he made his Ligue 1 debut against

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, a 1–1 draw. In his next appearance on 15 September 2012, he scored his first goal in a 4–2 win over Brest. At Nice, he since established himself in the first team and continued scoring goals including a winner in a 2–1 success over PSG and two goals in two consecutive games in Coupe de la Ligue against Brest and

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. In January 2013, he signed for the club on a permanent basis, on a contract keeping him until 2017. Four days before signing a permanent basis, he scored a brace in the first round of

, as Nice win 3–2 against

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. his first game after signing for the club on a permanent basis with a fee of 1.5 million euro, scoring his third goal, as Nice won 5–0 win against

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. Eysseric received a straight red card for breaking the leg of

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player Jérémy Clément with a brutal tackle on 3 March 2013, in a Ligue 1 match which Saint-Étienne won 4–0. After the match, he apologised and showed regret for his actions. He also said the tackle ruined his reputation and said: ''"I am wrong in my head and I still feel guilty, I had no right to try this gesture and I can only apologize again for having injured him lément I saw

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to understand them and I have not found an explanation. But it's over. I will not look at them anymore. It's too hard. The images haunt me. Since Saturday, I've had flashes where I see the ankle of Clément completely at right angles.''". His tackle on Clément caused the injured player to be out for the rest of the season. This also led the Ligue 1 disciplinary committee to give Eysseric an eleven-game ban, keeping him out for the rest of the season. Soon after, Eysseric told L'Équipe that he would not appeal his eleven games ban, insisting that was the disciplinary committee's decision. On 12 February 2017, Eysseric scored a goal and provided an assist for

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in a 2–2 Ligue 1 away draw against

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Fiorentina

On 9 August 2017, Eysseric signed with

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club Fiorentina on a four-year deal. Fiorentina paid a reported transfer fee of €4 million to Nice.

Nantes loan

On 31 January 2019, the last day of the 2018–19 winter transfer window, Eysseric returned to France joining FC Nantes on a loan deal until the end of the season. Nantes also secured an purchase option to make the signing permanent.

Hellas Verona loan

On 31 January 2020, Eysseric joined Hellas Verona on loan until 30 June 2020.

Kasımpaşa

On 23 July 2021, he signed with Kasımpaşa in Turkey.

International career

Eysseric is a France youth international having earned caps at under-19, France U20 and France U21 levels.

Career statistics

Club

References

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Eysseric, Valentin 1992 births Sportspeople from Aix-en-Provence Living people Association football midfielders French footballers France youth international footballers France under-21 international footballers AS Monaco FC players OGC Nice players AS Saint-Étienne players ACF Fiorentina players Hellas Verona F.C. players FC Nantes players Kasımpaşa S.K. footballers Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players Serie A players Süper Lig players French expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Italy French expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate footballers in Turkey French expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Footballers from Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur