Personal information | |||
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Full name | Grégoire André Defrel [1] | ||
Date of birth | 17 June 1991 | ||
Place of birth | Meudon, France | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) [2] | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Sassuolo | ||
Number | 92 | ||
Youth career | |||
SCM Châtillon | |||
2009–2011 | Parma [3] | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
2011–2012 | Parma | 1 | (0) |
2011–2012 | → Foggia (loan) | 23 | (4) |
2012–2015 | Cesena | 102 | (15) |
2015–2018 | Sassuolo | 62 | (19) |
2017–2018 | → Roma (loan) | 15 | (1) |
2018–2020 | Roma | 0 | (0) |
2018–2019 | → Sampdoria (loan) | 36 | (11) |
2019–2020 | → Sassuolo (loan) | 17 | (3) |
2020– | Sassuolo | 113 | (8) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 June 2024 |
Grégoire André Defrel (born 17 June 1991) is a French professional footballer who plays as a forward for Serie A club Sassuolo.
Defrel joined Parma in 2009, and made his debut for the club as a substitute at the age of 19 on 22 May 2011, in the final game of the 2010–11 Serie A season in a dead rubber against Cagliari, a match that ended 1–1.
In June 2012, Cesena and Parma made a series of cashless player swaps, in which Defrel (€1.2 million) and Gianluca Lapadula (€1.4 million) went to Cesena, whilst Andrea Rossini (€1.6 million) and Nicola Del Pivo (€1.0 million) went to Parma. Both clubs retained 50% registration rights. [4] [5] In June 2013 and June 2014, Defrel's co-ownership was renewed. Despite Parma going bankrupted and failing to find a new buyer on 25 June 2015, Cesena submitted a bid of reported €51,000 to Lega Serie A to solve the co-ownership in favour of Cesena, despite the club not being required to do so. [6]
On 5 August 2015, Sassuolo announced that they had signed Defrel from Cesena for an undisclosed fee. [7] He was given the number 92 shirt.
On 20 July 2017, Defrel re-joined former manager Eusebio Di Francesco at Roma on loan, for €5 million loan fee, with an obligation to make the transfer permanent for an additional €15 million (plus €3 million bonuses) should certain sporting targets be met. [8] At the same time, Sassuolo signed Roma youth products Davide Frattesi and Riccardo Marchizza as part of the deal, [9] for a total fee of €8 million. [10]
On 27 July 2018, Defrel joined Sampdoria on a season-long loan with the option to buy from Roma. [11]
On 30 August 2019, Defrel returned to Sassuolo on a season-long loan deal. [12]
In May 2019, Defrel was named to Martinique's provisional squad for the 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup. [1] However, he was dropped from the final roster. [13]
A fine dribbler, Defrel has been compared to compatriot Jérémy Ménez. [14]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Parma | 2010–11 | Serie A | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Foggia | 2011–12 | Lega Pro | 23 | 4 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 24 | 4 | ||
Cesena | 2012–13 | Serie B | 30 | 3 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 30 | 3 | ||
2013–14 | 38 | 3 | 2 | 0 | – | 4 | 1 | 44 | 4 | |||
2014–15 | Serie A | 34 | 9 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 36 | 9 | |||
Total | 126 | 19 | 5 | 0 | – | 4 | 1 | 135 | 20 | |||
Sassuolo | 2015–16 | Serie A | 33 | 7 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 35 | 7 | ||
2016–17 | 29 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 8 [a] | 4 | – | 38 | 16 | |||
Total | 62 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 4 | – | 73 | 23 | |||
Roma | 2017–18 | Serie A | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 [b] | 0 | – | 20 | 1 | |
Sampdoria (loan) | 2018–19 | Serie A | 36 | 11 | 3 | 1 | – | – | 39 | 12 | ||
Sassuolo (loan) | 2019–20 | Serie A | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 17 | 3 | ||
Sassuolo | 2020–21 | Serie A | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 28 | 3 | ||
2021–22 | 38 | 2 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 40 | 2 | ||||
2022–23 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 28 | 2 | ||||
2023–24 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 18 | 1 | ||||
Total | 109 | 8 | 5 | 0 | – | – | 114 | 8 | ||||
Career total | 365 | 61 | 16 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 398 | 67 |
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