Julián Estebán
Personal information
Full name	Julián Estebán
Date of birth	September 16, 1986 (1986-09-16) (age 23)
Place of birth	Geneva, Switzerland
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Stade Rennais
Number	TBA
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2006 2007-2009	Servette Stade Rennais	17 (14) 8 (1)
National team2
	Switzerland U21	11 (6)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 April 2009. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 7 October 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Julián Estebán (born September 16, 1986 in Geneva) is a Swiss-Spanish footballer currently playing for Stade Rennais FC in France.

A striker, he is also a Swiss under-21 international.

[edit] Football career

Estebán was an academy product of hometown club Servette FC. He made his first team breakthrough in the 2006-07 season, and scored a remarkable 14 goals in 17 games for the second division side, in only the first half of the season. A host of top European clubs, including Arsenal FC, Ajax Amsterdam and NK Dinamo Zagreb were interested in his services.

In October 2006, Estebán signed a four-year contract with Stade Rennais FC, worth approximately 7 million Swiss Franc, effective as of January of the following year. He became the fourth Swiss to join the French outfit, after Christophe Ohrel and Marco Grassi and Alexander Frei (whom also played for Servette before Rennes, which also eventually led to some comparisons between the pair, due to their goalscoring prowess).

On March 3, 2007, Estebán played his first league match for Rennes, against AJ Auxerre, appearing four minutes in a 0-1 away loss.^[1]He appeared very rarely throughout his first two 1/2 seasons combined, less than 10 matches.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Stade Rennais profile (French)
• YouTube compilation

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