Kévin Théophile-Catherine (born 28 October 1989) is a French professional
footballer
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who plays as a
defender for
SuperSport HNL club
Dinamo Zagreb
Građanski nogometni klub Dinamo Zagreb ( en, Dinamo Zagreb Citizens' Football Club, link=yes, italics=yes), commonly referred to as GNK Dinamo Zagreb or simply Dinamo Zagreb (), is a Croatian professional football club based in Zagreb. Dinamo ...
.
Career
Stade Rennais
Théophile-Catherine was born in
Saint-Brieuc,
Brittany
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to a
Martiniquais father, and a
Réunionnais mother of
Malbars
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There have been pe ...
descent.
Théophile-Catherine spent more than six seasons with Rennes, playing a key role as they won the French Under-18 Cup in 2007 and the National Under-19 trophy a year later.
He made his first team debut against Le Mans in the League Cup and made his first French League appearance in a goalless draw against
Lille
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, both during 2009, while he signed a first professional contract in the same year.
He totalled 120 professional appearances for the club, scoring twice.
Cardiff City
Théophile-Catherine signed for
Cardiff City, newly promoted to the
Premier League
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, on a four-year deal on 31 August 2013 for a reported fee of €2.4 million (£2.1 million). He made his debut two weeks later, playing the full 90 minutes in a 1–1 draw against
Hull City
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.
Saint-Étienne
On 18 August 2014, Théophile-Catherine returned to Ligue 1 when he signed for
Saint-Étienne on loan until the end of the 2014–15 season with an option to buy.
On 15 June 2015, Saint-Étienne made the deal permanent for three years, for a fee believed to be in the region of €2 million (£1.45 million).
Over his four years at the
Stade Geoffroy-Guichard
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, Théophile-Catherine played 142 games. He scored once, on 2 April 2016 in a 2–0 win at
Gazélec Ajaccio
Gazélec Football Club Ajaccio ( co, Gazélec Football Club Aiacciu), commonly referred to as GFC Ajaccio, GFCA, Gazélec Ajaccio or simply Gazélec (), is a French football club from Ajaccio, Corsica. Founded in 1960, Gazélec plays in the Champ ...
.
On 24 September 2017, against his former club Rennes, Théophile-Catherine injured
Ismaïla Sarr, and faced a hearing by the
Ligue de Football Professionnel
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for his foul. As he received a yellow card for it in the match, the LFP therefore had no power to issue a suspension.
Dinamo Zagreb
In June 2018, Théophile-Catherine moved to
Dinamo Zagreb
Građanski nogometni klub Dinamo Zagreb ( en, Dinamo Zagreb Citizens' Football Club, link=yes, italics=yes), commonly referred to as GNK Dinamo Zagreb or simply Dinamo Zagreb (), is a Croatian professional football club based in Zagreb. Dinamo ...
on a three-year deal. He debuted in the
Croatian First Football League on 17 August and scored in a 2–1 home win over
Osijek. On 4 October, he was sent off at the end of a 2–0 win at
Anderlecht in the
UEFA Europa League
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group stage.
In June 2020, he signed a new three-year deal.
Career statistics
Honours
Rennes
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Coupe Gambardella
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The cup is regarded as an opportunity for young hopefuls to showcase their s ...
: 2008
Dinamo Zagreb
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Prva HNL:
2018–19,
2019–20,
2020–21,
2021–22
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Croatian Cup:
2020–21
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Croatian Super Cup
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:
2019
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1989 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Saint-Brieuc
Association football defenders
French footballers
French people of Martiniquais descent
French people of Réunionnais descent
Stade Rennais F.C. players
Cardiff City F.C. players
AS Saint-Étienne players
GNK Dinamo Zagreb players
Ligue 1 players
Premier League players
Croatian Football League players
France youth international footballers
France under-21 international footballers
Expatriate footballers in Wales
Expatriate footballers in Croatia
French expatriate sportspeople in Wales
French expatriate sportspeople in Croatia
French expatriate footballers
Footballers from Brittany
Black French sportspeople