Raphaël Calvet
{{Short description|French footballer (born 1994)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Raphaël Calvet
| image =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1994|2|7}}
| birth_place = Auxerre, France
| position = Defender
| currentclub = Versailles
| clubnumber = 5
| youthyears1 = 2000–2004
| youthclubs1 = CAV St. Georges
| youthyears2 = 2004–2011
| youthclubs2 = Auxerre
| years1 = 2011–2013
| clubs1 = Auxerre B
| caps1 = 39
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2012–2013
| clubs2 = Auxerre
| caps2 = 1
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2013–2015
| clubs3 = Brentford
| caps3 = 0
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2016
| clubs4 = Auxerre B
| caps4 = 2
| goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2016–2018
| clubs5 = Annecy
| caps5 = 44
| goals5 = 4
| years6 = 2018–2019
| clubs6 = Le Mans
| caps6 = 13
| goals6 = 0
| years7 = 2018–2019
| clubs7 = Le Mans B
| caps7 = 7
| goals7 = 0
| years8 = 2019–2022
| clubs8 = Sedan
| caps8 = 58
| goals8 = 0
| years9 = 2022–2024
| clubs9 = Martigues
| caps9 = 57
| goals9 = 0
| years10 = 2024–
| clubs10 = Versailles
| caps10 = 14
| goals10 = 2
| nationalyears1 = 2009–2010
| nationalteam1 = France U16
| nationalcaps1 = 12
| nationalgoals1 = 3
| nationalyears2 = 2010–2011
| nationalteam2 = France U17
| nationalcaps2 = 20
| nationalgoals2 = 1
| nationalyears3 = 2011–2012
| nationalteam3 = France U18
| nationalcaps3 = 8
| nationalgoals3 = 0
| nationalyears4 = 2013–2014
| nationalteam4 = France U20
| nationalcaps4 = 4
| nationalgoals4 = 0
| club-update = 13:11, 9 February 2025 (UTC)
}}
Raphaël Calvet (born 7 February 1994) is a French professional footballer who plays as a defender for {{French football updater|Versailles}} club Versailles.
Calvet is a product of the Auxerre youth system and after failing to break into the first team squad, he moved to England to join Brentford in 2013. Again a fringe player, he returned to France in 2016 and entered lower-league football. Calvet represented France at youth level.
Club career
=Auxerre=
After beginning his youth career with CAV St. Georges,{{FFF player|9575-calvet-raphael}}{{Cite web |title=C Av Saint-Georges Former players France Football Association Soccerclub directory Catalog Soccer-T |url=http://www.soccer-talents.com/FormerPlayer-C%20Av%20Saint-Georges-26_27-11-28669.html |access-date=9 April 2014 |publisher=Soccer-talents.com}} Calvet joined his hometown club AJ Auxerre in 2004 and progressed through the youth teams. He made his debut for the club's reserve team in the Championnat de France amateur at the end of the 2010–11 season.{{Cite web |date=28 May 2011 |title=Raphaël Calvet sa saison en CFA Groupe B 2010/2011 avec Auxerre |url=http://www.foot-national.com/59-18908-117-saison-football-Calvet-Raphael.html |access-date=9 April 2014 |publisher=Foot-national.com}} Calvet made his first team debut in a 1–1 Ligue 2 draw at Châteauroux in November 2012, starting the match and playing the full 90 minutes.{{Cite web |title=Chateauroux |url=http://www.soccervista.com/Chateauroux-Auxerre-1219470-1219470.html |access-date=16 June 2015 |website=soccervista.com |archive-date=5 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180705003540/https://www.soccervista.com/Chateauroux-Auxerre-1219470-1219470.html |url-status=dead }} He was an unused substitute on a further three occasions during Auxerre's 2012–13 campaign. Following a meniscus tear and the arrival of Bernard Casoni as manager,{{Cite web |last=Welter |first=Romain |title=Entretien avec R. Calvet, de capitaine 🇫🇷 au Mondial U17 à Sedan |url=https://onefootball.com/fr/news/entretien-avec-r-calvet-de-capitaine-au-mondial-u17-a-sedan-32663381 |access-date=25 April 2022 |website=OneFootball |language=fr}} Calvet was not called into the first team squad in 2013.{{Cite web |title=A la Une – Auxerre (89000) – Raphaël Calvet revient sur son départ de l'AJA vers Brentford |url=https://www.lejdc.fr/auxerre-89000/football/raphael-calvet-revient-sur-son-depart-de-laja-vers-brentford_1680378/ |access-date=9 April 2014 |publisher=www.lejdc.fr}} He departed AJ Auxerre in September 2013.
