Mathieu Debuchy

Lille

Debuchy was born in Fretin, Nord. He began his career playing for his hometown club Union Sportive Fretin before joining Lille at the age of eight. After spending a decade in Lille's youth system, he was promoted to the senior team following the winter break of the 2003–04 season. Debuchy was given the number 33 shirt and simultaneously made his professional debut and first start on 31 January 2004 in a league match against Metz. He played the entire match as Lille recorded a 1–0 win. Debuchy made five more appearances that season, which included two starts and three substitute appearances. The following season, Debuchy switched to the number 2 and his playing time increased significantly. He appeared in 19 matches and scored three goals. His first professional goal came against Bordeaux. Debuchy scored the goal in the first minute of the match. Lille's solid form that season resulted in the club finishing second in the league and, as a result, qualifying for the UEFA Champions League. Debuchy was also instrumental in Lille's run to the Round of 16 in 2004–05 UEFA Cup where the club was eliminated by rival French club Auxerre. Debuchy became a fixture in the starting eleven during the 2005–06 season. On 26 March 2006, he damaged knee ligaments in a league match against Strasbourg. The injury required surgery ruling him out for six months. As a result of the injury, Debuchy missed the 2006 UEFA European Under-21 Championship. A week after suffering the injury,…

Debuchy has been capped with the under-21 team. On 5 August 2010, Debuchy was called up to the senior team for the first time by new manager Laurent Blanc for the team's friendly against Norway on 11 August 2010 but did not play that match. He finally earned his first cap on 7 October 2011, playing every minute of the Euro 2012 qualifying 3–0 home win over Albania. Debuchy scored his first goal for France in a friendly against Iceland in Valenciennes on 27 May 2012. Blanc selected Debuchy in his final 23-man squad for the European Championships in Poland and Ukraine on 29 May 2012. He started the match and played every minute as a right-back in Les Bleus' opening group match against England, helping his side to a 1–1 draw, in which his performance was hailed as "terrific". He played the full 90 minutes of France's second group match, a 2–0 win over co-hosts Ukraine on 15 June. Debuchy also played the full 90 minutes of France's last group match against Sweden, which France lost 2–0. He started in the quarterfinal match against Spain (the French lost the match 2–0), but was replaced by Jérémy Ménez in the 64th minute. Debuchy was named in Didier Deschamps' French squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. Debuchy played every minute of four of France's five matches as they reached the quarterfinals. He did not play France's final group match against Ecuador, remaining on the substitutes' bench throughout the match, with Bacary Sagna playing in his place. On 17 May 2018, he…

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France score listed first, score column indicates score after each Debuchy goal

Lille

Ligue 1: 2010–11 Coupe de France: 2010–11 Arsenal

FA Community Shield: 2014, 2015 Saint-Étienne

Coupe de France runner-up: 2019–20 Individual

UNFP Ligue 1 Team of the Year: 2011–12 UNFP Ligue 1 Player of the Month: February 2018