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Dimitri Payet (; born 29 March 1987) is a French professional
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who plays for
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club
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. A set-piece specialist, known for his accurate,
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free kicks, he primarily plays as an
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, and is described as a player who is "blessed with terrific technique and
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skills". Payet was born on the French island of
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in the
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, where he began his career playing for local clubs Saint-Philippe and Saint-Pierroise. In 1999, he moved to
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, joining
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. Payet spent four years at the club before returning home to spend two years playing for
AS Excelsior Association Sportive de l'Excelsior is an association football club from Saint-Joseph, Réunion Island. Stadium The club plays its home matches at Stade Raphaël Babet, which has a maximum capacity of 2,130. Achievements * Réunion Premier Lea ...
in the
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. In 2005, he joined
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and, after a successful 2006–07 season, joined
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on a four-year contract. With Saint-Étienne, Payet played in
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competition for the first time after featuring in the 2008–09 edition of the
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. In the 2010–11 season, he won the
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award for September after scoring three goals and helping Saint-Étienne reach first place in the league table. Following the season, in June 2011, Payet joined the defending champions
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signing a four-year contract. He had two years there and a further two at
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before moving abroad to join
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. In 2017 he moved back to France to join his old team, Marseille. Payet is a French international. From 2007 to 2008, he represented his country at under-21 level, making eleven appearances and scoring four goals. In 2010, he was called up to the senior team by manager
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for the first time. Payet made his international debut on 9 October 2010 in a
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match against
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, appearing as a substitute. He was a member of the French squad that reached the final of
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.


Club career


Early career

Payet was born in Saint-Pierre on the island of
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in the Indian Ocean and began his career at local club AS Saint-Philippe. While at the club as a youth, he was described by coaches as "a kid who stood out from his comrades" and, after three years of development training, moved to one of the best clubs on the island,
JS Saint-Pierroise Jeunesse Sportive Saint-Pierroise or JSSP is a French football club from Saint-Pierre, Réunion. Its most notable player is Roger Milla, from the Cameroon national football team. Achievements *Réunion Premier League: 21 ::1956, 1957, 1959, 19 ...
. After only a year at Saint-Pierroise, Payet was signed by professional club
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 cl ...
in
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, with whom his club shared a mutual partnership. Le Havre also recruited former Saint-Pierroise players
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and
Guillaume Hoarau Guillaume Hoarau (born 5 March 1984) is a French former professional footballer who played as a forward. Club career Early career Hoarau started his football career at JS Saint-Pierroise in his native Réunion. In 1995, Le Havre AC scouts co ...
during this period. While at Le Havre, Payet endured a tumultuous four years. While training at the club, he was accused of having a difficult character and displaying a lack of motivation. The accusations ultimately led to his departure in 2003 as Payet returned to Réunion to sign with
AS Excelsior Association Sportive de l'Excelsior is an association football club from Saint-Joseph, Réunion Island. Stadium The club plays its home matches at Stade Raphaël Babet, which has a maximum capacity of 2,130. Achievements * Réunion Premier Lea ...
. He spent only a year and a half at Excelsior playing in the
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before being signed in January 2005 by
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who sought to give the player another opportunity to prove himself on the mainland. Payet signed a two-year amateur deal with the club; however, Nantes were given the option of terminating the contract after six months.


