Henri Grégoire Saivet (born 26 October 1990) is a Senegalese professional

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who plays as a

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for French club Pau and the Senegal national team. He is a former France youth international. Saivet began his career with

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, making his debut aged 17, and spending nine years at the club before being signed by English club

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. He made few appearances for Newcastle and was loaned out to

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, and Turkish clubs

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and

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before leaving in 2021. After a year without a club, he signed for Pau.

Club career

Bordeaux

In 2007, Saivet signed his first professional contract with Bordeaux, thus making him the youngest professional player in the history of the club. He subsequently made his professional debut during the 2007–08 season, at the age of 17, in a league match against

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. Saivet scored a goal in the final of the 2013 Coupe de France to help Bordeaux defeat

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3–2.

Newcastle United

On 11 January 2016, Bordeaux manager

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confirmed that he gave Saivet permission to leave the club. Later that day Saivet officially signed a five-and-half year contract with

, joining for a reported fee of £5 million. After playing just four matches starting twice in half a season with Newcastle United, Saivet joined

on a season-long loan on 23 August 2016 without a purchase option given to Saint-Étienne. On 23 August 2017, Saivet played his first game for Newcastle since 6 February 2016, starting an

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tie against

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. He was recalled to the first team on 23 December and scored a free kick in a 3–2

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win against

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. On 25 August 2018, it was announced that Saivet would join Turkish club

on loan for the

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Pau

In June 2022, Saivet joined French club Pau.

International career

He made his debut for

Senegal Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭 (Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 � ...

on 14 August 2013.

Career statistics

Club

International

International goals

:''Scores and results list Senegal's goal tally first.''

Honours

Bordeaux *

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: 2008–09 *

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Saivet, Henri 1990 births Living people Sportspeople from Dakar French footballers France youth international footballers France under-21 international footballers Senegalese footballers Senegal international footballers Association football midfielders FC Girondins de Bordeaux players Angers SCO players Newcastle United F.C. players AS Saint-Étienne players Sivasspor footballers Bursaspor footballers Pau FC players Championnat National 2 players Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players Premier League players Süper Lig players 2015 Africa Cup of Nations players 2017 Africa Cup of Nations players 2019 Africa Cup of Nations players French expatriate footballers Senegalese expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in England Expatriate footballers in Turkey French expatriate sportspeople in England French expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in England Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in Turkey French sportspeople of Senegalese descent Senegalese emigrants to France Naturalized citizens of France Footballers from Bordeaux