Matthias Lepiller (born 12 June 1988) is a
French footballer who plays as a forward.
Career
Le Havre
He made two appearances for
Le Havre AC
Le Havre Athletic Club (; commonly referred to as Le Havre) is a French association football club based in Le Havre, Normandy. The club was founded as an athletics and rugby club in 1872, making Le Havre AC the oldest professional French fo ...
before joining
ACF Fiorentina at age of 18 on free transfer in 2006. He made his
Ligue 2 debut against
AS Nancy
Association Sportive Nancy Lorraine (), commonly known as AS Nancy Lorraine, or simply Nancy, is a French association football club founded in 1967 in Nancy, Grand Est and located in Tomblaine, in the inner suburbs of Nancy. The club currently ...
, 3 December 2004.
Fiorentina
In July 2008 he rejected a transfer to
Queens Park Rangers
Queens Park Rangers Football Club, commonly abbreviated to QPR, is a professional football club based in Shepherd's Bush, West London, England, which compete in the . After a nomadic early existence, they have played home matches at Loftus Ro ...
on loan. In August was loaned out to Grasshopper-Club Zürich, he turned back on 12 January 2009 to
ACF Fiorentina. The French player was then loaned out to
K.A.S. Eupen from 2009 to 2011 and subsequently to
Verona
Verona ( , ; vec, Verona or ) is a city on the Adige River in Veneto, Italy, with 258,031 inhabitants. It is one of the seven provincial capitals of the region. It is the largest city municipality in the region and the second largest in nor ...
.
On 16 September 2009, it was announced that Fiorentina was ordered by FIFA to pay Le Havre €600,000 for signing Lepiller in 2006. ''La viola'' appealed, but the
Court of Arbitration for Sport
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS; french: Tribunal arbitral du sport, ''TAS'') is an international body established in 1984 to settle disputes related to sport through arbitration. Its headquarters are in Lausanne, Switzerland and its c ...
upheld the decision.
Novara
On 30 August 2012, Lepiller joined
Serie B
The Serie B (), currently named Serie BKT for sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie A. It has been operating for over ninety years since the 1929–30 season. It had been ...
side
Novara Calcio
Novara Football Club, commonly referred to as Novara, is an Italian football club based in Novara, Piedmont.
The club was founded in 2021 by the City of Novara to replace old Novara Calcio that lost its professional status.
History
In Decembe ...
.
Juve Stabia
In summer 2014 he was signed by
Juve Stabia. In 2015, after the closure of January transfer window, Lepiller was released.
References
External links
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lepiller, Matthias
1988 births
Living people
French footballers
French expatriate footballers
Le Havre AC players
ACF Fiorentina players
K.A.S. Eupen players
Grasshopper Club Zürich players
Hellas Verona F.C. players
Novara F.C. players
S.S. Juve Stabia players
Ligue 2 players
Belgian Pro League players
Challenger Pro League players
Swiss Super League players
Serie B players
Serie C players
Expatriate footballers in Italy
Expatriate footballers in Belgium
Expatriate footballers in Switzerland
Men's association football forwards
Footballers from Le Havre