Nantes

Upon his arrival at Nantes, Payet was placed in the club's reserve team in the
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, the fourth level of football in France. In the 2005–06 season, Payet quickly established himself as one of the best players on the reserve team. He impressed with the team in 22 matches scoring six goals and was described by the club's reserve team coach Stéphane Moreau as a "talented player despite his natural indifference". His influential play with the team resulted in the player being called up to the senior team in December 2005 by manager
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. Payet made his professional debut on 19 December in a league match against
Bordeaux Bordeaux ( , ; Gascon oc, Bordèu ; eu, Bordele; it, Bordò; es, Burdeos) is a port city on the river Garonne in the Gironde department, Southwestern France. It is the capital of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, as well as the prefectur ...
appearing as a substitute in a 0–0 draw. After the winter break, Payet remained with the senior team and scored his first professional goal in a 4–1 win over
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. The midfielder appeared as a substitute in the match and had been on the field for no more than two minutes before netting the goal. After appearing in a league match against
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on 4 February, Payet was relegated back to the reserve team for the rest of the season. Ahead of the 2006–07 season, Payet signed a three-year professional contract with Nantes. He was officially promoted to the senior team and assigned the number 31 shirt by Le Dizet. After appearing as a substitute in the first two matches of the season, Payet made his first professional start on 9 September 2006 in a league match against
Lille Lille ( , ; nl, Rijsel ; pcd, Lile; vls, Rysel) is a city in the northern part of France, in French Flanders. On the river Deûle, near France's border with Belgium, it is the capital of the Hauts-de-France Regions of France, region, the Pref ...
. In the match, he scored the equalizing goal in a 1–1 draw. Two weeks later, Payet started again and scored the opening goal in a 2–1 win against
Marseille Marseille ( , , ; also spelled in English as Marseilles; oc, Marselha ) is the prefecture of the French department of Bouches-du-Rhône and capital of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Situated in the camargue region of southern Franc ...
. Payet, subsequently, appeared as a starter for the rest of the campaign. He scored his only other goal during the season in a 1–1 draw with Sedan. One dark spot during the campaign was a straight
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in an embarrassing 5–2 loss to
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. Despite the successful individual season by Payet, Nantes ultimately finished the season in 19th place and were relegated, which meant the club would play in
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for the first time since 1963.


Saint-Étienne

Following Nantes' relegation, Payet's desire to remain in the first division led the player to issuing a transfer request. The player was, subsequently, linked with
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and
Saint-Étienne Saint-Étienne (; frp, Sant-Etiève; oc, Sant Estève, ) is a city and the prefecture of the Loire department in eastern-central France, in the Massif Central, southwest of Lyon in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. Saint-Étienne is the t ...
. Payet ultimately decided to sign with ''Les Verts'', stating the move to the club was a "straightforward logical answer" and that Saint-Étienne "can offer me the opportunity to play, which is a priority." Payet ultimately succeeded in getting the move after agreeing to a four-year contract with the club ahead of the 2007–08 season. Nantes was compensated €4 million for the player. In his first season at Saint-Étienne, Payet struggled to assert himself into the team. He made his club debut on 4 August 2007 in a 1–1 draw with
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. Despite being a starter for the majority of the campaign, Payet scored no goals and also failed to provide any assists. In a reversal of fortune, despite Payet's sub-par season, Saint-Étienne finished in fifth place, which meant qualification to the
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. In the 2008–09 season, Payet return to the form that resulted in Saint-Étienne signing the player. Prior to the start of the season, he was given the honour of captaining Saint-Étienne during a friendly against the Réunion national team in the player's return to the island. Payet appeared in 30 league matches scoring four goals and supplying six assists in the season. He scored his first league goal for the club on 29 September 2008 in a 1–1 draw with Bordeaux, netting the opener. In December 2008, he scored the game-winning goal against his former club Le Havre. Payet featured in
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competition for the first time after playing in the 2008–09 edition of the UEFA Cup. He made his debut in the competition on 18 September in the first leg of the team's first round tie against Israeli club Hapoel Tel Aviv. On his debut, he scored the opening goal in a 2–1 win. In the group stage, Payet scored a goal in a 3–1 win over
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club
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. In the knockout rounds, Payet was instrumental to the team's 5–2 aggregate victory over
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club
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. In the first leg, he assisted on a goal in a 3–1 win, while in the second leg, he netted the opener in 2–1 positive result. Saint-Étienne were eliminated from the competition in the next round by German club
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, losing 3–2 on aggregate. Payet appeared as a substitute in both legs. Due to focusing its efforts on performing well in four competitions, Saint-Étienne finished one spot short of relegation in the league. On 22 July 2009, Payet signed a two-year contract extension with the club until 2013. In the 2009–10 season, Payet remained consistent appearing in 35 league matches scoring two goals and providing six assists. He also performed well in the cup competitions, particularly in the
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. On 24 January 2010, he scored a double in 4–1 victory over
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. Two weeks later, he scored the winner against
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. Saint-Étienne ultimately reached the quarter-finals losing to
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. On 18 May 2010, Payet was involved in a physical altercation with teammate and captain
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during the team's 1–0 defeat to Toulouse. Midway through the first half, Payet received criticism from teammate
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for displaying a lack of aggression. He was then confronted by Matuidi, who echoed Benalouane's sentiments. Payet and Matuidi suddenly went face-to-face with the former player delivering a blow to Matuidi's head before the two were separated by referee Bruno Coue and teammates. As a result of the incident, Payet was substituted out after 31 minutes and sanctioned by club president Roland Romeyer. Payet apologized for the incident shortly after. On 6 October 2010, following both Payet and Matuidi's call up to the national team, Payet described the incident as "an argument that had no place" and that "the incident was explained and the two were on new ground." Matuidi described the altercation as a "lack of maturity" on both players part. After the summer, Payet put the past behind him and opened the 2010–11 season by scoring seven goals in the first two months of domestic play. On 7 August 2010, he scored in the team's opening 3–1 defeat to
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. On 29 August 2010, Payet scored his first professional
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in a 3–1 victory over
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. After the international break, he scored a double against
Montpellier Montpellier (, , ; oc, Montpelhièr ) is a city in southern France near the Mediterranean Sea. One of the largest urban centres in the region of Occitania (administrative region), Occitania, Montpellier is the prefecture of the Departments of ...
. On 25 September, Payet delivered a perfect free-kick goal in the team's Derby du Rhône match against
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. The free-kick, described by local media as "superb and untouchable," was the only goal in the team's upset victory. The win placed Saint-Étienne in first place for the week. For his performances, Payet was awarded the
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award for September. Due to his performances domestically and international, Payet drew interest from several clubs, notably English clubs
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and
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. In January 2011, he was linked with a move to Paris Saint-Germain as the Parisian club looked to immediately replace the departed
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. Payet sought for the move, but Saint-Étienne refused. Ahead of the closure of the transfer window, a frustrated Payet failed to show up to training in an effort to force the transfer. After returning to the team days later, Payet was demoted to the club's reserve team ahead of the team's league match against Montpellier on 5 February 2011. Payet returned to Saint-Étienne's line-up for the following match against Lyon on 12 February. In his last 14 matches of 2010–11, Payet scored five goals and also registered a further three assists. He ended the season with 13 goals, making him ''Les Verts top scorer.


