Reunionnais footballers biography

SOCCER PLAYERS from Réunion

The Most Famous

This page contains a list of the greatest Soccer Players. The pantheon dataset contains 21,273 Soccer Players, 6 of which were born in Réunion. This makes Réunion the birth place of the 118th most number of Soccer Players behind Uganda, and New Caledonia.

Top 6

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Soccer Players of all time. This list of famous Soccer Players is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.

1. Dimitri Payet (b. 1987)

With an HPI of 59.71, Dimitri Payet is the most famous Soccer Player.  His biography has been translated into 58 different languages on wikipedia.

Dimitri Payet (French pronunciation: [dimitʁi pajɛt]; born 29 March 1987) is a French professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Vasco da Gama. A set-piece specialist known for his accurate, bending free kicks, he primarily plays as an attacking midfielder, and is described as a pl

Dimitri Payet

French footballer (born 1987)

Dimitri Payet (French pronunciation:[dimitʁipajɛt];[4] born 29 March 1987) is a French professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Vasco da Gama. A set-piece specialist known for his accurate, bendingfree kicks,[5] he primarily plays as an attacking midfielder, and is described as a player who is "blessed with terrific technique and dribbling skills".[6]

Payet was born on the French island of Réunion in the Indian Ocean, where he began his career playing for local clubs Saint-Philippe and Saint-Pierroise. In 1999, he moved to metropolitan France, joining Le Havre. Payet spent four years at the club before returning home to spend two years playing for AS Excelsior in the Réunion Premier League. In 2005, he joined FC Nantes and, after a successful 2006–07 season, joined AS Saint-Étienne on a four-year contract. With Saint-Étienne, Payet played in European competition for the first time after featuring in the 2008–09 edition of the UEFA Euro

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  • Date of birth: 7 April 2002
    Height: 5' 11" (180 cm)
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  • Overview: Jim Ablancourt (born 3 July 1983 in Réunion) is a Réunionese retired footballer.
    Date of birth: 3 July 1983
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  • Overview: Jean Harisson Marcelin (born 12 February 2000) is a French professional footballer who plays as a defender for Belgian club Cercle Brugge on loan from Monaco.
    Date of birth: 12 February 2000
    Height: 6' 6" (198 cm)
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  • Noël Vidot

    Réunionnais football player and manager
    Overview: Noël Vidot (born 15 December 1962 in Saint-Denis) is a French professional football player and manager.
    Date of birth: 15 December 1962
    Height: 5' 9" (175 cm)
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  • Overview: Gabriel Pigrée (born 18 March 1985) is a French born international footballer who plays as a Forward for French Guian

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