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Emmanuel Rivière
	Emmanuel Rivière
Personal information
Full name	Emmanuel Rivière
Date of birth	March 3, 1990 (age 19)
Place of birth	Le Lamentin, Fort-de-France, France
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	AS Saint-Étienne
Number	29
Youth career
1996–2005; 2005–2008	USL Saint-Luce; AS Saint-Étienne
Senior career1
National team
	1 Senior club appearances and goals; counted for the domestic league only.; * Appearances (Goals)

Emmanuel "Manu" Rivière (born March 3, 1990 in Le Lamentin, Fort-de-France, Martinique) is a French footballer of Martinique descent currently playing for Ligue 1 side AS Saint-Étienne.

[edit] Football career

[edit] Early years

Manu, as he is called, began his football career playing on the French overseas department of Martinique playing for local side USL Sainte-Luce in the commune of Sainte-Luce. He attracted interest from French clubs after his performances at the annual Coupe National des 14 ans, which was held at the Clairefontaine academy.^[1] Notable clubs that scouted him included Paris Saint-Germain, Olympique Lyonnais, and AS Saint-Étienne. Though smaller in stature, the player would sign for Saint-Étienne citing their history stating, "The ASSE is legendary in Martinique. They're a very big club. My family was happy to see me sign here. My father, who follows a lot of football has talked about them often."^[2]

[edit] Saint-Étienne

During his early years at the club, former Saint-Étienne striker and fellow Martiniquais Frédéric Piquionne served as a mentor. He made his debut in the reserves at the age of 16.^[3] During the summer of 2008, he signed his first professional contract agreeing to a three-year deal, which will keep him with the Rhône-Alpes-based outfit until 2011.^[4] He was officially be promoted to the senior squad and assigned the number 29 shirt.

For the duration of 2008, Emmanuel did not see any playing time only playing in the reserves. However, at the start of 2009, he made his professional debut on January 3 in a Coupe de France match against Bordeaux. He started the match playing the full 90 minutes with Saint-Étienne picking up a 1-0 victory after a goal from Bafétimbi Gomis in the 74th minute.^[5] He made his league debut on January 31 in a match against rivals Olympique Lyonnais coming on as a substitute in the 72nd minute. The match ended in a 1–1 draw.^[6]He scored his first career goal on May 13, 2009 in a 4–2 victory over Le Havre.^[7] Due to the departure of fellow striker Gomis to rivals Lyon and injuries to Ilan and Kevin Mirallas, Emmanuel started the 2009-10 season as Saint-Étienne's first choice forward. On August 15th 2009, he scored his second league goal after 25 minutes of a 3-1 defeat to Toulouse.

[edit] International career

Emmanuel is a France youth international having played for the France U-17s, France U-18s, and the France U-19s. He was apart of the U-17 squad that played in the 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup, held in South Korea. He was instrumental in their 2-1 victory over Japan, which sent them through to the knockout rounds assisting on the first goal in the 68th minute and scoring the game-winning goal 2 minutes later. He participated in the 2009 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship with the under-19 team. He played in all four of the squad's matches including the semi-final, where they suffered elimination losing 1–3 in extra time to England.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

[0] Emmanuel Rivière, attaquant d'avenir

[1] Emmanuel Rivière, attaquant d'avenir

[2] Emmanuel Rivière, attaquant d'avenir

[3] Saint-Etienne : Trois jeunes passent pro

[4] Bordeaux v. Saint Etienne Match Report

[5] Lyon v. Saint-Étienne Match Report

[6] Le Havre v. Saint-Etienne Match Report

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