Corentin Jean
Corentin Jean (born 15 July 1995) is a French professional footballer who plays as a striker for Ligue 1 club RC Lens.
_(cropped).jpg.webp) Jean in May 2018 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Corentin Jean | ||
| Date of birth | 15 July 1995 | ||
| Place of birth | Blois, France | ||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Lens | ||
| Number | 25 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2001–2008 | US Chemery Mehers St Romain | ||
| 2008–2010 | Blois | ||
| 2010–2012 | Troyes | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012–2015 | Troyes | 65 | (17) |
| 2015–2017 | Monaco | 2 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | → Troyes (loan) | 34 | (4) |
| 2016–2017 | → Toulouse (loan) | 16 | (1) |
| 2017–2020 | Toulouse | 53 | (1) |
| 2020 | → Lens (loan) | 9 | (3) |
| 2020– | Lens | 0 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2011 | France U16 | 1 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | France U17 | 12 | (2) |
| 2012–2013 | France U18 | 6 | (1) |
| 2013 | France U19 | 6 | (2) |
| 2014 | France U20 | 2 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | France U21 | 8 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:14, 30 July 2020 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 2 April 2016 | |||
Club career
Troyes
Born in Blois, France, Jean made his full debut for Troyes AC in the Coupe de la Ligue against Stade Rennais. He immediately made an impact with scoring his first professional goal for the club. However, after a late-minute goal from Romain Alessandrini Stade Rennais finally won the game with 2–1. He scored just two minutes after goal-scoring Jean was replaced for Mohamed Yattara.
Monaco
On 2 July 2015, Jean signed for Monaco. He was loaned out to Troyes AC for the 2015–16 Ligue 1 season.[1]
Toulouse
Jean signed for Toulouse FC for the 2016–17 Ligue 1 season on loan, he later joined them on a permanent transfer the following season.
Lens
On 1 January 2020, Jean signed for RC Lens on loan for the season of the 2019–20 Ligue 2 season with an option to buy in the summer.
He made his debut on 18 January 2020 against Guingamp in Ligue 2. He was subbed on for Tony Mauricio in the 66th minute.
On 6 June 2020, Jean completed a permanent transfer to RC Lens, for a fee of €1 million. He signed a three-year contract.[2]
Career statistics
Club
- As of 30 July 2020[3]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Europe1 | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Troyes | 2012–13 | Ligue 1 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 17 | 4 | ||
| 2013–14 | Ligue 2 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 28 | 4 | |||
| 2014–15 | 28 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 31 | 10 | ||||
| Total | 65 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 1 | — | — | 76 | 18 | ||||
| Troyes | 2015–16 (loan) | Ligue 1 | 34 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 37 | 6 | ||
| Monaco | 2016–17 | Ligue 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 4 | 1 | |
| Toulouse | 2016–17 (loan) | Ligue 1 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 16 | 1 | ||
| Toulouse | 2017–18 | Ligue 1 | 33 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 39 | 1 | |
| 2018–19 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | – | 23 | 0 | ||||
| 2019–20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Total | 53 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 63 | 1 | ||
| Lens (loan) | 2019–20 | Ligue 2 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | |
| Career total | 179 | 26 | 10 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 205 | 30 | ||
1Includes UEFA Europa League and UEFA Champions League appearances.
References
- "19 year old Corentin Jean signs for Monaco but will return to Troyes on loan". goal.com. 2 July 2015. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
- "Le RC Lens s'offre définitivement Corentin Jean". FootMercato (in French). Retrieved 6 June 2020.
- Corentin Jean at Soccerway. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
External links
- Eurosport profile
- Corentin Jean at the French Football Federation (in French). Archived at webarchive.org.