=Brentford=
Calvet joined English League One club Brentford on transfer deadline day in September 2013 and signed a three-year contract for an undisclosed fee.{{Cite web |last=Wickham |first=Chris |date=2 September 2013 |title=Bees sign French under-20 international |url=https://www.brentfordfc.com/en/news/article/bees-sign-french-under-20-international_60081 |access-date=9 April 2014 |publisher=Brentfordfc.com}} He made his debut in a 2–1 Football League Trophy second round defeat to Peterborough United on 8 October and played the full 90 minutes. Under new first team manager Mark Warburton, Calvet received his maiden call into a league squad on 1 March 2014 and remained an unused substitute during a 0–0 draw with Carlisle United. Calvet finished the 2013–14 season with 15 appearances for the Development Squad and one first team appearance.{{Cite web |last=Ciaran Brett |title=2013/14 Brentford Development Squad stats |url=http://www.brentfordfc.co.uk/news/article/201314-development-squad-stats-1710997.aspx |url-status=dead |access-date=16 June 2015 |website=brentfordfc.co.uk |archive-date=9 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160809161732/http://www.brentfordfc.co.uk/news/article/201314-development-squad-stats-1710997.aspx }}
Calvet spent the entire 2014–15 Championship season out of first team contention and instead made 19 appearances for the Development Squad.{{Cite web |last=Brett |first=Ciaran |title=2014/15 Development Squad Stats |url=http://www.brentfordfc.co.uk/news/article/201415-development-squad-stats-2518085.aspx |url-status=dead |access-date=3 July 2015 |website=www.brentfordfc.co.uk |archive-date=4 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150704064701/http://www.brentfordfc.co.uk/news/article/201415-development-squad-stats-2518085.aspx }} Calvet was absent during Brentford's entire 2015–16 pre-season and he joined Sporting Gijón B on trial in August 2015,{{Cite web |title=Raphaël Calvet, nuevo jugador a prueba en el Sporting B |url=http://www.golaverage.com/index.php/id/49/objeto/4694/claves/Rapha%25C3%25ABl%2520Calvet-nuevo%2520jugador%2520a%2520prueba%2520en%2520el%2520Sporting%2520B |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624121249/http://www.golaverage.com/index.php/id/49/objeto/4694/claves/Rapha%25C3%25ABl%2520Calvet-nuevo%2520jugador%2520a%2520prueba%2520en%2520el%2520Sporting%2520B |archive-date=24 June 2016 |access-date=20 August 2015 |website=www.golaverage.com}} but failed to win a contract.{{Cite web |title=El Sporting B desestima también el fichaje de Raphaël Calvet |url=http://www.golaverage.com/index.php/id/49/objeto/4704/claves/El-Sporting-B-desestima-tambien-el-fichaje-de-Rapha%2525C3%2525ABl-Calvet&usg=ALkJrhitcFuNXyHGaLVTTTSGgnckGwLRTw |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624102545/http://www.golaverage.com/index.php/id/49/objeto/4704/claves/El-Sporting-B-desestima-tambien-el-fichaje-de-Rapha%2525C3%2525ABl-Calvet&usg=ALkJrhitcFuNXyHGaLVTTTSGgnckGwLRTw |archive-date=24 June 2016 |access-date=1 September 2015 |website=www.golaverage.com}} Calvet departed Griffin Park on 3 November 2015,{{Cite web |title=French youth international Raphael Calvet leaves Brentford |url=https://www.brentfordfc.com/en/news/article/raphael-calvet-leaves-brentford_69675 |access-date=3 November 2015 |website=www.brentfordfc.com}} after having made just one appearance in just over two years with the Bees.{{Soccerbase|id=72544}}
=Return to Auxerre=
Calvet rejoined AJ Auxerre in a non-professional capacity in January 2016.{{Cite web |title=Après deux ans et demi sans jouer en Angleterre, Raphaël Calvet se reconstruit à l'AJA |url=http://www.lyonne.fr/yonne/sports/actualite/football/2016/04/27/apres-deux-ans-et-demi-sans-jouer-en-angleterre-raphael-calvet-se-reconstruit-a-laja_11887894.html |access-date=6 June 2016 |website=www.lyonne.fr}} After recovering his fitness, he made two appearances for the B team in what remained of the 2015–16 season.{{Cite web |title=Raphaël Calvet sa saison en CFA Groupe B 2015/2016 avec Auxerre |url=http://www.foot-national.com/1443-18908-117-saison-football-Calvet-Raphael.html |access-date=6 June 2016 |website=Foot National}}
=Annecy=
On 27 September 2016, Calvet joined Championnat de France Amateur club Annecy on a two-year contract.{{Cite web |title=Annecy FC se renforce encore ! |url=http://www.ledauphine.com/sport/2016/09/27/annecy-fc-se-renforce-encore |access-date=29 September 2016}} He scored the first senior goal of his career on his eighth appearance, in a 3–1 victory over Le Puy Foot 43 Auvergne. He finished the 2016–17 season with 18 appearances, three goals and signed a new two-year contract in May 2017.{{Cite web |title=Actualité |url=http://www.fc-annecy.fr/actualite/post/prolongations-calvet-et-jacob |access-date=9 July 2017 |website=www.fc-annecy.fr |language=fr}} Calvet made 27 appearances and scored one goal during the 2017–18 season, which culminated in a second-place finish behind the promoted team, Villefranche.{{Cite web |title=Summary – National 2 – France – Results, fixtures, tables and news |url=https://int.soccerway.com/national/france/cfa/20172018/group-b/r42737/ |access-date=30 May 2018 |website=Soccerway |language=en}} He departed the club in July 2018,{{Cite news |title=Football. Le Mans FC : deux nouvelles recrues |language=fr-FR |work=Le Maine Libre |url=http://www.lemainelibre.fr/actualite/football-le-mans-fc-deux-nouvelles-recrues-04-07-2018-223802 |access-date=4 July 2018}} after making 45 appearances and scoring two goals during two seasons at the Parc des Sports.
