Jean-Philippe Javary (born 10 January 1978) is a retired French professional footballer. He played in his homeland, where he started at hometown team Montpellier, as well as numerous clubs in England and Scotland. He was a midfielder.

Jean-Philippe Javary
Personal information
Full name Jean-Philippe Javary[1]
Date of birth (1978-01-10) 10 January 1978 (age 46)
Place of birth Montpellier, France
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Montpellier
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995–1998 Montpellier 9 (0)
1998–2000 Espanyol
1999–2000Valence (loan) 4 (0)
2000 Raith Rovers 12 (0)
2000–2001 Brentford 6 (0)
2001 Plymouth Argyle 4 (0)
2001 Partick Thistle 1 (0)
2001–2002 Raith Rovers 7 (0)
2002–2003 Sheffield United 13 (1)
2003Walsall (loan) 0 (0)
Excelsior
2005 Hamilton Academical 13 (1)
Excelsior
Avirons
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

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Club career

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Born in Montpellier, France,[2] Javary started his career with his hometown club Montpellier HSC as a junior, where he played nine Ligue 1 games during the 1995–96 and 1996–97 seasons.[3] He was offered a five-year contract at Spanish La Liga side FC Barcelona, although the offer was later withdrawn,[4][5] and instead joined another Spanish Barcelona-based club RCD Espanyol in June 1998.[5] He returned to France for a period on loan with Ligue 2 club ASOA Valence in the 1999–2000 season, where he played four games.[3]

In January 2000, he joined Scottish Division One side Raith Rovers. He played 11 games with Raith during the latter half of the 2000–01 season.[2] After one more game at the start of the following season,[2] he was signed in August by English Division Two side Brentford for £150,000 by manager–chairman Ron Noades.[4] He played only six games with Brentford, and another four with Plymouth Argyle in English Division Three at the end of the same season.[2]

Javary moved back to Scotland and played a game on trial with Division One side Partick Thistle in October 2001,[6] before he returned to Raith Rovers the following month. He played another seven games with Raith,[2] before he moved back to England, with Sheffield United in Division One on non-contract terms in March 2002, and was given a two-year contract by manager Neil Warnock the following month.[7] He was given a one-month loan spell at Walsall in January 2003, but was suffering from tonsilitis and never played a game.[2][8] In July 2003, Javary was one of four senior players to be told he could leave the club by Neil Warnock,[9] before he was released from his contract in September 2003; Javary decided to return to France.[10] He played 14 games with Sheffield United, all but one in the league, and scored one goal against Watford.[2][11]

After a spell with AS Excelsior in the French Réunion Islands, he returned to Scotland in January 2005 with Hamilton Academical again in Division One.[12][13] He was released by Hamilton during the 2005 summer,[14] after he had played 13 league matches, during which time he scored one goal against Falkirk.[2][15] After his release he moved back to Réunion, again with Excelsior,[12] and later moved on to FC Avirons.

In 2008, Javary moved to Australia to find an A-League team to continue his career.[16]

International career

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Javary has also played for the French national sides from under 16 to under 19 level. He captained his country's European Youth Championship side in 1995.[4][5]

References

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  1. ^ "Jean-Philippe Javary". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h "Jean-Phillipe Javary". Soccerbase. Retrieved 21 December 2008.
  3. ^ a b "Jean-Phillipe Javary". French Football League. Retrieved 21 December 2008.
  4. ^ a b c "Bees add French flair". BBC Sport. 18 August 2000. Retrieved 21 December 2008.
  5. ^ a b c "El Espanyol se refuerza con el francés Javary" (in Spanish). El Mundo. 27 June 1998. Retrieved 21 December 2008.[dead link]
  6. ^ "McCulloch joins Jags". BBC Sport. 2 November 2001. Retrieved 21 December 2008.
  7. ^ "Blades sign Javary". BBC Sport. 15 April 2002. Retrieved 21 December 2008.
  8. ^ Nursery, James (18 January 2003). "Walsall intend to stay ahead". Birmingham Post. Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 21 December 2008.
  9. ^ "Rankine joins Blades". BBC Sport. 15 July 2003. Retrieved 21 December 2008.
  10. ^ "Javary returns to France". BBC Sport. 2 September 2003. Retrieved 21 December 2008.
  11. ^ "Watford 0–3 Sheff Utd". BBC. 6 April 2002. Retrieved 27 March 2010.
  12. ^ a b "Jean-Philippe Javary". Neil Brown. Retrieved 12 December 2008.
  13. ^ "Hamilton sign midfielder Javary". BBC Sport. 14 January 2005. Retrieved 21 December 2008.
  14. ^ "Hamilton Accies' summer signings". BBC Sport. 4 August 2005. Retrieved 21 December 2008.
  15. ^ "Falkirk 1–1 Hamilton Accies". BBC. 12 February 2005. Retrieved 27 March 2010.
  16. ^ "Perth Glory secure Eugene Dadi, Jimmy Downey signatures". Perth Now. 22 March 2008. Archived from the original on 29 May 2008. Retrieved 21 December 2008.
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