Samuel Souprayen

Personal information
Full name	Samuel Souprayen
Date of birth	18 February 1989 (1989-02-18) (age 20)
Place of birth	Saint-Benoît, Réunion, France
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Dijon (on loan from Rennes)
Number	19
Youth career
1998–2002	CASCOL Oullins
2002–2008	Rennes
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps (Gls)†
2008–	Rennes	000 0(0)
2009–2010	→ Dijon (loan)	004 0(0)
National team‡
2006–2007	France U18	006 0(0)
2007–2008	France U19	0010 0(0)
2009	France U20	002 0(0)
2009–	France U21	000 0(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 7 October 2009. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11 September 2009

Samuel Souprayen (born 18 February 1989 in Saint-Benoît, Réunion) is a French football player currently playing for Ligue 2 club Dijon on loan from Ligue 1 club Rennes. Souprayen is a France youth international having earned caps with the under-18s, under-19s, and the under-20s, playing with the latter at the 2009 Mediterranean Games. He plays as a centre back capable of playing on the left side of defense, as well.

Contents 1 Football career 2 International career 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Football career

Souprayen was born in Saint-Benoît, Réunion, but grew in the city of Lyon in the Rhône-Alpes region. He began his football career with CASCOL Oullins in the commune of Oullins. He later joined the youth academy of Stade Rennais. At Rennes, he was captain of both the youth sides that won the under-18 championship for the 2006–07 season, and the Coupe Gambardella in 2008.^[1] On 17 July 2008, he signed his first professional contract agreeing to a three-year deal through 2011.^[2] He was officially promoted to the senior team for the 2008–09 season and was assigned the number 4 shirt by manager Guy Lacombe.

Though on the first team, Souprayen only saw playing time with the club's Championnat de France amateur team appearing in 31 matches, starting 30 of them, helping the side finish 1^st among professional clubs in their group, thus qualifying for the playoffs, where they lost to Lyon in the semi-finals.^[3] After playing with the reserves for the first four matches of the 2009–10 season, Rennes decided it would be best to send the player on loan to Ligue 2 club Dijon FCO for the entire season.^[4] At Dijon, Souprayen was assigned the number 19 shirt and made his professional debut on 11 September in the club's 1–0 win over Bastia playing the entire 90 minutes.^[5]

[edit] International career

Souprayen has played with both the under-18 team and the under-19 team playing with the squad that fail to qualify for the 2008 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship. On 26 May 2009, he was named to the under-20 squad to play in the 2009 Mediterranean Games. He participated in two of the team's four matches as France finished in 4^th place position.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Stade Rennais FC Profile
• Samuel Souprayen French league stats at lfp.fr (French)