Yohan Croizet (; born 15 February 1992) is a French professional

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who plays as an

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for

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in the Hungarian

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Career

Croizet made his senior debut for

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side

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in the 1–0 away win at

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on 12 August 2011, playing 82 minutes before being substituted for fellow debutant Teddy Kayombo. Croizet subsequently returned to the reserve team, and made 10 appearances in the

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during the first five months of the 2011–12 campaign. He scored seven goals in 57 matches for Metz from 2011 to 2013, when he moved to Belgian second division club RE Virton. He moved to first-division club OH Leuven in 2014, then joined Mechelen in 2016. On 15 December 2017, Croizet signed as a

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with American MLS side

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. He scored his first goal for the club in a 6–0 thrashing of

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on 20 April 2018 before netting a dramatic late winner with a stunning volley to win a Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Round of 16 match against

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3–2 on 16 June 2018. Croizet netted his first MLS game-winner for the club in a 2–0 win over

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on 25 August 2018. Sporting KC and Croizet mutually agreed to part ways on 23 September 2019.

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at FootNational * 1992 births Living people People from Sarrebourg French men's footballers French expatriate men's footballers Men's association football defenders Footballers from Moselle (department) FC Metz players R.E. Virton players Oud-Heverlee Leuven players K.V. Mechelen players Sporting Kansas City players Újpest FC players Zalaegerszegi TE players Ligue 2 players Belgian Pro League players Challenger Pro League players Nemzeti Bajnokság I players Nemzeti Bajnokság III players Designated Players (MLS) Major League Soccer players Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Expatriate men's footballers in Hungary Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States French expatriate sportspeople in Belgium French expatriate sportspeople in Hungary French expatriate sportspeople in the United States {{France-footy-defender-1990s-stub