Sébastien Grax (born 23 June 1984) is a French former professional

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who played as a striker.

Career

Grax started his career at Monaco in 2001 where he played four matches in three years. He was then loaned out to

Troyes AC Espérance Sportive Troyes Aube Champagne (ESTAC), commonly known as Troyes, is a football in France, French professional association football club based in Troyes that competes in Ligue 2. It plays its home matches at the Stade de l'Aube. Foun ...

in 2004 where he contributed 16 goals in 35 matches to the club's promotion to

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. In Ligue, he scored nine goals for the club. His most famous goal came against

Lille OSC Lille Olympique Sporting Club (), commonly referred to as LOSC, LOSC Lille or simply Lille, is a French professional association football, football club based in Lille, Northern France competing in Ligue 1, the top division of Football in Franc ...

in 2005 when Troyes were newly promoted and Lille were in the

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. Grax spent 1.5 seasons at

Sochaux Sochaux () is a commune in the Doubs department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France. Geography Sochaux lies east of Montbéliard, and southeast of Paris. Population Inhabitants are known as ''Sochaliens''. Economy ...

, scoring 6 goals in 25 league appearances. While at Sochaux he played as they won the 2007 Coupe de France Final. In June 2008, Grax joined

Saint-Étienne Saint-Étienne (; Franco-Provençal: ''Sant-Etiève''), also written St. Etienne, is a city and the prefecture of the Loire département, in eastern-central France, in the Massif Central, southwest of Lyon, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes regi ...

. Grax had a trial with

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side

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in August 2010 followed by another with

Preston North End Preston North End Football Club, commonly referred to as Preston, North End or PNE, is a professional association football club in Preston, Lancashire, England. They currently play in the EFL Championship, the second level of the English footbal ...

in December.

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* Living people 1984 births Sportspeople from Le Creusot French men's footballers Footballers from Saône-et-Loire Men's association football forwards France men's under-21 international footballers France men's youth international footballers Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players Montauban FCTG players SC Draguignan players AS Monaco FC players AS Saint-Étienne players ES Troyes AC players FC Sochaux-Montbéliard players En Avant Guingamp players 21st-century French sportsmen {{France-footy-forward-1980s-stub