Frédéric Guilbert

Frédéric Guilbert (French pronunciation: ​[fʁedeʁik ɡilbɛʁ]; born 24 December 1994) is a French professional footballer who plays as a right back for Premier League club Aston Villa.[2]

Frédéric Guilbert
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-12-24) 24 December 1994[1]
Place of birth Valognes, France
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[2]
Playing position(s) Right back
Club information
Current team
 Aston Villa
Number 24
Youth career
2000–2008 AS Valognes
2008–2012 Caen
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2013 Caen II 2 (0)
2013–2014 AS Cherbourg 28 (1)
2014–2016 Bordeaux II 21 (0)
2015–2017 Bordeaux 36 (0)
2016–2017 → Caen (loan) 23 (0)
2017–2019 Caen 55 (1)
2019– Aston Villa 19 (2)
2019 → Caen (loan) 15 (1)
National team
2015 France U21 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:48, 10 February 2020 (UTC)

Club career

Bordeaux

Guilbert joined Girondins de Bordeaux in 2014 from AS Cherbourg. He made his Ligue 1 debut on 5 April 2015 in a 2–1 home win against RC Lens replacing Thomas Touré after 79 minutes.[3]

SM Caen

On 28 July 2017, Guilbert transferred to SM Caen after completing a loan spell during the 2016–17 season.[4]

Guilbert was known for being a proficient and hard tackler with an average of 3.1 clearances and 2.9 tackles per game respectively throughout his final season with the club.[5] He finished his time with Caen having amassed 106 appearances over three seasons.[2]

Aston Villa

On 31 January 2019, Guilbert signed for Aston Villa for an undisclosed fee, but would remain at Caen on loan until the end of the season.[6] He scored his first goal for Villa in an EFL Cup tie against Crewe Alexandra on 27 August 2019. He would go onto score his second goal for Aston Villa in the EFL Cup semi-final match against Leicester City F.C on 28 January 2020.[7]

Career statistics
As of 18 October 2019[2]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppGoalsAppGoalsAppGoalsAppGoalsAppGoalsAppGoals
Caen II 2011–12 CFA 1000———10
2012–13 CFA 1000———10
Total 2000———20
AS Cherbourg 2013–14 CFA 28010———290
Bordeaux 2014–15 Ligue 1 300000——30
2015–16 Ligue 1 300103060—400
2016–17 Ligue 1 300000——30
Total 36010306000460
Caen 2016–17(loan) Ligue 1 2302010——260
2017–18 Ligue 1 3614020——421
2018–19 Ligue 1 3413010——381
Total 932904000001062
Aston Villa 2019–20 Premier League 600032——92
Total 600032000092
Career total 165211010260001924

Honours

Aston Villa

References
  1. "Frederic Guilbert: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
  2. "F. Guilbert". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
  3. "Bordeaux vs Lens – 5 April 2015 – Soccerway". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
  4. "Frédéric Guilbert moves to SM Caen". FC Girondins de Bordeaux. 28 July 2017. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  5. Jirobe, Mark (29 May 2019). "What Aston Villa Fans Can Expect from Frederic Guilbert". Onefootball. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  6. "Transfer news: Frederic Guilbert joins Aston Villa". Aston Villa F.C. 31 January 2019. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
  7. "Crewe 1–6 Aston Villa". BBC Sport. 27 August 2019. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
  8. McNulty, Phil (1 March 2020). "Aston Villa 1–2 Manchester City". BBC Sport. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
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