Sébastien Monier (born 15 June 1984, in

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) is a

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-born

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descent who currently plays for

Royal Mouscron-Péruwelz Royal Excel Mouscron (, ), commonly known as Mouscron or familiarly as REM, was a Belgian professional football club based in Mouscron. The team was formed as ''Royal Mouscron-Péruwelz'' in the spring of 2010 as a result of the merging betwee ...

in the

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Career

Monier began training as a youth at the Centre de Préformation in

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in 1997. Two years later, he moved to

AJ Auxerre Association de la Jeunesse Auxerroise (), commonly known as AJ Auxerre or simply Auxerre (), is a French football club based in the commune of Auxerre in Burgundy. The club was founded in 1905 and currently plays in Ligue 1, the first division ...

, playing for their various youth teams. During his time there, he did not make an appearance for the senior side. After 5 seasons, he decided to go a different route, signing with

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in Switzerland. 3 seasons later he moved to

Ethnikos Piraeus F.C. Ethnikos Piraeus 1923 Football Club ( el, Εθνικός Πειραιώς 1923) is a Greek football club based in Piraeus and its parent sports club is Ethnikos OFPF. The club was officially formed in 1923 as ''Keravnos'' ( en, Lightning), but ...

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. After only one season, he moved back to

. In 2010, he signed with

US Pont-de-Roide Union Sportive Pont-de-Roide Vermondans is a French association football team founded in 2003. They are based in Pont-de-Roide, Franche-Comté, France and are currently playing in the Championnat de France Amateurs 2 Group B, the fifth tier in the ...

in the

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. One year later he moved again, joining

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side

of the

International

Monier has not yet played for a national team, but has expressed his interest in playing for the

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, being eligible through his mother, who was born in

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.Sébastien Monier wants to play for Club M
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* * Living people 1984 births French people of Mauritian descent French footballers Mauritian footballers SR Delémont players Ethnikos Piraeus F.C. players Association football midfielders {{France-footy-midfielder-stub