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Frédéric Guilbert (; born 24 December 1994) is a French professional
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who plays as a
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for
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club
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. A product of the
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,
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and
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, as well as a spell with English side
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. He has a single cap for the France U21 side.


Club career


Bordeaux

Guilbert joined
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in 2014 from
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. He made his
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debut on 5 April 2015 in a 2–1 home win against
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replacing Thomas Touré after 79 minutes.


SM Caen

On 28 July 2017, Guilbert transferred to
Caen Caen (, ; nrf, Kaem) is a commune in northwestern France. It is the prefecture of the department of Calvados. The city proper has 105,512 inhabitants (), while its functional urban area has 470,000,2016–17 season. Guilbert was known for being a proficient and hard tackler with an average of 3.1 clearances and 2.9 tackles per game respectively throughout his final season with the club. He finished his time with Caen having amassed 106 appearances over three seasons.


Aston Villa

On 31 January 2019, Guilbert signed for
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for an undisclosed fee, but would remain at Caen on loan until the end of the season. He scored his first goal for Villa in an
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tie against
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on 27 August 2019. He would go onto score his second goal for Aston Villa in the EFL Cup semi-final match against
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on 8 January 2020. Guilbert's Villa career started positively, described by Paul Doyle in ''The Guardian'' as "solid defensively and a regular threat going forward." However, following a knee injury and then the subsequent arrival of
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in the summer of 2021 Guilbert's appearances were limited.


Strasbourg (loan)

On 31 January 2021, Guilbert signed for Ligue 1 side
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on loan for the rest of the season. Guilbert made his Strasbourg debut on 10 February 2021 in a 2–0 home defeat to
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in the
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. On 3 March 2021, Guilbert scored his first goal for Strasbourg, a late winner in a 1–0 home victory over
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in Ligue 1. After returning to Villa from his loan spell for pre-season, on 31 August 2021, Guilbert returned to Strasbourg on loan for the 2021–22 season. Guilbert stayed at Villa following the summer transfer window of 2022. In September 2022, Aston Villa submitted their 25-player
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squad for the 2022–23 season, including Guilbert, despite rumours in a local newspaper that he had been instructed to train with the Under-21s rather than the senior squad.


Strasbourg

On 17 January 2023, after not having made a senior competitive appearance for Aston Villa since August 2021, Guilbert signed for Strasbourg on a permanent transfer for an undisclosed fee. Guilbert himself stated that it was a free transfer, with his Villa contract being terminated by mutual consent.


Career statistics


Honours

Aston Villa *
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runner-up: 2019–20


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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Guilbert, Frederic 1994 births Living people Sportspeople from Manche Footballers from Normandy French men's footballers France men's under-21 international footballers Men's association football fullbacks Ligue 1 players Championnat National 2 players Premier League players AS Cherbourg Football players FC Girondins de Bordeaux players Stade Malherbe Caen players Aston Villa F.C. players RC Strasbourg Alsace players French expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in England French expatriate sportspeople in England