Yan Valery

Yan Valery (born 22 February 1999) is a French professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Championship club Birmingham City, on loan from Southampton.

Yan Valery
Personal information
Full name Yan Valery[1]
Date of birth (1999-02-22) 22 February 1999[2]
Place of birth Champigny-sur-Marne, France
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[2]
Position(s) Right-back
Club information
Current team
 Birmingham City
(on loan from Southampton)
Number 6
Youth career
2005–2007 AS Outre-Mer du Bois l'Abbé
2009–2013 Champigny FC 94
2013–2015 Rennes
2015–2017 Southampton
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018– Southampton 36 (2)
2021– → Birmingham City (loan) 1 (0)
National team
2015–2016 France U17 7 (0)
2017 France U18 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:45, 6 February 2021 (UTC)

Early life

Valery was born in Champigny-sur-Marne, France to a Martiniquais father and Tunisian mother.[3]

Club career

Southampton

Valery joined Southampton in 2015 from Stade Rennais.[4] On 27 November 2018, Southampton boss Mark Hughes handed Valery his first team debut in an EFL Cup match against Leicester City.[5] Four days later, he made his league debut, playing the whole match in a 2–2 draw against Manchester United.[6]

On 2 March 2019, Valery scored his first Southampton goal in a 3–2 defeat away to Manchester United, opening the scoring with "an outstanding finish".[7] The week later, Valery would score his second in a 2–1 win at home to Tottenham Hotspur.[8] Valery ended the season with a total of 23 appearances.[9] At the end of the season, Valery was voted as 'Saints Young Player of the Season'.[10]

Despite this, the 2019–20 season would be tough for Valery, who only made a total of 11 starts for Southampton.[9] Valery later revealed that he had glandular fever which kept him out for a significant part of the season.[11] The arrival of Kyle Walker-Peters from Tottenham Hotspur, initially on loan, made it harder for Valery to get back into the Southampton first team.[12]

On 26 January 2021, Valery made his first Premier League start of the season in Southampton's 3–1 defeat to Arsenal.[13]

Loan to Birmingham City

On 1 February 2021, Valery joined Championship side Birmingham City for the remainder of the 2020–21 season.[14] He made his debut five days later as a late substitute with Birmingham losing 3–2 away to AFC Bournemouth.[15]

International career

Valery has represented France at both under-17 and under-18 level.[16] In January 2019, he met with Tunisia manager Alain Giresse and agreed to play for the Tunisia national football team.[17]

Career statistics
As of match played 6 February 2020
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup EFL Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Southampton 2018–19[18] Premier League 2320010—242
2019–20[19] Premier League 1100010—120
2020–21[20] Premier League 301000—40
Total 362002000392
Southampton U21 2018–19[18] ————3[lower-alpha 1]030
2020–21[20] ————2[lower-alpha 1]020
Birmingham City 2020–21[20] Championship 10———10
Career total 372002050452
  1. Appearances in EFL Trophy

References
  1. "Premier League clubs publish 2019/20 retained lists". Premier League. 26 June 2020. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  2. "Yan Valery: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
  3. "Yan Valery sera-t-il l'une des prochaines stars de l'équipe Tunisie ?". Kapitalis. 15 March 2019.
  4. "Yan Valery profile at Southampton". Southampton F.C. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
  5. "Carabao Cup: Leicester City beat Saints on penalties". BBC Sport. 27 November 2018. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
  6. "We need mad dogs, says Mourinho". BBC Sport. 1 December 2018. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
  7. "Manchester United 3–2 Southampton". BBC Sport. 2 March 2019. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
  8. "Southampton 2–1 Tottenham Hotspur". BBC Sport. 9 March 2019. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
  9. "Yan Valery Profile". Premier League. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  10. "Young stars to watch out for the 2019-20 campaign". Fansided. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  11. "Valery reveals reason for absence". Onefootball. 4 April 2020. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  12. "Southampton sign Walker-Peters". Southampton FC. 29 January 2020. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  13. "Southampton 1-3 Arsenal". Southampton FC. 26 January 2021. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  14. "Yan Valery joins on loan". Birmingham City F.C. 1 February 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  15. "AFC Bournemouth 3–2 Birmingham City". BBC Sport. 6 February 2021. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  16. "Yan Valery". French Football Federation. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
  17. "Un nouveau joueur expatrié en sélection tunisienne". www.kawarji.com. 22 January 2019. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  18. "Games played by Yan Valery in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  19. "Games played by Yan Valery in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
  20. "Games played by Yan Valery in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
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