Yannis Romaric Salibur (born 24 January 1991) is a French professional

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who plays as a

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Club career

Born in Saint-Denis, Salibur began his career with his local club

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. In early 2004, he was one of three Red Star players selected to attend the prestigious Clairefontaine academy. After spending three years there, he signed with

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-based side

Lille OSC Lille Olympique Sporting Club (), commonly referred to as LOSC, LOSC Lille or simply Lille, is a French professional football club based in Lille, Hauts-de-France that competes in Ligue 1, the top flight of French football. Lille has played its ...

. Despite reported interests from Italian sides

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, and

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, Salibur signed his first professional contract with Lille in June 2008. The contract was for three years. For the 2008–09 season, he was placed on Lille's first-team squad, though he would not be handed a number. He instead continued playing in the reserves. He made his professional football debut for Lille on 23 January 2009, a day before his 18th birthday, in a

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match against

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coming on as a substitute in the 76th minute. In his three years at Lille he played in the regional league for the Lille "B" team 41 times scoring 4 goals. On 13 January 2011, Salibur joined

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club

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on an 18-month contract. On 6 August 2012, Salibur signed a three-year contract with Ligue 2 side

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. On 31 December 2015,

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announced the signing Salibur with the

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side, on a three-and-a-half-year contract.

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club

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agreed a few to sign Salibur on 31 January 2017, but were unable to process the deal before the transfer window closed. On 31 August 2018, an hour before the closing of the 2018 summer transfer window, Salibur joined league rivals

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on loan for the season. On 22 August 2019, Salibur joined

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side

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on a three-year contract. On 17 September of the following year, after the club's

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, he terminated his contract.

International career

Salibur was born in France to a Guadeloupean father, and is also of Congolese descent. He is a France youth international having played for the U-16s, U-17s, and last played for the France U-18 squad. He was a part of the U-17 squad that finished runners-up at the

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Salibur, Yannis 1991 births Living people Footballers from Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis French men's footballers France men's youth international footballers Men's association football midfielders Red Star F.C. players INF Clairefontaine players Lille OSC players US Boulogne players Clermont Foot players En Avant Guingamp players AS Saint-Étienne players RCD Mallorca players Fatih Karagümrük S.K. footballers Ligue 2 players Ligue 1 players La Liga players Süper Lig players French expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey French expatriate sportspeople in Spain French expatriate sportspeople in Turkey French sportspeople of Democratic Republic of the Congo descent French people of Guadeloupean descent Footballers from Seine-Saint-Denis Black French sportspeople