Grégoire Defrel

Grégoire Defrel
Personal information
Full name André Grégoire Defrel
Date of birth (1991-06-17) 17 June 1991
Place of birth Meudon, France
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current team
Sassuolo
Number 92
Youth career
Parma[1]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2012 Parma 1 (0)
2011–2012Foggia (loan) 23 (4)
2012–2015 Cesena 106 (16)
2015– Sassuolo 35 (10)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 28 August 2016.


André Grégoire Defrel (born 17 June 1991) is a French professional footballer who plays for Serie A side Sassuolo as a forward.

Career

Parma

Defrel joined Parma in 2009 and made his début for the club as a substitute at the age of 19 on 22 May 2011 in the final game of the 2010–11 Serie A season in a dead rubber against Cagliari, a match that ended 1–1.

Cesena

In June 2012 Cesena and Parma made a series of cashless player swaps, in which Defrel (€1.2M) and Gianluca Lapadula (€1.4M) went to Cesena whilst Andrea Rossini (€1.6M) and Nicola Del Pivo (€1.0M) went to Parma. Both clubs retained 50% registration rights.[2][3] In June 2013 and June 2014 the co-ownership of Defrel was renewed. Despite Parma going bankrupted and failing to find a new buyer on 25 June 2015, Cesena submitted a bid of reported €51,000 to Lega Serie A to solve the co-ownership in favour of Cesena, despite the club not being required to do so.[4]

Sassuolo

On 5 August 2015, Sassuolo announced that they had signed Defrel from Cesena for an undisclosed fee.[5] He was given the number 92 shirt.

Style of play

A fine dribbler, Defrel has been compared to compatriot Jérémy Menez.[6]

References

  1. "Primavera". Archived from the original on May 12, 2011. Retrieved May 22, 2011.
  2. A.C. Cesena S.p.A. bilancio (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2012 (Italian), PDF purchased from Italian C.C.I.A.A.
  3. Parma F.C. S.p.A. bilancio (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2012 (Italian), PDF purchased from Italian C.C.I.A.A.
  4. "Cesena's Defrel 'gift' for Parma". Football Italia. 25 June 2015. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
  5. "Ufficiale l'arrivo di Defrel dal Cesena. Venerdì la presentazione al Ricci". 5 August 2015. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
  6. http://scmcfoot.fr/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=427:des-nouvelles-de-gregoire&catid=44:que-sont-ils-devenus-&Itemid=80
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