Gaëtan Varenne

Gaëtan Varenne
Personal information
Full name Gaëtan Antony Varenne
Date of birth (1990-06-24) June 24, 1990
Place of birth Le Puy-en-Velay, France
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current team
 Beitar Jerusalem
Number 25
Youth career
1998–2004 Puy-en-Velay
2000–2001 → Toulon (loan)
2004–2008 Montferrand
2008–2009 Clermont
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2012 Cournon 23 (28)
2012–2013 Bastia 2 (0)
2013–2014 F.C. Ashdod 8 (1)
2014–2015 Maccabi Yavne 22 (4)
2015–2017 Hapoel Jerusalem 69 (22)
2017– Beitar Jerusalem 17 (6)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18 September 2017

Gaëtan Antony Varenne (born 24 June 1990 in Le Puy-en-Velay) is a French-Israeli [1] professional football player who currently plays in the Israeli Premier League for Beitar Jerusalem. His physical properties mean he is often likened to Olivier Giroud.[2]

Early years

Varenne, after starting in Le Puy en Velay from 1998 to 2004,[3] punctuated by a brief stint at Toulon during the 2000–01 season,[3] Varenne joined the training club AS Montferrand where he remained for four seasons between 2004 to 2008,[3] before being spotted by Clermont Foot with whom he played in U19 national the following season.[3] Following this, Varenne was released by Clermont Foot Cournon in Auvergne.[3]

Club career

Over the past three seasons in CFA2, he gradually made a starting spot before hatching definitely this season by becoming the top scorer of all Amateur Championships in France with no less than 28 goals.[3] Varenne, scored 11 goals in 2011–12 season, beats came in second in the kingdom[4] and with this accomplishment; Clermont, Nantes, Bastia, Ajaccio and Dijon entered by the transfer list.[2] Varenne, overtaken by a trial in Dijon;[2] on 27 June 2012 signed a two-year contract with the Corsican club Bastia.[3] In November 2013, his contract is broken with Bastia by mutual agreement. Then Gaetan signed in December 2013 with the Israelian Club Ashdod until the end of the year. After one goal and some exhibitions, Gaetan is injured and finished the season without club. In the summer 2014, after several trials in France which were unsuccessful, Geaten signed a two-year contract in israeli second ligue with the Maccabi Yavne. Following this, he signs with Hapoel Jerusalem a two-year contract. After a very hopeful second season with Hapoel Jerusalem, Gaetan signs with Beitar Jerusalem a two-year contract in Israeli Premier League.

In March 2018, a group sex video with the soccer and his three then teammates at Hapoel Jerusalem was released through social media. In the video, he performing sexual acts on a motionless woman while he degrading, hitting and singing.[5] The police released him home with no charges.

References

  1. ↑ Gaëtan Varenne at IFA website
  2. 1 2 3 "Dijon teste un nouveau Giroud" (in French). France Football. 30 May 2012. Retrieved 14 July 2012.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Deux ans de contrat pour Varenne" (in French). SC Bastia. 27 June 2012. Archived from the original on 3 July 2012. Retrieved 14 July 2012.
  4. ↑ Classements des meilleurs joueurs de CFA 2 - D Groupe, Les Etoiles Du Foot, Retrieved 14 July 2012.
  5. ↑ "ISRAELI SOCCER STAR APPEARS IN DISTURBING SEX VIDEO". www.jpost.com.
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