=Le Mans=
On 4 July 2018, it was announced that Calvet had joined newly-promoted Championnat National club Le Mans on a one-year contract. He made just 14 appearances and departed by mutual consent at the end of the 2018–19 season.{{Cite web |title=Football. Douze joueurs conservés par Le Mans FC, dont Stéphane Diarra |url=https://www.ouest-france.fr/sport/football/le-mans-fc/football-douze-joueurs-conserves-par-le-mans-fc-dont-stephane-diarra-6406336 |access-date=2 July 2019}}
=Sedan=
In July 2019, Calvet joined Championnat National 2 club Sedan on a free transfer and made 21 appearances during the truncated 2019–20 season.{{Cite web |title=Football ( N2) : le Cssa renforce sa défense avec Raphael Calvet ! |url=https://radio8fm.com/sport/article/12602-Football_N2_le_Cssa_renforce_sa_defense_avec_Raphael_Calvet |access-date=21 July 2019 |website=Radio 8 Ardennes}} As a result of the 2020–21 season being declared null and void in April 2021,{{Cite web |last=Bouchacourt |first=Jérome |date=23 April 2021 |title=La FFF a décidé d'arrêter les championnats de National 2 et D2 Féminine |url=https://www.footamateur.fr/la-fff-a-decide-darreter-les-championnats-de-national-2-et-d2-feminine/ |access-date=2 May 2021 |website=Foot Amateur |language=fr-FR}} Calvet finished the season with 13 appearances. He was retained for the 2021–22 season and captained the club to a top-half finish.{{Cite web |date=4 June 2021 |title=Quatrième renfort pour Sedan, un défenseur du Stade de Reims arrive |url=http://www.actufoot.com/51/renfort-sedan-defenseur-stade-de-reims |access-date=4 June 2021 |website=Actufoot |language=fr-FR}}{{Cite web |date=4 April 2022 |title=Vainqueur de Sedan, Laval fonce vers la Ligue 2 ! |url=https://www.foot-national.com/national/vainqueur-de-sedan-laval-fonce-vers-la-ligue-2-769852 |access-date=25 April 2022 |website=Foot National |language=fr}}{{Cite web |title=Tables – National 1 – France – Results, fixtures, tables and news |url=https://int.soccerway.com/national/france/national/20212022/regular-season/r63158/tables/ |access-date=16 May 2022 |website=Soccerway}} Despite being offered a new contract in December 2021, Calvet opted to allow his contract to expire.{{Cite web |date=23 May 2022 |title=Football – National. Valentin Vanbaleghem arrive au CS Sedan Ardennes, Kévin Colin, François Borgniet et Raphaël Calvet partent |url=https://abonne.lardennais.fr/id374015/article/2022-05-23/football-national-valentin-vanbaleghem-arrive-au-cs-sedan-ardennes-kevin-colin |access-date=25 May 2022 |website=Journal L'Ardennais |language=fr}} During three seasons with Sedan, he made 63 appearances.
