Jeff Jason Reine-Adélaïde (born 17 January 1998) is a French professional

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of Guadeloupean descent, who plays as a

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for Ligue 1 club

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Club career

Arsenal

Born in

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, Reine-Adélaïde started his career with

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where he played for the club's youth and reserve sides. He made his first-team debut for Racing Club as an unused substitute on 18 April 2015 against

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. Lens lost the match 3–1. After the season, Reine-Adélaïde signed for Arsenal of the

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in England. He made his start for the 2015–16 season in the

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against

in which his performance was praised by supporters and pundits. He made his professional debut for Arsenal on 9 January 2016 against Sunderland in the

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, coming on as an 81st-minute substitute for

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in a 3–1 win at the Emirates Stadium. Reine-Adélaïde played for Arsenal in their victorious

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's play off final of 2016. Also held at the

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, this win thus earned the Gooners promotion to the U21 league's first division. Adélaïde made six appearances for the club's first team during the 2016–17 season, with the last of those caps coming in Arsenal's

quarter-final win against

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. After he featured against

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for Arsenal's U23s, Adélaïde picked up an injury which thus sidelined him for the rest of the season.

Angers

Adélaïde joined French Ligue 1 side

Angers SCO Angers Sporting Club de l'Ouest, commonly referred to as Angers SCO or simply Angers (), is a French professional football club based in Angers in Pays de la Loire in western France. The club was founded in 1919 and plays in Ligue 1, the first ...

on loan for the rest of the 2017–18 season on 31 January 2018. He made his Angers debut as a sub in a 4–0 loss to

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on 10 February 2018. He returned to Arsenal at the end of his loan on 1 July 2018. On 26 July 2018, Angers signed him from Arsenal for an undisclosed fee on a four year contract. He wore jersey number 22 for the 2018-19 season.

Lyon

After a strong season debut match in which Reine-Adélaïde scored a goal and provided an assist, Olympique Lyonnais announced on 14 August 2019 that they had signed the player on a five-year contract from Angers SCO for €25 million, with an additional €2.5 million in bonuses. On 5 October 2020, Reine-Adélaïde joined OGC Nice in a season-long loan with a €25 million option to buy. However, the club opted not to make the move permanent, with Reine-Adélaïde having been injured for a large part of the season.

Career statistics

Honours

Arsenal *

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Arsenal Youth * U21 Premier League play-off final: 2016 France *

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: 2015 Individual * UNFP Ligue 1 Player of the Month: November 2019 *UEFA European Under-17 Championship Team of the Tournament: 2015

References

External links

Profile
at the Arsenal F.C. website * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Reine-Adelaide, Jeff 1998 births Living people People from Champigny-sur-Marne Footballers from Val-de-Marne French footballers Association football midfielders US Torcy players RC Lens players Arsenal F.C. players Angers SCO players Olympique Lyonnais players OGC Nice players Ligue 1 players France youth international footballers France under-21 international footballers French expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in England French expatriate sportspeople in England Black French sportspeople