Jean-Philippe Javary (born 10 January 1978) is a retired French professional

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. He played in his homeland, where he started at hometown team

Montpellier Montpellier (, , ; oc, Montpelhièr ) is a city in southern France near the Mediterranean Sea. One of the largest urban centres in the region of Occitania (administrative region), Occitania, Montpellier is the prefecture of the Departments of ...

, as well as numerous clubs in

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and

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. He was a

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Career

Club career

Born in

, France, Javary started his career with his hometown club

Montpellier HSC Montpellier Hérault Sport Club (), commonly referred to as Montpellier HSC or simply Montpellier, is a French professional football club based in the city of Montpellier in Occitanie. The original club was founded in 1919, while the current i ...

as a junior, where he played nine

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games during the 1995–96 and 1996–97 seasons. He was offered a five-year contract at Spanish

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side

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, although the offer was later withdrawn, and instead joined another Spanish Barcelona-based club

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in June 1998. He returned to France for a period on loan with

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club

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in the 1999–2000 season, where he played four games. In January 2000, he joined

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side

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. He played 11 games with Raith during the latter half of the 2000–01 season. After one more game at the start of the following season, he was signed in August by English Division Two side

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for £150,000 by manager–chairman

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. He played only six games with Brentford, and another four with

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in English Division Three at the end of the same season. Javary moved back to Scotland and played a game on trial with Division One side

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in October 2001, before he returned to Raith Rovers the following month. He played another seven games with Raith, before he moved back to England, with

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on non-contract terms in March 2002, and was given a two-year contract by manager

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the following month. He was given a one-month loan spell at

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in January 2003, but was suffering from tonsilitis and never played a game. In July 2003, Javary was one of four senior players to be told he could leave the club by Neil Warnock, before he was released from his contract in September 2003; Javary decided to return to France. He played 14 games with Sheffield United, all but one in the league, and scored one goal against Watford. After a spell with

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in the French Réunion Islands, he returned to Scotland in January 2005 with

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again in Division One. He was released by Hamilton during the 2005 summer, after he had played 13 league matches, during which time he scored one goal against Falkirk. After his release he moved back to Réunion, again with Excelsior, and later moved on to FC Avirons. In 2008, Javary moved to Australia to find an

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team to continue his career.

International career

Javary has also played for the French national sides from under 16 to under 19 level. He captained his country's European Youth Championship side in 1995.

References

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