=Martigues=
On 12 July 2022, Calvet transferred to Championnat National club Martigues.{{Cite web |date=12 July 2022 |title=Mercato : Raphaël Calvet rejoint le FC Martigues |url=https://fcmartigues.com/2022/07/12/mercato-raphael-calvet-rejoint-le-fc-martigues/ |access-date=13 July 2022 |publisher=Martigues |language=fr}} He made 58 appearances over the course of the 2022–23 and 2023–24 seasons, with the latter campaign culminating in promotion to Ligue 2.{{Cite web |title=Tables – National 1 – France |url=https://int.soccerway.com/national/france/national/20232024/regular-season/r76156/tables/ |access-date=18 May 2024 |website=Soccerway}} Calvet was released at the end of the 2023–24 season.{{Cite tweet |number=1812917577359978589 |user=fc_martiguesoff |title=𝐌𝐄𝐑𝐂𝐈 𝐏𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐓𝐎𝐔𝐓 ! 💛 Aujourd’hui, nous tenons à remercier 14 de nos joueurs pour leur 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 et leur 𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 envers le club. 🟡🔴 𝙀𝙣𝙨𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙡𝙚, 𝙩𝙤𝙪𝙟𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙨 𝙥𝙡𝙪𝙨 𝙝𝙖𝙪𝙩 ! 🔝}}
= Versailles =
In July 2024, Calvet signed a two-year contract with Championnat National club Versailles on a free transfer.{{Cite web |date=25 July 2024 |title=Raphaël Calvet rejoint le FC Versailles pour 2 saisons ! |url=https://fcversailles.com/raphael-calvet-rejoint-le-fc-versailles-pour-2-saisons/ |access-date=27 July 2024 |website=FC Versailles |language=fr-FR}}
International career
Calvet captained the France U16, U17 and U18 squads and played in the 2011 European U17 Championship and the 2011 U17 World Cup. He received his first call up to the France U20 squad for the 2013 Jeux de la Francophonie and made his debut in a 3–0 group stage defeat to Congo.{{Cite web |title=International Round-Up |url=https://www.brentfordfc.com/en/news/article/international-round-up_60119 |access-date=9 April 2014 |publisher=Brentfordfc.com}} He went on to win three further U20 caps.
Career statistics
{{Updated|match played 8 February 2025}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | |||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|National cup{{efn|Includes Coupe de France, FA Cup}} !colspan="2"|League cup{{efn|Includes Coupe de la Ligue, Football League Cup}} !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division||Apps||Goals||Apps||Goals||Apps||Goals||Apps||Goals||Apps||Goals | |||||||||
| rowspan="5" |Auxerre B
|CFA |1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2011–12
|CFA |25 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 25 | 0 | |||
| 2011–12{{Cite web |title=Raphaël Calvet sa saison en CFA2 Groupe C 2011/2012 |url=http://www.foot-national.com/114-18908-117-saison-football-Calvet-Raphael.html |access-date=15 June 2020 |website=Foot National |language=fr}}
|1 |0 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— |1 |0 | |||||||||
| 2012–13
|CFA |12 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 12 | 0 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total
!39||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||39||0 | |||||||||
| Auxerre
|1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 1 | 0 | |
| Brentford
|2013–14{{Soccerbase season|id=72544|season=2013|access-date=14 May 2018}} |0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1Appearance in Football League Trophy | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| rowspan="2"|Auxerre B
|CFA |2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 2 | 0 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total
!41||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||41||0 | |||||||||
| rowspan="3"|Annecy
|CFA |18 | 3 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 18 | 3 | |||
| 2017–18
|National 2 |26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 27 | 1 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!44||4||1||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||45||4 | |||||||||
| Le Mans
|2018–19{{Soccerway|id=162510|accessdate=9 April 2014}} |13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
|0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Le Mans B
|National 3 |7 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 7 | 0 | |||
| rowspan="4" |Sedan
|National 2 |21 | 0 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2"|— | 21 | 0 | |||
| 2020–21
|National 3 |8 |0 |5 |0 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— |13 |0 | |||||||||
| 2021–22
|National |29 |0 |0 |0 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— |29 |0 | |||||||||
| colspan="2" |Total
!58 !0 !5 !0 ! colspan="2" |— ! colspan="2" |— !63 !0 | |||||||||
| rowspan="3" |Martigues
|National |23 |0 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— |23 |0 | |||||||||
| 2023–24
|National |34 |0 |1 |0 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— |35 |0 | |||||||||
| colspan="2" |Total
!57 !0 !1 !0 ! colspan="2" |— ! colspan="2" |— !58 !0 | |||||||||
| Versailles
|National |14 |2 |2 |0 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— |16 |2 | |||||||||
| colspan="3" |Career total
!235||6||10||0||0||0||1||0||246||6 |
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Honours
Martigues
- Championnat National second-place promotion: 2023–24
References
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External links
- {{FFF player|9575-calvet-raphael}}
- {{FFF male player|801816470}}
- {{LFP|calvet-raphael}}
- {{FIFA player|335996}}
- {{Soccerbase}}
- {{UEFA player|250024979}}
{{FC Versailles 78 squad}}
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Category:French men's footballers
Category:Men's association football defenders
Category:Brentford F.C. players
Category:CS Sedan Ardennes players
Category:Championnat National players
Category:Championnat National 2 players
Category:French expatriate men's footballers
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in England
Category:France men's youth international footballers
Category:French expatriate sportspeople in England
Category:Sportspeople from Auxerre
Category:Footballers from Yonne