Dorian Dervite (born 25 July 1988) is a French footballer, currently playing for Tottenham Hotspur.

[edit] Club career

Dervite started his career with French club Lille but in July 2006 he moved to England to join and train in the Spurs youth academy. He made his competitive debut for Tottenham in the 3-1 win over Port Vale in the Carling Cup 4th round on 8 November 2006 where he partnered Michael Dawson in the heart of the Spurs defence.^[1]

Dervite suffered a knee injury while playing for the Spurs reserve side during a friendly match against Norwich in early January 2007, which kept him out for several months. In January 2009 Dervite joined Southend United on loan until the end of the season. Dervite came second in Southend's player of the season vote after a very successful loan^[2].

[edit] International career

Dervite has represented France at U-15, U-16, U-17 an U-18 levels, he plays at international level for France U-19. He has been a regular for France's youth teams and has captained them on occasions. He was called up to the Under-21 squad to face Estonia and England.^[3]. He has been called for the international Toulon Tournament again with the U21, then against Poland and for the U21 European Championship qualifiers against Lithuania and Ukraine.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Dorian Dervitte career stats at Soccerbase
• Tottenham Hotspur FC
• Southend United Profile