Lille

On 28 June 2011, Saint-Étienne manager
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confirmed that Payet was on the verge of signing with the defending league champions
Lille Lille ( , ; nl, Rijsel ; pcd, Lile; vls, Rysel) is a city in the northern part of France, in French Flanders. On the river Deûle, near France's border with Belgium, it is the capital of the Hauts-de-France Regions of France, region, the Pref ...
after the player himself informed him the previous day. Hours later, the move was confirmed by both Saint-Étienne and Lille. Payet agreed to a four-year contract, while the transfer fee was priced at €9 million with future incentives to be included later. Payet debuted for Lille in a 5–4
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loss to Marseille at the Stade Ibn Batouta in Morocco on 27 July 2011. His Ligue 1 debut for the club came in the 2011–12 season opener against Nancy on 6 August. On 15 October, Payet scored his first goal for the club in a 3–1 win at
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. Three days later, Payet made his
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debut as a 62nd-minute substitute for
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in Lille's 1–0 home loss to Italian club
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. Payet ended his first season at Lille with six goals and six assists, starting in 23 of the team's 38 league matches. In his second season at the
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, after the sale of
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to Chelsea, Payet established himself as a regular in Lille's attack, starting all but one of the team's
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matches. At the season's winter break, Payet was recognised by the
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as the league's highest assist-maker, with 7 in the team's 19 matches. He had also reached six goals at the halfway stage, having scored in each of Lille's three matches prior to the winter break. On 18 May 2013, Payet was named in the UNFP's Ligue 1 team of the season. He ended the season as the league's joint-top assist-maker, alongside
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, with 12 goals created. He also scored 12 league goals to register the second-highest scoring season of his career.


