Kévin Rocheteau (born 10 July 1993) is a French professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

who plays as an attacking midfielder for club

Niort Niort (; Poitevin: ''Niàu''; oc, Niòrt; la, Novioritum) is a commune in the Deux-Sèvres department, western France. It is the prefecture of Deux-Sèvres. The population of Niort is 58,707 (2017) and more than 177,000 people live in the ...

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Born in

Royan Royan (; in the Saintongeais dialect; oc, Roian) is a commune and town in the south-west of France, in the department of Charente-Maritime in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. Its inhabitants are known as ''Royannais'' and ''Royannaises''. Capi ...

, Rocheteau joined the youth team at Niort in 2009 and later played for the reserve side in the Division d'Honneur before turning professional in 2013. He was awarded his first professional contract at Chamois Niortais in the summer of 2013 after progressing through the club's youth teams. He made his senior début on 2 August 2013, scoring the Niort goal in a 1–1 draw with Troyes, seven minutes after coming on as a substitute for Jimmy Roye. Rocheteau was handed his first start four days later in the Coupe de la Ligue tie against

Le Havre Le Havre (, ; nrf, Lé Hâvre ) is a port city in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region of northern France. It is situated on the right bank of the estuary of the river Seine on the Channel southwest of the Pays de Caux, very ...

at the Stade René Gaillard. Despite goals from Rocheteau and débutant

Florian Martin Florian Martin (born 19 March 1990) is a French professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Valenciennes. Club career He started his career with Lorient, but did not break into the first team and joined Carquefou in 2011, ...

, Niort were beaten 2–3. On 9 August 2013 he scored his third goal in three matches, netting a late equaliser after again coming on as a substitute in the 1–1 draw away at

Tours Tours ( , ) is one of the largest cities in the region of Centre-Val de Loire, France. It is the prefecture of the department of Indre-et-Loire. The commune of Tours had 136,463 inhabitants as of 2018 while the population of the whole metro ...

. On 23 May 2022, Rocheteau agreed to return to

on a two-year contract.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rocheteau, Kevin 1993 births Living people People from Royan French footballers Association football forwards Chamois Niortais F.C. players Les Herbiers VF players SO Cholet players USL Dunkerque players Ligue 2 players Championnat National players Sportspeople from Charente-Maritime Footballers from Nouvelle-Aquitaine