Marseille

On 27 June 2013, Marseille signed Payet for a fee in the region of €11 million. On his debut, he scored a brace within the first 15 minutes of the game, helping his side to a 3–1 victory over newcomers
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at the Stade de Roudourou on 11 August. In his second and final season with Marseille, Payet made more successful through-balls than any other player, with the exception of
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, in European football's top five leagues. He made almost twice as many key passes as any other player, and made 17 assists in 36 league appearances, topping the Ligue 1 assist charts. Payet credited his excellent 2014–2015 Marseille season which transformed his career to
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, who was appointed the head coach of Marseille on a two-year contract in May 2014. I clicked with him," he later told ''
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''. "He made me more mature and consistent. He put order into my game. I still have his advice in my head." The key, according to Jan Van Winckel (who was Bielsa's assistant during the 2014–2015 season), was giving him the pivotal No. 10 role and making him the focal point of attacks. On 17 May 2015, he was named in the Ligue 1 Team of the Season by the UNFP for the second time.


West Ham United

On 26 June 2015, Payet joined
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club
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on a five-year contract, with the option for an extra 12 months. The transfer fee West Ham paid to Marseille was reported to be £10.7 million. Payet had not intended to leave Marseille in the summer of 2015. Rather, his sale was subject to Marseille's concern with financial stability after the sale of players such as
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and
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had stalled. On 9 August, he made his Premier League debut against
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at the Emirates Stadium and provided the free kick assist for Cheikhou Kouyaté to head in the opening goal of a 2–0 win. Six days later, he scored his first goal for the team, albeit in a 1–2 home defeat to
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. Payet scored twice against
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in a 2–0 win at the
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on 14 September. On 9 November, he was ruled out with an injury for an estimated three months after damaging his ankle in a tough challenge from Everton's James McCarthy in a 1–1 home draw on 7 November. He scored his first goal from his return from injury in a 3–1 comeback win against
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on 12 January 2016, equalising with a curling hit free-kick that went in off the underside of the crossbar, which was praised by several pundits. His
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performance received a
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from West Ham fans as he was substituted in the 78th minute for
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. In February 2016, Payet signed a new five-and-a-half-year contract with West Ham that would pay him £125,000 a week, committing him to the club until the summer of 2021. That March, Payet was named the Premier League Player of the Year at the 2016 London Football Awards. On 13 March, he scored a free kick, described by some journalists as "sublime" and "spectacular", from as West Ham drew 1–1 at
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against
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in an
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quarter-final. Following an outstanding first season in English football, Payet was named Premier League Player of the Year at the London Football Awards in March and shortlisted by the Premier League for the 2016
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Award. In May 2016, Payet became the 38th recipient of the West Ham United Player of the Year award.


Return to Marseille

After the takeover by American businessman
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, Marseille introduced their "OM Champions" Project, one that would be fueled by a new influx of talent. This prompted the purchase of Morgan Sanson and
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. However, both the coaching staff and the Marseille board had been keen on bringing Payet back to the club since the beginning of 2017 January transfer window. On 12 January 2017, West Ham United manager
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announced that Payet no longer wanted to play for the club. He then did not feature at all in the matchday squad on 14 January, despite no reported injuries. At the
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on that matchday, a mural installed in tribute to Payet winning Player of the Year was guarded by security in order to "prevent it being vandalised". Payet was subsequently the subject of two bids from his previous club Marseille which were both rejected by West Ham. They stated that they did not want to sell the player, but would prefer him to apologise to fans and continue playing for the club. On 29 January, West Ham accepted an offer of £25 million from Marseille for the transfer of Payet, marking a club record sale for West Ham. The day after Payet completed his move to Marseille, his mural at the London Stadium was removed and replaced with one to commemorate
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's
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goal against
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scored earlier in the month. Payet made his second Marseille debut in a 2016–17 Coupe de France clash with
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on 31 January 2017, appearing as a substitute in extra time at the
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as his new club won 2–1. On 8 February, Payet scored his first goal since returning to OM in a 2–0 home victory over
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. On 3 May 2018, Payet played in the Europa League semi-finals away to Red Bull Salzburg as Marseille played out a 1–2 away loss but secured a 3–2 aggregate win to secure a place in the 2018 UEFA Europa League Final. During the Europa League Final against
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, Payet suffered a hamstring injury and was substituted in the 32nd minute of the first half, leaving the field in tears. Marseille would go on to lose 3–0. On 10 August 2018, during Marseille's 4–0 victory over
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, Payet scored the first two goals of the 2018–19 Ligue 1 season, the second of which was a converted penalty awarded using
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ing (VAR) technology; the first usage of VAR in French football. Payet and the Marseille squad were involved in an altercation with the opposing crowd in
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on 22 August 2021. After being struck by what appeared to be a plastic bottle thrown by a fan, Payet threw the bottle back into the crowd. Nice fans then invaded the pitch, causing some fans and players to assault each other, resulting in Payet and two other players being injured. In November 2021, a match between Lyon and Marseille was abandonded after a water bottle thrown by a fan hit Payet on the head as he was preparing to take a corner kick.


International career


Youth

Payet is a former French under-21 international. He made his debut for the team in February 2007 in a friendly match against
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, and assisted a
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goal. In the team's ensuing match against
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, he scored a double in a 3–1 win.


Senior

Payet was called up to the senior national team for the first time by
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for the Euro 2012 qualifying matches against
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and
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. He made his debut in the former on 9 October 2010, coming on as a substitute for
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in the 86th minute and assisted
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's goal to make it 2–0. Three days later, he came on for the last 30 minutes against Luxembourg and again assisted Gourcuff for a goal. Payet scored his first goal on 7 June 2015, coming on for Mathieu Valbuena in the 73rd minute to net France's third goal 16 minutes later, in a 4–3 home friendly defeat by
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. Six days later, Payet was substituted at half-time in a 1–0 away friendly defeat by
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. Having been absent from the French squad since then, Payet was recalled in March 2016 for a squad to play the
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and
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. His performance on 25 March in a 3–2 win against the Netherlands in
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was praised by manager
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. Payet hit the
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with a second-half shot and created six chances, more than double any other player. He also had the most touches of any player, with 89. Four days later, with his first touch after replacing
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, he scored a 30-yard free kick against Russia and later assisted
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to confirm a 4–2 win. In May 2016, Payet was named in the France squad for
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. He was named the Man of the Match for scoring a goal, laying on an
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, creating eight scoring chances and delivering 13 crosses in the opening match of Euro 2016, on 10 June, a 2–1 win for France against Romania. In that match,
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headed Payet's cross into the goal in the 57th minute and Payet scored France's second goal in the 89th minute — a curling and powerful left-footed shot into the top corner from outside the penalty box. In France's second group match against
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on 15 June, Payet was again named the Man of the Match for creating six scoring chances for his teammates and supplying 17 crosses. In that match, Payet scored the second goal for France in a 2–0 win, the goal coming in the 96th minute. On 3 July, he scored and assisted in a 5–2 quarter-final win over
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at the
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, as the hosts advanced to the semi-finals of the tournament. In the
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of the tournament on 10 July, Payet was involved in a collision with
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while attempting to challenge him for the ball, which resulted in an injury to the Portuguese forward and forced him off after 25 minutes of play. Payet was later substituted and
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eventually won the match 1–0 in extra time to lift the trophy. Payet sustained an injury during the 2018 UEFA Europa League Final, which resulted in him missing out on France's ultimately victorious
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squad. Payet was not personally informed about his omission by manager
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; according to his mother, he "found out watching on television like everyone else, with the family."


Personal life

During the
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in 2020, Payet's club, Marseille, was badly affected financially due to the cancellation of remainder of the 2019–20 season. As a result, several players accepted pay cuts in May 2020. Payet, the club's top earner, refused such a cut, citing a family to support. In August 2020, Payet was one of five Marseille players who returned a positive test for
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.


Career statistics


Club


International

:''France score listed first, score column indicates score after each Payet goal''


Honours

AS Excelsior *
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: 2004, 2005 Marseille *
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runner-up: 2017–18 France *
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runner-up:
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Individual * UNFP
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: 2012–13, 2014–15, 2021–22 *
Marseille Marseille ( , , ; also spelled in English as Marseilles; oc, Marselha ) is the prefecture of the French department of Bouches-du-Rhône and capital of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Situated in the camargue region of southern Franc ...
Player of the Season: 2014–15, 2021–22 *
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: 2015–16 Premier League * West Ham United Hammer of the Year: 2015–16 *
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:
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*UEFA Europa League Squad of the Season: 2017–18 *
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Team of the Season: 2021–22


References


External links

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